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Phoenix Semiconductor Receives Funding From RTX, Lockheed Martin in Seed Round

Phoenix Semiconductor raised $5.5 million in its recent seed funding round. The Texas-headquartered semiconductor firm said Tuesday that J2 Ventures, RTX Ventures, IronGate Capital Advisors and Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in the funding round. What Phoenix Semiconductor Offers Phoenix is tackling the challenge of microelectronics obsolescence by recreating legacy chips that are still in use […] More

by Elodie Collins June 12, 2025, 11:24 am
in Executive Moves, News

Jennifer Ewbank Joins Oracle Strategic Advisory Group for Government, Defense & Intelligence

Jennifer Ewbank, the former deputy director for digital innovation at the CIA and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, has joined the Strategic Advisory Group for Government, Defense & Intelligence at Oracle, which is being led by Kim Lynch, an executive vice president at the technology company who is herself a recipient of the Wash100 Award. […] More

by Jerry Petersen June 12, 2025, 11:18 am
in Contract Awards, News

Easy Dynamics Wins $50M USDA Recompete Contract for ICAM, Cloud Services

Easy Dynamics, or EZD, has secured a recompete contract worth $50 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Terms of the Recompete Award The cybersecurity services provider said Tuesday that the contract, which was awarded on May 28 and comes with a five-year period of performance, calls for the continued provision of identity, credential and […] More

by Vivienne Wordsworth June 12, 2025, 11:11 am
in Contract Awards, DOD, News

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Books $706M Army Ammo Supply Contract

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems will supply the U.S. Army with 120-millimeter M829A4 cartridge ammunition under a $706 million firm-fixed-price contract. The service branch will determine the contract’s work sites and funding with each order, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Work on the contract is expected to be completed by June 12, 2029. […] More

by Arthur McMiler June 12, 2025, 6:15 am
in Contract Awards, Cybersecurity, DOD, News

Air Force Extends Use of Telos’ Xacta Cyber Risk & Compliance Platform

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Telos a one-year, $3.7 million contract option to continue its access to the company’s cyber governance, risk and compliance platform, Xacta. The platform works to automate Air Force cyber GRC requirements across various networks like top secret and secret networks, Telos said Wednesday. Commenting on the award, John Wood, […] More

by Arthur McMiler June 12, 2025, 4:43 am
in Cloud, DOD, News

Amazon to Unveil AWS Secret-West Region for Defense, National Security Customers

Amazon has announced plans to introduce its second Amazon Web Services Secret Cloud Region in 2025. In a blog post published Tuesday, the company said the new AWS Secret-West Region will be accredited to support workloads up to the U.S. Secret classification level and enable defense and national security customers and their partners to deploy […] More

by Jane Edwards June 11, 2025, 11:20 am
in News, Technology

IBM Sets Roadmap to Build Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer by 2029

IBM Quantum has set out a roadmap to build the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029. The technology company said Tuesday that IBM Quantum Starling will be able to perform 20,000 times more operations compared to current quantum computers. “IBM is charting the next frontier in quantum computing,” stated Arvind Krishna, chairman and […] More

by Elodie Collins June 11, 2025, 11:16 am
in Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Modernization, News

Zscaler Attains AWS ISV Competencies in Healthcare, Education

Cloud security company Zscaler has achieved Amazon Web Services independent software vendor competencies in health care, education and subcategories national security and defense, public safety, and citizen services. Earning new AWS competency badges demonstrates the capability to deliver high-quality solutions that help the public sector meet mandates, reduce costs, drive efficiencies and boost innovation and […] More

by Kristen Smith June 11, 2025, 10:42 am
in Contract Awards, News

Ultra I&C to Provide Archer Troposcatter System to the Army

Ultra I&C will provide its Archer troposcatter system to the U.S. Army. The Austin, Texas-based defense technology company said Tuesday the Army will utilize the Archer troposcatter system to enhance battlefield communications. It will be used for training and evaluation to strengthen network resilience with an extra layer of secure communication. Get insights on the troposcatter technology […] More

by Miles Jamison June 11, 2025, 10:10 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Mattermost Debuts AI Mission Platform for Critical Operations

Mattermost has launched the Intelligent Mission Environment, or IME, a sovereign, artificial intelligence-enabled platform designed to modernize mission-critical operations for defense, intelligence and critical infrastructure teams. Built to replace outdated systems, IME improves mission speed, collaboration and decision-making in high-risk environments, the company said Tuesday. IME Platform Features IME provides a secure and self-hosted platform that […] More

by Kacey Roberts June 11, 2025, 8:21 am
in Cloud, News

Raft & Appian Partner to Develop Contested Logistics Cloud for INDOPACOM

Raft and Appian have partnered to develop a contested logistics cloud platform at the tactical edge in the Indo-Pacific Command, unifying logistics and warfighting data to enhance readiness and accelerate decision-making for U.S. forces. Shubhi Mishra, founder and CEO of Raft and a two-time Wash100 winner, said in a statement Tuesday, “This partnership brings together the best in […] More

by Kacey Roberts June 11, 2025, 7:35 am
in Executive Moves, News

Former Government and Military Officials Join Fuse Advisory Board

Nuclear fusion energy company Fuse has appointed four new advisers with expertise in national security and defense. Composed of former senior officials from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, National Security Agency and the Department of Justice, the group of advisory board appointees will support its goal of accelerating fusion energy commercialization and providing next-generation radiation […] More

by Arthur McMiler June 11, 2025, 6:59 am