Valkyrie Enterprises has appointed Joyner Livingston as senior vice president of mission solutions. The company said in a LinkedIn post Tuesday that Livingston will lead operations, growth strategy and program delivery for its technical services portfolio. “Serving at the intersection of operational domain knowledge, technical expertise, and a...
Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies are helping develop software for the potential $185 billion Golden Dome next-generation missile defense shield, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The companies are part of an industry consortium working to deliver a command-and-control platform that would process data from disparate sources and en...
“The Department of War has issued a letter stating that Palantir’s artificial intelligence platform, Maven Smart System, will become an official program of record, Reuters reported Friday. The Pentagon’s move to formalize AI capabilities as programs of record reflects the broader momentum behind digital transformation efforts across th...
Jonathan Elliott, Department of War director of the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell in the Chief Digital and AI Office, wants to evolve GenAI to give warfighters a decisive advantage in combat The DOW CDAO and Defense Innovation Unit had $100 million in appropriations spread out over FYs 2024 and 2025 to accelerate GenAI integration with...
Empower AI has appointed Ryan Hopper as vice president and leader of its military services business unit as it continues to deliver artificial intelligence-enabled technology services that support federal and defense missions. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 18 will bring together federal and GovCon lea...
The U.S. government has, for decades, been inundated with legacy systems and equipment and slow procurement cycles that led to high maintenance costs and inefficient delivery of public services and left critical infrastructures vulnerable to cyberthreats. All of that seems to be changing. In 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order t...
“Federal technology firm Alpha Omega has appointed Brittney Chappell, a federal acquisition executive, as vice president of capture and Srinivas “Sri” Kothuri, a cloud and digital transformation leader, as VP of IT and solutions. As companies like Alpha Omega strengthen leadership teams to support national security missions, indust...
CACI International has finalized its acquisition of ARKA Group in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $2.6 billion as part of a push to strengthen its market position and expand its space-based sensing and geospatial intelligence capabilities in support of national security customers. As companies like CACI expand their space-based sensing capa...
The battle between the Department of War and artificial intelligence developer Anthropic is the hottest story in GovCon. The two parties are embroiled in a legal dispute over to which extent the department should be able to use a contractor’s technology in activities deemed legal and whether a contractor should be able to dictate how the...
Markon, a mission integrator for the federal government, has acquired Millennium Corp. to expand its delivery of mission-critical cyber services across defense, intelligence and federal civilian markets. Markon said Friday that, through the transaction, it is positioning itself as a full-spectrum cyber provider, capable of delivering end-to-end cybe...
