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AI Tech Startup SparkCognition Raises $100M in Series C RoundNews

AI Tech Startup SparkCognition Raises $100M in Series C Round

SparkCognition, which aims to build artificial intelligence technology platforms, has raised $100M through a Series C funding round led by…
Microsoft Furthers Azure Cloud Innovation for Public Sector ClientsNews

Microsoft Furthers Azure Cloud Innovation for Public Sector Clients

Lily Kim, general manager of Azure government at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), higlighted some of the company's latest efforts to help…
VMware Closes Carbon Black Purchase; Sanjay Poonen QuotedM&A Activity

VMware Closes Carbon Black Purchase; Sanjay Poonen Quoted

VMware (NYSE: VMW) has wrapped up its acquisition of cybersecurity firm Carbon Black and will launch a security business unit as a result…
Raytheon Gets $300M NASA JPL Space System Dev’t Contract; Dave Wajsgras, Todd Probert QuotedContract Awards

Raytheon Gets $300M NASA JPL Space System Dev’t Contract; Dave Wajsgras, Todd Probert Quoted

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a potential 10-year, $300M contract to develop and test new space platforms and flight software for…
NIST Invites Tech Vendors to Participate in Energy Sector Cybersecurity InitiativeNews

NIST Invites Tech Vendors to Participate in Energy Sector Cybersecurity Initiative

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for sources of technology platforms and technical services that can help NIST develop…
Dedrone Buys Battelle’s Counter-UAS Tech, Forms Defense BusinessNews

Dedrone Buys Battelle’s Counter-UAS Tech, Forms Defense Business

Dedrone has acquired the rights to Battelle’s DroneDefender counter-small unmanned aerial system and established a consultancy business unit to offer sUAS…
NASA, General Atomics Sign Cooperative Agreement on Large UAS Demo FlightNews

NASA, General Atomics Sign Cooperative Agreement on Large UAS Demo Flight

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business will collaborate with NASA to demonstrate a flight mission of an  MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft in…
NSA Vet Marianne Bailey Joins Guidehouse as Cybersecurity Practice LeadExecutive Moves

NSA Vet Marianne Bailey Joins Guidehouse as Cybersecurity Practice Lead

Marianne Bailey, a former official at the National Security Agency and three-decade government service veteran, has joined Guidehouse as leader of the…
Nine Firms Land Spots on $500M USAID Energy II Technical Support IDIQContract Awards

Nine Firms Land Spots on $500M USAID Energy II Technical Support IDIQ

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded nine companies spots on a potential seven-year, $500M contract to provide technical support…
Army Engineers Award Six Spots on $249M Gov’t Facility Construction, Maintenance Services IDIQContract Awards

Army Engineers Award Six Spots on $249M Gov’t Facility Construction, Maintenance Services IDIQ

Five independent firms and one joint venture have won spots on a potential five-year, $249M from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…