Peerless Technologies acquires spectrum tech specialist
Peerless is using this transaction to also further expand the research-and-development posture of its innovation center. Peerless Technologies, a government services company focused on cybersecurity and systems engineering, has acquired defense tech outfit Statheros to gain more of a footing in electromagnetic spectrum operations. Founded in 2021, Statheros specializes in applied research-and-development work on radio frequency […]
Leidos wins $149M Air Force IT sustainment contract
Project Night Owl focuses on how the Air Force works in a secure cloud environment based on Microsoft’s Azure offering. Leidos has won a five-year, $148.8 million contract to act as the managed services provider of operations and sustainment support for what the Air Force calls a “major SAP weapon system.” The Defense Department said Friday […]
Judge denies protests over $10B Army IT hardware contract
Seven companies challenged their removal from the ITES-4H competition for allegedly not meeting compliance requirements. A federal judge has denied protests by several companies that were removed from the competition for a $10 billion Army IT product contract. GovWave, Futron, Government Acquisitions, DH Technologies, Enterprise Technology Solutions, Unicom Government and Advanced Computer Concepts all challenged how […]
Trump’s anti-DEI efforts damage national security, former officials say
The rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives weakens intelligence operations, erodes workforce morale and limits the U.S. government’s ability to navigate global threats, former national security officials argue. In the early years of the Cold War, the U.S. government embarked on a sweeping purge of federal employees deemed “security risks.” While the more widely known […]