Shield AI closes $240M investment round
The 10-year-old defense tech unicorn’s lineup of backers now includes L3Harris Technologies. Shield AI, one of the handful of defense tech unicorns with touted multibillion-dollar valuations, has fetched $240 million in F-1 capital from investors to further iterate its software offerings. A bulk of that new investment will go toward Shield AI’s work on Hivemind Enterprise, […]
Full faith and credit crisis: The true costs of unpaid government invoices
How the administration’s payment freeze threatens many government contractors and could disrupt the entire federal marketplace. The Supreme Court decision this week was clearly a victory for those who believe President Trump is overstepping his bounds by not paying invoices owed to contractors. But that is merely the beginning of a fight that could turn the […]
Certification question puts woman-owned business contract at risk
Strategic Alliance is challenging its elimination from an award on the OASIS+ professional services vehicle, claiming an inconsistent application of certification requirements. When is a woman-owned small business in fact not a woman-owned small business? The answer to that question might depend on paperwork. Strategic Alliance Inc. is challenging the General Services Administration’s decision to eliminate […]
Democrats move to defend CHIPS following Trump’s calls for its removal
Following President Trump’s congressional address lambasting the landmark Biden administration bill, Democrats sounded off on Monday in its defense. The future of the CHIPS and Science Act was caught in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs during his address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening, further exacerbating partisan disagreement over the law. Passed in 2022 […]