President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative is beginning to move from vision to execution as lawmakers advance new funding, Pentagon officials deepen engagement with commercial industry and program leaders experiment with novel acquisition models. While significant questions remain about the program’s final architectu...
Government contractors are navigating one of the most uncertain business environments in recent memory, but the companies achieving the strongest growth and highest win rates are not pulling back. Instead, they are investing more heavily in artificial intelligence, operational maturity and disciplined business processes. Those are among the key...
DARPA has awarded SecuriGence a $121 million modification to its IT multi-network support services task order. The modification raises the value of the task order to $816 million DARPA’s contract with SecuriGence began in September 2021 to support the agency’s multiple information technology network The Defense Advanced Research Projects...
SpaceX has exercised its option to acquire Cursor for $60 billion The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026 The 2026 Air and Space Summit will explore AI, commercial space relay and more SpaceX has agreed to acquire Cursor’s parent company, Anysphere, in an all-stock transaction valued at $60 billion as...
Empower AI has secured a potential $255 million DISA J6 Service Delivery contract The award covers Pentagon and National Capital Region enterprise IT operations The 2026 Army Summit, happening tomorrow, will examine the interconnected battlefield, AI and more Empower AI has won a potential five-year, $255.4 million recompete contract from the Defens...
The Department of the Air Force is making an aggressive case for one of the largest budget increases in its history, arguing that decades of underinvestment, growing threats from near-peer competitors and the accelerating importance of space operations demand a significant infusion of resources. During a June 9 hearing before the Senate Appropriatio...
DISA is surveying the industry for a consolidated Army endpoint security program worth up to $850 million The sources sought notice covers defending the Army’s slice of the DOW network and advancing its zero trust goals, with responses due June 29 The effort would merge support now split between ECS Federal and small business Enterprise...
“AI-enabled technologies are helping soldiers detect explosive hazards, identify cyber threats and improve battlefield awareness The Army is using AI to accelerate acquisition processes Army officials and industry executives will discuss AI adoption, experimentation and deployment at the 2026 Army Summit The U.S. Army has implemented arti...
AWS has secured a potential $2.56 billion DHS contract for commercial cloud services The contract covers PaaS and SaaS offerings, professional services and training support The 2026 Homeland Security Summit will explore AI, cybersecurity and other tech priorities across DHS agencies Amazon Web Services has secured a potential $2.56 billion contract ...
Elsevier discusses barriers to research impact storytelling The academic publishing company highlights analytics and research management platforms for impact reporting Elsevier highlights InsightGraph, Scopus, SciVal and Pure for impact tracking and reporting Elsevier has discussed how its suite of analytics and research...
