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Gen. John Lamontagne. Lamontagne details how the Air Force is addressing readiness gapsDepartment of War

John Lamontagne on How the Air Force Is Tackling Readiness, Modernization & Other Challenges

Gen. John Lamontagne, vice chief of staff of the Air Force, discussed multi-year procurement contracts funding in a new interview
Antares. The company has raised $470M in Series C funding for a microreactor it is developing for the Department of War.Department of War

Antares Secures $470M in Funds to Scale Microreactor Deployments for Defense, Space Missions

Antares has raised $470 million in Series C financing for the commercialization of its Mark-0 reactor The microreactor reached criticality
Bell Textron logo. Bell received a $300 million Navy contract for Marine Corps H-1 SPINE upgrades.Contract Awards

Bell Lands $300M Navy Contract for Marine Corps H-1 SPINE Upgrades

The SPINE program covers 49 aircraft — 28 AH-1Z Vipers and 21 UH-1Y Venoms — with modifications starting at Bell’s
Louis Eichenbaum. The federal CTO at ColorTokens discussed how microsegmentation could help agencies protect critical assets.Cybersecurity

ColorTokens’ Louis Eichenbaum on Protecting Critical Government Assets With Microsegmentation

ColorTokens Federal CTO Louis Eichenbaum has highlighted microsegmentation as a zero trust priority for agencies Eichenbaum flags internal traffic visibility
Space Force logo. Sphinx Defense has secured a $287 million Space Force OTA for ESS Mission Planning app development.Contract Awards

Sphinx Defense Books $287M Space Force ESS Mission Planning OTA Agreement

Sphinx Defense has booked a Space Force OTA agreement for ESS mission planning The Phase 3 award follows two earlier
Carlyle logo. Carlyle has acquired Secturion Systems, a Utah maker of NSA-certified hardware encryption products.M&A Activity

Carlyle Acquires Encryption Hardware Maker Secturion Systems; Sean Berg Named CEO

The purchase marks the first deal for Carlyle’s new middle-market aerospace, defense and government platform Secturion, founded in 2012, makes
U.S. Navy seal. The Navy plans to award a single-award, follow-on IDIQ contract for NAWCAD software engineering support.Acquisition & Procurement

Navy Eyes NAWCAD Software Engineering IDIQ Recompete

The Navy has announced plans for a software engineering IDIQ recompete The planned contract spans a five-year base ordering period
Mobix Labs. The technology company has signed a definitive agreement to purchase unmanned aerial systems maker Vision Aerial.M&A Activity

Mobix Labs Announces Definitive Agreement to Buy Vision Aerial

Fabless semiconductor company Mobix Labs announced Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vision Aerial, a
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services seal. USCIS is planning a contract for enterprise-grade OSINT software.Acquisition & Procurement

USCIS Plans Potential $100M Contract for Enterprise OSINT Software

USCIS is seeking OSINT software that can pull real-time information from public and commercial sources The planned system would automate
NVIDIA logo. NVIDIA is in talks to guarantee roughly $250 billion to help OpenAI lease a data center campus in Ohio.Artificial Intelligence

NVIDIA Eyes $250B Guarantee for OpenAI Lease at Federally Owned Ohio Data Center

NVIDIA would back financing for both the construction debt and the lease Its own chips are excluded, though a separate