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Companies
GALT Aerospace gets Godspeed's backing
GALT intends to ramp up its tech development activity with the private equity firm as an investor.
Companies
OceanSound Partners hauls in $3.4B for third fund
The private equity firm's newest mechanism for investments in companies closes at double the amount fetched for its second fund.
Contracts
GSA adds 4 woman-owned small businesses to Polaris
This portion of the massive government-wide IT vehicle now has 51 winners, and the General Services Administration says it is not done with making awards.
Contracts
Special Operations Command opens proposal window for $2.6B services contract
The command uses this contract's current iteration to acquire subject matter expertise and other knowledge-based services from small businesses.
Contracts
Judge sides with VA in T4NG2 protest case
The Veterans Affairs Department's potential 10-year, $60 billion IT modernization vehicle has been tied up in court for almost two years.
Contracts
NIH opens the bidding for $3B professional services recompete
Work supports the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in vaccine research efforts, among other areas.
Contracts
State starts to set up global logistics recompete
Iteration number two of the Diplomatic Platform Support Services contract will continue the current version's focus on lifecycle support and operations-and-maintenance work.
Contracts
KBR wins $200M Transportation IT support recompete
Work will support the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, a key hub for advancing innovation and transforming the future of transportation systems.
Podcasts
WT 360: NextGov/FCW’s Natalie Alms on the early days of DOGE and its cost-cut decisions
Natalie Alms, senior correspondent at NextGov/FCW, jumps in to explain how court testimony helps shed light on the Department of Government Efficiency’s goals and decisions to make contract and grant cuts.
Companies
Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market
A pair of board of directors appointments at publicly-traded companies also featured.
Companies
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.
Companies
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.
Contracts
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.
Contracts
T2S books $600M DOD cyber contract
The Cybertron contract focuses on threat hunting, Zero Trust architectures, key management infrastructure development and artificial intelligence.
Contracts
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.
Companies
Striveworks completes Series B capital raise to scale operational AI tool
Striveworks now has Washington Harbour Partners in place as a new investor to shape this phase of the strategy and as Striveworks' CEO tells us, knowing when the tech does not work is just as key to product development as when it works.
Podcasts
WT 360: GovCon’s vital signs point to DHS’ partial closure, Anthropic’s possible exit and the FAR Overhaul
Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, joins Nick and Ross to go over how the Homeland Security Department funding lapse is uneven in nature and other industry-wide happenings.
Contracts
DHS previews new data lakehouse software licensing pact
The platform is built on Databricks, which the Homeland Security Department wants to renew and expand its itinerary of licenses for.
Contracts
Navy's intelligence arm seeks industry input on AI model infusion
The Office of Naval Intelligence is particularly interested in taking a phased delivery approach that a contractor would help oversee.
Contracts