Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) has acquired Advanced Solutions Inc., a Colorado-based space software company, as part of efforts to further build up its space systems business. Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab said Tuesday it paid $40 million for ASI and will potentially make an additional payment of $5.5 million performance earnout based on r...
GovCon Wire Events hosted Thursday its AI: Innovation in Homeland Security Forum, which brought together government and industry leaders to examine how national security agencies can leverage AI technology to combat foreign and domestic adversaries and threats. Following a keynote address from DHS official John Cohen, GovCon Wire Events proceeded ...
The Space Development Agency has issued a draft request for proposals for a program to provide demonstration and experimentation capabilities for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s transport layer. The Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System seeks to supplement the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellite constell...
Members of Congress want the intelligence community to invest more in commercial technology platforms and share data with the Defense Department as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Intelligence Authorization Act. On Sept. 30, the House Intelligence Committee passed its version of the bill that authorizes IC spending levels 0.5 percent above the White Ho...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary will continue to provide lead yard services to the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarine construction program under a one-year, $482.1 million contract modification. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat as part of a previously awarded con...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its AI: Innovation in Homeland Security Forum on Thursday which gathered private industry and government officials to discuss how cutting-edge AI technology is shaping the nation’s homeland security priorities, goals and general strategy as well as the role industry can play in the future of countering foreign adversari...
Mick Fox, chief operating officer for Technomile, published his latest feature article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. Previously, GovCon Expert Mick Fox provided an informative guide in a two-part feature breaking down contract lifecycle management (CLM) in the federal landscape today. For his latest piece, Fo...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has outlined its enterprise approach to transform how NGA produces, manages and shares geospatial intelligence in a 28-page document. NGA said Wednesday its Data Strategy 2021 will serve as a supplement to the agency’s technology-focused strategy and has driven its implementation of a framework to co...
The Department of Justice has expanded its efforts to combat cyber threats with the launch of an initiative aimed at cracking down on government contractors that made false cybersecurity-related fraud claims. The new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative will leverage the False Claims Act, a civil enforcement tool meant to address fraudulent conduct by compa...
Springbrook Software seeks to expand its capabilities, service coverage and customer base with the acquisition of MAGIQ Software, a New Zealand-based company that delivers cloud offerings to public sector clients in the country, Australia and the U.S. Robert Bonavito, CEO of Springbrook Software, said in a statement published Monday the purchase sup...
