Vibrint expands defense tech capabilities with Ampsight buy
The acquirer is looking to strengthen its artificial intelligence, cloud and cyber offerings for national security and geospatial intelligence customers. Vibrint has acquired Ampsight in a move to add cloud engineering, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence capabilities. The addition of Ampsight further grows Vibrint’s positioning across the geospatial intelligence community. Terms of the transaction announced Monday were not disclosed. “Ampsight […]
Space tech accelerator backs 10 global startups with potential dual-use creations
Seraphim Space Enterprise has picked a group of companies working on solutions for monitoring space traffic, launch capabilities and data connectivity. A space technology accelerator has chosen a group of 10 startups to receive seed money for their work to develop new technologies that have both public sector and commercial applications. Seraphim Space Enterprise, which does business as […]
GSA, Salesforce agree to major Slack discounts for government
The General Service Administration announced another cost-savings offering through its OneGov effort to centralize technology procurements. The General Services Administration announced Monday that Salesforce, which purchased Slack Technologies in 2021, will offer a temporary price reduction of 90% for the Slack Enterprise Grid collaborative suite and a 70% discount per user for Slack AI for Enterprise to […]
WT 360: Defense One’s Audrey Decker on the Golden Dome and its big challenges
Audrey Decker, who covers the Air Force and Space Force for Defense One, jumps in to detail this big idea for a future national missile defense system and what makes its development so “wicked hard.” Golden Dome is the U.S.’ newest ambitious attempt to create a multi-layered defense system for protecting the mainland from incoming […]
Judge rules in Accenture’s favor in $1B Army contract dispute
Groundswell’s protest of the Army Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence contract falls short as U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge denies allegations. Accenture Federal Services has prevailed in its battle with Groundswell over the Army Enterprise Business Systems- Convergence contract. The Army picked Accenture last year for the project to consolidate several Army systems into a […]
GSA’s procurement chief details administration’s acquisition reform plans
In a wide-ranging interview with GovExec TV, Larry Allen addressed the agency’s new OneGov strategy, AI opportunities and the centralization of federal procurement functions. Larry Allen’s expertise in government contracting spans four decades; three books he either authored or contributed to on the subject, and a college course he created and taught for several years at […]
NASA launches $2M space technology innovation contract
The agency is planning a maximum of 300 small research awards under its SpaceTech REDDI 2025 vehicle, which will focus on nearly 200 technology needs. NASA is developing a new research vehicle with the goal of releasing a solicitation on June 3. The multiple-award contract will be called Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion – 2025. […]
Zeno Power closes $50M Series B round to make nuclear batteries
The company started in 2018 and is moving away from prototyping of its batteries to manufacturing them for use in space, the polar regions and deep seas. Zeno Power, a seven-year-old developer of nuclear batteries with prime government contracts, has fetched approximately $50 million in Series B capital from investors to start making those very products. […]
Industry reps urge Congress to renew backbone cyber information-sharing law
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, a keystone ordinance that lets the private sector share cyber threat information with legal safeguards, expires in September unless renewed by Congress. Industry officials made a strong case to Capitol Hill Thursday that a foundational cyber threat information-sharing law must be renewed by this fall, arguing a lapse would […]
NASA extends KBR’s $250M Wallops range contract
The agency says it would be too disruptive to compete a new contract right now as the facility takes on more launches including commercial and hypersonic vehicles. NASA is extending a $250 million contract with KBR to support the Wallops Flight Facility Range in Virginia. In a Sam.gov notice posted Thursday, the agency says it cannot compete […]