Government to reopen after House votes to end longest-ever shutdown
Many furloughed workers, who will receive backpay, were already told Wednesday to report to work the following day for the first time in nearly six weeks. The federal government is set to reopen after being shut down for a record-setting 43 days after the House on Wednesday evening approved a bill to resume operations across agencies. […]
AI speeds up coding and creates new bottlenecks, GitLab survey finds
Software development teams lose seven hours per week on average because of tool sprawl and compliance challenges despite faster development times, according to the survey. It’s no secret that artificial intelligence is transforming how software developers do their jobs, but the impact of AI goes much deeper than how developers write the code. GitLab’s annual DevSecOps […]
Veritas Capital to acquire MetroStar Systems
MetroStar was originally founded in 1999 to help agencies get a handle on Y2K and has since evolved into more of an enterprise IT services provider. Veritas Capital has agreed to acquire a provider of digital transformation and modernization services that will become part of the private equity firm’s fund for backing midsized government contractors. MetroStar […]
Govini founder arrested on child solicitation charges
The arrest of Eric Gillespie comes a month after the company secured a Bain Capital investment to expand its artificial intelligence tools to a wider landscape. A leader of a company gathering steam as a data and artificial intelligence provider to the Defense Department has been arrested for allegedly soliciting an underage girl for sex. Eric […]
BigBear pushes into agentic AI arena with $250M acquisition
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Kevin McAleenan describes the purchase of Ask Sage as one focused on gaining more capability to help agencies deploy secure artificial intelligence at scale. BigBear.ai has agreed to acquire a generative artificial intelligence platform provider for $250 million in a move to position for opportunities in future secure deployments of […]
What happens if the AI bubble bursts?
How a market correction could reshape military AI development – and why contractors should focus on solving the hardest 10% of problems, writes Vincent Carchidi, a defense industry analyst with Forecast International. If Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being developed in a financial bubble, and if this bubble bursts, several defense-related trends may be set into motion. […]