Microsoft hires SAP vet as corporate federal VP
Carmen Krueger joins Microsoft to help oversee its federal strategy focused on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Microsoft has hired a new corporate vice president for its federal business in Carmen Krueger, formerly an executive at SAP for close to two decades. Krueger will help lead Microsoft’s push to further expand its reach across the federal landscape […]
A handful of acquisitions to note as September starts
Data analysis, electromagnetic systems, automation and simulation represent the tech drivers of these purchases. Culmen International For this buyer, the summer was an active season with three purchases closed as the global government services company seeks to further incorporate technology into its work. One example of that is Culmen’s acquisition of Madison Springfield, which touts its […]
Golden Dome: a generational opportunity to modernize national defense infrastructure
If built on a strong technological foundation with fiscal discipline at its core, the Golden Dome presents a rare opportunity to fortify national security while demonstrating responsible government spending, writes Cale Thorne of DMI. The Defense Department is preparing for one of its largest protective undertakings in history: the Golden Dome. As described in Executive Order […]
Shift5 closes $75M Series C round
The seven-year-old cyber startup focuses on operational technology and touts a network of investors including Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture arm, AE Industrial Partners and Insight Partners. Shift5, a cybersecurity startup focused on the protection of defense and transportation systems in the field, has captured $75 million in Series C capital to support new research-and-development efforts and […]
DLA seeks more participants in $3.2B ‘C5ISR’ supply contract
The Defense Logistics Agency begins an open season to get some initial markers of interest from companies not on the contract. The Defense Logistics Agency has started its search for more companies to join a potential 10-year $3.2 billion contract first awarded in 2023 for equipment and other services to support “C5ISR” systems. DLA set up […]
Quantinuum secures $600M to advance quantum computing tech
The company will work with its Honeywell parent, NVIDIA and other companies to develop a universal fault tolerant quantum computer to work on cryptography, optimization and drug discovery challenges. A Honeywell-controlled startup that develops high-performance quantum computers has received $600 million in equity capital through a new round of investments that push its touted market valuation past $10 […]
Ehikian departs GSA for tech industry post
The General Services Administration’s former No. 2 official is now CEO of C3 AI, an artificial intelligence firm pushing to make inroads in the federal market. Stephen Ehikian has left the General Services Administration to take up the chief executive role at C3 AI, an artificial intelligence firm founded by Tom Siebel in 2009. Ehikian’s departure […]
Aerodyne-Amentum venture wins $1.8B NASA contract
The new contract is called COSMOS and includes support for systems used in NASA’s primary mission control center. A joint venture of Aerodyne Industries and Amentum has won a potential nine-year, $1.8 billion contract for broad mission support services that focus on command-and-control systems in space vehicles. Ascend Aerospace & Technology is poised to begin work […]
GSA’s OneGov deals hype billions in savings, but should we buy into it?
Amid all the discount announcements, these short-term agreements raise more questions than they answer about real value to government buyers. Hardly a week goes by that the General Services Administration is not announcing a new agreement with a commercial tech company under the OneGov initiative. GSA’s press releases ooze with enthusiasm about how these agreements will […]
FAA starts the bidding for new air traffic control system contract
The eventual winner will have three-and-a-half years to implement the new system. The Federal Aviation Administration has given the green light for industry to start working on and turning in their proposals for a contract to stand up a new air traffic control system for managing U.S. airspace. While the contract has no ceiling value at […]