Pockets of progress: Diversity gains slow among the 2025 Top 100
The representation of women has grown among the largest companies, but the number of Black executives has declined. We have tracked the gender and ethnic diversity of Top 100 executives since 2020 and, while there are some bright spots, the overall picture shows how far many of the largest companies still have to go. White males […]
Voyager fetches $383M in public offering
Substantially all of the proceeds will go toward Starlab, which the six-year-old company is offering NASA as a replacement for the International Space Station. Voyager Technologies has fetched roughly $383 million in an upsized initial public offering, where demand for stock in the defense and space systems maker ran hotter than originally anticipated. In the company’s […]
The onus is on industry to explain commercial best practices
Assuming government leaders know what those practices are and how they work is not a good idea, according to the General Services Administration’s chief acquisition officer. Multiple cycles are running at once in the Trump administration’s push for structural changes in how the federal government buys $1 trillion in goods and services each year. One cycle […]
AWS GovCloud gets high-level security approvals for Anthropic and Meta AI models
Select versions of the Claude and Llama foundation models will be available for public sector customers via the AWS GovCloud. Amazon Web Service’s government cloud service has achieved FedRAMP High and Department of Defense Impact Level 4 and 5 authorizations to host artificial intelligence software from leading companies Anthropic and Meta, AWS announced Wednesday. Anthropic’s Claude […]
Anduril’s Series G round and more venture moves to highlight
The venture arms of Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Science Applications International Corp. and RTX feature in this snapshot of new investment rounds focused on automation, facility access, semiconductors and space. Anduril Now the poster child for defense tech startup success, Anduril is looking to do even more for national security agencies with its newly fetched […]
Navigating change: a view from the front row
Carahsoft’s founder and president Craig Abod shares insights on the ongoing shifts in the federal market and how they are reshaping the contractor landscape. At GovExec’s FedPulse 2025 event on Friday, GovExec CEO Tim Hartman and Carahsoft’s founder and president Craig Abod explore how sales and marketing strategies will need to adapt over the next six months […]