Northrop unveils first cohort for autonomous flight tech program
Beacon is also a way for the blue chip defense hardware maker to share what it has learned over the years about autonomous flight with other companies. Northrop Grumman has selected six defense tech companies as the first group of participants in a new program aimed at developing and deploying autonomous flight software quicker. Applied Intuition, […]
Dropzone AI closes $37M Series B round
In-Q-Tel is continuing its backing of the two-year-old startup, which is pushing an approach of blending agentic artificial intelligence functions and cyber. Dropzone AI, a network security technology startup, has captured $37 million in Series B capital from investors to aid the further development of its offering for what is often called agentic artificial intelligence. Founded […]
What you can do when your contracts stall
Procurement delays can signal a broader shift in agency risk appetite and political oversight. Smart vendors are repositioning their approach to match new priorities around defensibility and execution certainty, writes Mac Lui, CEO of Vultron. When awards stall or disappear, it’s rarely because the mission changed. It’s because procurement lost alignment with the agency’s internal conditions. Today’s […]
Protester seeks second chance at $1.5B Microsoft support contract
CIYIS claims the Navy did not follow the solicitation when it evaluated and rejected its proposal to be part of the Microsoft Enterprise Services program. A $1.5 billion contract for broad Microsoft product support has been hit with a protest by a company that believes it should have been one of several small business winners. In […]
Space Force choose 5 for $4B secure communications contract
The service branch is seeking to incorporate commercial solutions into its hybrid architecture that includes purpose-built satellites. Five companies have won positions on a five-year, $4 billion Space Force contract to build and deliver communications satellites for a proliferated network that would operate in geostationary orbit. Space Force set up the Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global program to […]
Barrios wins $450M NASA technical integration recompete
The company won the predecessor contract in 2020 and is poised to continue its support of programs like the International Space Station. Barrios Technology has won a potential six-year, $450 million contract to continue its technical integration and other professional services in support of NASA’s human spaceflight programs. The new Mission Technical Integration Contract begins on […]
GSA announces centralized travel service ‘GO.Gov’
Go.Gov will replace individual agency travel management systems and act as a shared service across the government. The General Services Administration on Tuesday announced a rebrand for its new centralized travel service program that will soon be used by all federal civilian agencies for travel booking, expenses and reporting when it goes live later this year: […]
2025 Fast 50: Nomination period now open
The upcoming annual rankings will recognize the fastest-growing small businesses in the GovCon market. The nomination process is now open for the 2025 Washington Technology Fast 50 rankings. This is an opportunity for small businesses in the government market to highlight their accomplishments and the growth trajectory they are on. Click here to see and complete […]
Firefly sets the size, specs of its public offering
Like with Voyager Technologies and its IPO, Firefly is looking to ride a wave of investor interest in space amid expectations of spending increases. Firefly Aerospace has set the terms of its pending initial public offering and the valuation it is seeking to fetch from investors through the sale of stock, according to amended regulatory documents […]
SAIC’s CEO: ‘What was defense is now national security’
That description also extends to how Toni Townes-Whitley talks about the industry, but with a different word to describe its participants. Verbiage is supposed to evolve with the times, but the phrase “defense industrial base” has hung around to describe the private sector’s support of its military customer ever since the Cold War began. But in […]