Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to freeze USAID payments
In a 5-4 ruling, the justices require the administration to honor existing aid and contracts obligations while the legal battle continues. Proponents for the U.S. Agency for International Development won a victory Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s petition to freeze funding for the agency. The ruling applies to obligations the agency […]
Epirus collects $250M in Series D capital to scale up production
The seven-year-old startup is pushing to further develop and make more of its Leonidas system, which works to fire lasers and other pulses at adversaries’ drones. Epirus, a defense technology startup that makes directed energy and anti-drone systems, has fetched $250 million in Series D capital from investors to aid in the expansion of production capacity. […]
Riverside Research acquires secure hardware provider
Riverside is seeking to accelerate its development of new mobile devices and bring virtualization techniques further out to the edge. Riverside Systems has acquired a developer of secure virtualization and other embedded products as part of a push to further build out cyber offerings for national security and other federal agencies. Started in 2014 by Carl […]
NTT Data contests $111M CDC contract on technicality
The incumbent is challenging the rival’s eligibility over a corporate name discrepancy in the government’s official database of who its contractors are. NTT Data is pushing a technicality as a way of winning back a $111 million task order with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency. NTT Data is the incumbent contractor, responsible for […]
General Atomics acquires signal processing tech provider
North Point Defense started in 2012 to develop automation-centric technologies for defense and intelligence operators. General Atomics Integrated Intelligence Inc., the energy and defense conglomerate’s arm focused on data-centric products, has acquired a provider of signal processing and data distribution solutions for national security programs. Founded in 2012, North Point Defense develops complex digital signals communications […]
Some cancelled VA contracts disappear from ‘Wall of Receipts’ as more cuts loom
Despite inconsistencies, veteran-owned businesses are bearing the brunt of the DOGE-driven eliminations at the Veterans Affairs Department. The Veterans Affairs Department has caused quite a stir with its Monday announcement that it has identified 585 contracts to cancel. Only 34 of those, or 6%, have appeared so far on the Department of Government Efficiency Wall of Receipts and cover […]
Sabel Systems hires Purvis as chief executive
The former QinetiQ US CEO will lead Sabel through this new phase of its strategy as a Sagewind Capital-backed company. Sabel Systems has hired a new chief executive in Shawn Purvis, a three-decade market veteran who joins the research-and-development company four months after its sale to a private equity firm. In a Tuesday LinkedIn post, Sabel […]
Health, operations and talent leadership moves across the market
Three former GovCon CEOs also take up seats at boards of directors, including a founder who sold her company to one of the market’s blue bloods. Alpha Omega Scott Barnhart has moved up to leader of the technology solutions provider’s national security unit, which includes its portfolios with the Homeland Security and State departments. Alpha Omega […]
Trade group urges Commerce secretary to support the work of subagencies
The Business Software Alliance said international alliances, export control regimes and standards harmonization efforts can all support the Department of Commerce’s advancement of U.S. tech. The Department of Commerce should take steps to enable the work of its sub-agencies to help support the agency’s broader technology and trade posture, the Business Software Alliance wrote to Secretary […]
VA targets 585 ‘non-mission critical’ contracts for elimination
The Veterans Affairs Department claims $900 million in savings and that the cuts will not impact health care, benefits or services. The Veterans Affairs Department is moving to cancel 585 contracts that it has deemed non-mission critical or duplicative. VA has announced the cuts Monday afternoon and said the decision follows a review of 2,000 professional […]