DISA launches search for tactical data link contractors
DISA launches search for tactical data link contractors
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Federal contractor DEI initiatives singled out in latest Trump executive order
Trump’s anti-diversity directives already impacted contractors, but the new order imposes additional requirements.
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Judge blocks DOD's ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation
The court finds the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation was punishment for public criticism, not a legitimate security threat.
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Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market
A pair of board of directors appointments at publicly-traded companies also featured.
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VA’s former EHR lead indicted for concealing contractor gifts
The Department of Justice alleges that John Windom accepted and sometimes demanded various gifts while helming the electronic health record modernization at Veterans Affairs.
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Trump names CEOs, nuclear fusion founders and Nobel laureate to tech advisory council
The announcement includes 13 of the possible 24 members that will make up the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
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Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition
Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology's simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind.
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Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds
Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals.
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Protests force the Army into a second redo of $237M soldier gear contract
Amentum has won the Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment contract twice, only to face fresh challenges each time.
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The real danger of military AI isn’t killer robots; it’s worse human judgement
As Pentagon rushes to deploy LLM-based tools, research suggests they can undermine human thought and communication.
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A government research laboratory uses Cloudflareʼs security solutions to detect and block 40% of unwanted traffic at the edge
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Army wants better, faster defenses against chemical and biological threats
An updated broad agency announcement covers everything from Ebola vaccines to radiation countermeasures, as well as how to use artificial intelligence
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KBR loses $1.8 billion NASA contract challenge to Ascend JV
KBR challenged the award twice, but the Government Accountability Office upholds NASA's choice of the the Amentum-Aerodyne joint venture.
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DISA, Carahsoft enter $970M VMware cloud software pact
The Defense Information Systems Agency and Carahsoft established the blanket purchase agreement to be a single point of entry for other Pentagon agencies.
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T2S books $600M DOD cyber contract
The Cybertron contract focuses on threat hunting, Zero Trust architectures, key management infrastructure development and artificial intelligence.
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The hidden infrastructure challenge of the Genesis Mission
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Navy launches recompete for $45M electronic warfare contract
Technical services work for this small business set-aside includes countermeasures and mission data systems integration.
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ROC goes public to support its expansion push
The vision artificial intelligence- and biometrics-focused firm collects $24 million to hire engineers and expand the infrastructure that fuels its algorithms.
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Coast Guard details its plan for a new 'Acquisition Superhighway'
Commercial software and artificial intelligence are core to the agency's approach for this procurement, which will have a multiplier effect for the contractor-customer relationship there.
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Survey of 11,000 feds underscores ‘layer cake of trauma’
A new survey from the Partnership for Public Service, aimed at replicating the cancelled 2025 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, reveals just 7% of federal workers believe their political leaders engender high motivation.
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