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AI companies see openings to improve federal, defense operations

Executives at OpenAI and Anthropic have both championed artificial intelligence as the future of government workflows.

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Parsons, IBM form air traffic control modernization pursuit team

The Federal Aviation Administration is eyeing 2028 to complete its replacement of the National Airspace System's underlying infrastructure.

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Established defense contractors lend tech startups a helping hand

Oracle launched a new defense ecosystem to support companies that lack the funds or infrastructure to jump right into a Pentagon contract.

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Growth and operations leadership moves across the market

The newest edition of our regular executive movement digest also features a former CISA official's new role and a pair of tech-focused hires by one of the market's largest companies.

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Raft acquires data fusion tech developer

The buyer is looking to bolster the capabilities of its agentic artificial intelligence tools for use by military operators.

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Acclaim Technical Services promotes Popelier to CEO

The 21-year market veteran has worked as acting chief executive since January and was a business unit general manager before that.

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Muon Space closes Series B round at $146M

The four-year-old small satellite maker has more financial resources for the development of its Earth intelligence gathering platform and to acquire another company.

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Lockheed hires former Pentagon AI lead as tech chief

Craig Martell led the development and rollout of a strategy for the Defense Department to adopt more artificial intelligence tools.

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Former USAID official, three contractors plead guilty in $550M bribery scheme

Their decades-long conspiracy involved rigged contracts, NBA tickets, mortgage payments, securities fraud and cash.

Top 100

TOP 100: CGI Federal’s Stephanie Mango on navigating Trump’s ‘dynamic environment’

The leader of Company No. 34 on our 2025 Top 100 discusses a wide range of topics, including the General Services Administration's letters to "consulting" firms like CGI Federal and the potential for more outcome-based contracts.

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Industry calls for more research funding, public-private partnerships in the National AI Strategy

AI heavy hitters cited robust research funding, participation in standards development, and public, private and academia collaboration in comments sent to policymakers.

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TOP 100: How Serco Inc. uses its pivot to position for Trump priorities

Company No. 30 on our 2025 Top 100 has made acquisitions and technology investments to align it with the administration’s push for greater efficiency, lethality and modernization.

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Voyager fetches $383M in public offering

Substantially all of the proceeds will go toward Starlab, which the six-year-old company is offering NASA as a replacement for the International Space Station.

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The onus is on industry to explain commercial best practices

Assuming government leaders know what those practices are and how they work is not a good idea, according to the General Services Administration's chief acquisition officer.

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Anduril's Series G round and more venture moves to highlight

The venture arms of Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Science Applications International Corp. and RTX feature in this snapshot of new investment rounds focused on automation, facility access, semiconductors and space.

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CAE's chief executive transition and more moves to note

Several key hires and promotions in functions such as operations, business development and technology also feature.

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Parsons' agenda for 2025 after zeroing out State Department contract

In talking with a Wall Street audience, chief executive Carey Smith explains why Parsons is not counting on anything from that program. Then the conversation turns to air traffic control modernization and missile defense work, including potentially Golden Dome.

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General Dynamics reshuffles senior executive responsibilities

This move includes the creation of a new company-wide role called executive vice president of global operations.

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Impulse Space closes $300M Series C round

RTX Ventures and Airbus Ventures are returning as investors to support the next phase of this startup's strategy for revolutionizing space transportation.

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Where SAIC's attention is now following GSA, other customer dialogue

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Toni Townes-Whitley emphasizes the commercial-like delivery model for enterprise and mission IT solutions as key to Science Applications International Corp.'s future. Which is the kind of model its customer set wants anyway.