President Donald Trump has directed all federal agencies to immediately cease use of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology, escalating a high-stakes dispute between the Pentagon and the AI firm over military guardrails. “I
A new tool that boosts satellite weather forecasting capabilities and built by aerospace and defense contractor L3Harris Technologies has launched on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel now in orbit. The Cross-Track Infrared
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The speaker roster for financial services company Baird’s upcoming 2022 Government & Defense Conference has been released and it is stocked with some of the biggest names in government contracting and the federal sector.
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A Leidos business has won a contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center that calls for technical support services in a U.S. Department of Defense hypersonic flight testing endeavor. Under the Multi-Service Advanced
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Experienced government technology executive Tricia Fitzmaurice has joined Rancher Government Solutions, a company that provides open source and security-focused products to the public sector, as its vice president of sales. At RGS, Fitzmaurice will
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Defense technology contracting company System High Corporation has landed a $150 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency calling for security-related assistance and other weapons system support. The cost-plus-fixed-fee level-of-effort award expects System
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Public sector-serving artificial intelligence technology company Empower AI has booked a task order from the U.S. Army under which it will help update the systems infrastructure of the National Defense University. The potential
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A division of the U.S. Marine Corps has awarded defense contracting company ManTech a $115 million contract to conduct and advise on technical improvements for USMC intelligence systems. Through the award, which comes
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Former SAIC executive Bruce Phillips has been appointed vice president of emerging markets growth at government contracting and technology organization Systems Planning and Analysis. In his new role, Phillips will oversee strategy, market outreach and acquisitions,
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Government-serving construction and engineering company Conti Federal Services has booked a $69.4 million task order from a division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to renovate a North Carolina U.S. Army base.
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Consulting firm Guidehouse has concluded its transaction to acquire the public sector advisory business of Grant Thornton LLP. With the acquisition, Guidehouse adds new expertise and capabilities in financial services, human-capital management and information
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