By Benji Hutchinson, CEO of Babel Street Modern adversaries don’t attack in one dimension. They exploit global supply chains, digital identities and the information environment simultaneously, probing for weak seams where risk passes unseen between organizations, vendors and people. For national security organizations, defense contractors and ...
Precision Aerospace & Defense Group and FACT II Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company, have signed a definitive business combination agreement to create a publicly listed aerospace and defense engineering and manufacturing company with an implied enterprise value of up to $320 million. The combined company will operate as ...
The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems has appointed Anjali Chaturvedi, a more than three-decade legal professional, as vice president and chief ethics officer. The company said Tuesday that Chaturvedi will oversee BAE Systems Inc.’s strategy and execution of its ethics program, reporting to the company’s general counsel as part of the senio...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded 1,014 companies positions on the new Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense contract, a potential 10-year, $151 billion vehicle for the Golden Dome multi-layer missile defense architecture. The first tranche of staggered awards establishes the competitive pool while the agency continues discuss...
LogicMonitor has completed its acquisition of Catchpoint to enhance visibility across digital infrastructure and internet performance. How Will LogicMonitor’s Acquisition of Catchpoint Impact Customers? LogicMonitor said Tuesday that the acquisition merges its infrastructure and artificial intelligence capabilities with Catchpoint’s inte...
Babel Street has named John Larson as president and chief artificial intelligence officer, a move aimed at advancing the company’s expansion into mission-grade AI capabilities for government and commercial risk intelligence customers. Larson will lead AI product development and technology strategy, focusing on tools that improve identity resol...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond On Nov. 10, 2025, DFARS 252.204-7021 officially started requiring defense contractors to maintain CMMC certification at levels specified in their contracts. What many contractors don’t realize is that their eligibility for award is determined earlier in the process by a different...
David Lee, field chief technology officer at Saviynt, said adopting a cloud-based, artificial intelligence-powered identity security platform could help government agencies mitigate risks by unifying a wide range of activities and tools in a single place. What Is Identity Governance & Administration? In an article published on Carahsoft.com, Lee...
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, or TIP, has introduced a public data platform designed to provide insights into how NSF allocates funding across emerging technology areas. In the first part of this two-part series published in August, Ann Gabriel, senior vice president for global strat...
Markon, a mission integrator specializing in cybersecurity, technology, business operations and infrastructure, has completed the acquisition of PLEX, a cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and enterprise engineering firm, in a deal backed by Sterling Investment Partners. What Impact Will the PLEX Acquisition Have on Markon? Markon ...
