Amentum secures INDOPACOM supply contract after incumbent’s protest denied
Amentum unseated SupplyCore for the contract to support roughly 100 military installations across Japan. SupplyCore has lost its attempt hang onto an incumbent contract it has held for five years for logistics support to U.S. military installations in Japan. Amentum won the $77.8 million contract in January, then SupplyCore filed a protest to challenge the evaluation and […]
New research firm targets federal agencies, nonprofit firms with social policy focus
Incevia Policy Partners is already working with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on its Housing Choice Voucher program. A new research company targeting work with federal agencies and other organizations announced its launch on Wednesday (today). Incevia Policy Partners LLC conducts research focused on advancing healthy families, thriving communities, and resilient social environments. Dr. […]
Kentro, Lynker elevate new CEOs from within
The now-former chief executives for both companies are staying involved as board chairs. Kentro The federal IT modernization and cybersecurity company has put in place a new leadership structure that sees a pair of executives move up to the co-CEO ranks with different areas of responsibility. Tom Swerdzewski was named co-chief executive of delivery and operations, […]
Leidos sheds security screening unit in agreement with Analogic
The transaction moves 1,500 employees and $625 million in revenue to the Altaris-owned imaging tech company. Leidos is carving out its Security Enterprise Solutions unit to become part of another company that it will co-own with investment firm Altaris. Altaris is the backer of Analogic and will own 58.5% of what Leidos calls a joint venture. […]
Citra, Turion detail their newest capital raises
Washington Harbour Partners led the Series A and B rounds for these startups focused on space, which is a priority area for the investment firm. Citra Space This developer of space object identification software has fetched $15 million in Series A capital to support the further development and deployment of the tools for government and commercial […]
World needs to ‘get ready’ for more powerful AI, Anthropic co-founder says
The company’s powerful Mythos, unveiled earlier this month, won’t be the only supercharged AI system to hit the market, Jack Clark said. Anthropic’s groundbreaking new large language model, Mythos, won’t be the last advanced — and extremely powerful — AI model to be created, Anthropic’s co-founder said. Speaking on Monday at the Semafor World Economy, Jack […]
Harmonia Holdings rebrands to Revolutional after 20 years
The new name reflects the company’s growth and focus on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and data science for federal civilian and national security missions. Since its 2024 sale to private equity and bringing in new leadership, Harmonia Holdings has been building its business around several key pillars — artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing and data science. Now it […]
AI is expanding the federal attack surface. Here’s how agencies are responding.
ATARC’s next event gathers cloud security practitioners from across the government on April 16 in Reston, Virginia. Federal agencies are racing to adopt artificial intelligence and multi-cloud architectures — and the security frameworks haven’t kept pace. ATARC’s Cloud Security Summit on April 16 brings together the practitioners who are figuring it out in real time. The […]
DISA starts to build recompete for DOD’s Microsoft 365 support contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is planning a follow-on to the task order General Dynamics has held since 2021, while extending the incumbent’s work through May 2027. The Defense Information Systems Agency has started laying the groundwork for the next iteration of the Defense Enterprise Office Solution contract held by General Dynamics IT. DISA awarded the contract […]
Lockheed boosts its venture investment fund to $1B
Lockheed Martin Ventures’ core focus areas include quantum computing, autonomy, directed energy and computer chips. Lockheed Martin will grow the capacity of its venture capital fund for investing in startups from $400 million to roughly $1 billion as part of a push to accelerate efforts at getting technologies from lab to field. The Lockheed Martin Ventures […]