Redwire pushes further across defense with $925M Edge Autonomy acquisition
In explaining the move to Wall Street, Redwire’s chief executive Pete Cannito cites connectivity between space assets and drones closer to Earth’s surface as a growth opportunity for the company. Redwire was born in 2020 as a space company and that should remain its DNA following its agreement to acquire the unmanned aerial system maker Edge […]
COMMENTARY: Army budget emphasizes security and virtual training
The $6.2 billion plan prioritizes cryptographic modernization, intelligence capabilities, and training, writes immixGroup’s Grier Eagan. In a previous article on Department of Defense’s fiscal 2025 IT budgeting, we looked at the department as a whole, and followed it up with budgeted Navy IT spending. Today, we’ll take a deeper dive into the IT funds being allocated […]
Trump axes Biden’s AI executive order
President Donald Trump vowed to repeal the order during campaigning and in his presidential platform. President Donald Trump rolled back former President Joe Biden’s executive order focused on artificial intelligence just hours after being inaugurated. It’s just one of nearly 80 Biden-era executive actions Trump wiped away with his own, new executive order on Monday. Trump’s […]
Trump signs order setting up DOGE with a focus on government tech
Trump is wielding — and renaming — the US Digital Service in service of the DOGE. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to set up his Department of Government Efficiency, charged with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” Billionaire Elon Musk is leading the effort, which Trump set up […]
QinetiQ’s US arm appoints Vecchiolla as CEO
Tom Vecchiolla now will lead the subsidiary’s work to execute the strategy of its parent company that centers around the AUKUS security partnership. QinetiQ’s U.S. subsidiary has appointed Tom Vecchiolla as chief executive, less than one year after the 15-year defense industry veteran joined its board of directors. The move took effect on Friday and was […]
Accenture Federal wins $3.5B Energy IT recompete
The so-called CBOSS blanket purchase agreement is the Energy Department’s main mechanism for acquiring IT support services. Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary has won a potential seven-and-a-half year, $3.5 billion blanket purchase agreement to continue its role as the Energy Department’s primary enterprise IT and business support services provider. This is the second iteration of the CIO […]