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Companies
TaxBit secures investment from In-Q-Tel
The intelligence community’s venture investment arm sees potential use cases in government for the company's finance-focused compliance software.
Companies
Special Aerospace Services closes first PE-backed acquisition
Godspeed Capital Management is working to build out SAS as a larger player in space and missile defense.
Companies
Leidos CEO lays out the company's core technology priorities
Tom Bell describes to Wall Street some of the company's "seed corn" investments that will inform how it develops the North Star vision he often speaks of.
Companies
Deloitte acquires public health research firm
The Gryphon Scientific team uses artificial intelligence in their efforts to help agencies detect and respond to infectious diseases, among other biological and chemical threats.
Companies
VTG seeks greater Air Force presence via acquisition
This buy represents VTG's first acquisition since the company itself was acquired by Alvarez & Marshal Capital Partners in the fall of 2023.
Opinion
Air Force marks key signpost in robot wingmen award
Anduril and General Atomics are well known in the defense industry. But their selections for phase one of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program stand out for who they went up against and where the tech is going.
Podcasts
WT 360: All about Guidehouse's vision to be a 'next-generation consultancy'
Guidehouse's chief executive Scott McIntyre joins to explain how the firm defines that very identity it wants to evolve into with the new owners Bain Capital now in place.
Companies
Climate, talent and financial leadership moves across the market
One of the companies mentioned here makes its first major executive-level hire with the support of a new private equity investor.
Contracts
CACI's international push is a slow and steady race
One delivery to the U.S.' neighbors up north is on contract and as CACI's chief executive told Wall Street, more activity like that drives the addressable market for its technology.
Contracts
Air Force launches $5.7B readiness, training support recompete
This will be the second iteration of the multiple-award contract seeking services to help operate and maintain aircraft systems.
Companies
General Dynamics CEO: Customer comfort with AI will drive sales
Technology makers and integrators alike all have to invest in artificial intelligence even as "people are careful and they think properly" about AI's path forward, as GD's chief executive described to investors.
Companies
Barbaricum acquires airborne intelligence provider
Barbaricum is looking to offer defense and intelligence agencies a wider portfolio of services to help operators work with their data.
Contracts
IRS lays out $512M case management IT recompete plan
A draft performance work statement is ready for industry to read through and weigh in on.
Contracts
DHS extends civilian network cyber contracts
This family of procurements known as CDM DEFEND will continue on for three more years.
Contracts
Agriculture picks dozen for cloud-based software pact
One block of awards to the hyperscalers remains for the department with respect to Stratus, its centralized procurement for all things cloud computing.
Companies
Sigma Defense acquires electronic warfare tech specialist
Sigma Defense is using this purchase and the others before it to position for opportunities across JADC2: the U.S. military's effort to connect every deployed soldier and system.
Companies
SAIC details its blueprint to reinvigorate growth and innovation
Science Applications International Corp.'s CEO and chief innovation officer started their new jobs on the same day and spoke with investors together to detail where the company wants to go.
Podcasts
WT 360: Our EIC Frank Konkel on Google's government cloud and AI push
Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec's publications including us, jumps in to break down both what Google's cloud can now do for federal agencies and the tech giant's larger public sector ambitions.
Companies
Tech, strategy and financial leadership moves across the market
Within that realm of technology, one of the market's largest companies appoints a new leader for its artificial intelligence practice.
Companies