An initial look at the combined Rocket Lab-Iridium government business
This $8 billion cash-and-stock transaction brings together a launch business and 66-satellite constellation. By agreeing to acquire Iridium Communications, Rocket Lab is looking to chart a new course for itself as a company whose products and systems would cover all aspects of space. Rocket Lab was born as a launch provider in 2006 and that will […]
42 companies from the 2016 Top 100 are gone. What happened to them?
A decade of mergers, divestitures and shifting priorities has reshaped the federal market. The next 10 years may be just as turbulent. It has been a decade of change for the Washington Technology Top 100, with 42 companies from the 2016 Top 100 no longer appearing in the rankings. But this is not a story reminiscent of […]
DHS moves on awards for $640M technical services pact
The Homeland Security Department set up this blanket purchase agreement to aid its migrations of business applications toward reusable services, such as cloud computing. The Homeland Security Department has started to make awards on a new five-year, $640 million blanket purchase agreement for technical and related professional services to help manage DHS’ IT programs. DHS set […]
Agentic-AI tools aims to give US commanders new target options ‘within seconds’
But concerns persist about the power and governance of software agents. A new agentic-AI tools will continuously scan intelligence feeds and operational networks to provide U.S. military commanders with targeting options “within seconds,” the Pentagon announced Thursday. Dubbed Agent Network, the new tool set will employ “agents”—artificial-intelligence entities that perform tasks on behalf of a user, […]
WT 360: All about Constellis’ approach for extending security perimeters
Constellis CEO Dan Gelston explains how the risk management services provider is looking to infuse analytics and artificial intelligence-driven technologies into an arena long defined by “Guards, gates, guns and dogs.” By joining Constellis as CEO in February, Dan Gelston took the helm at a company with a vision of moving beyond a reactive security […]