Defense technology startup Anduril has raised $200M in a recent funding round, which increased the company's value to $1.9B, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Alion Science and Technology has been featured in Bloomberg Government's annual list of top 200 federal contractors based on unclassified prime contract awards during the government's 2019 fiscal year.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration has asked vendors for information on platforms that use automation, cloud-based software and artificial intelligence and could help TSA hire, retain and manage employees, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will host a virtual briefing on June 24 to share its information technology acquisition plans with industry, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday.

Federal civilian agencies increased the amount of money spent on information technology products and services from $6.7B in the second quarter of the government's 2019 fiscal year to $7.7B during the same period in its current fiscal year, Bloomberg Government reported Monday.

The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is seeking technical personnel from the private sector to provide subject matter expertise and help manage the research and development hub, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday.

Data security firm Enveil has raised $10M in a round of Series A financing led by C5 Capital and supported by several investors including Capital One Ventures, Mastercard, 1843 Capital and Bloomberg Beta. Enveil said Tuesday it will use the investment to expand its ZeroReveal product line, build up its global sales team and client support functions and broaden its presence in government and commercial markets.

SpaceX plans to spin off and launch an initial public offering for its space internet subsidiary Starlink, Bloomberg reported Friday. “Right now, we are a private company, but Starlink is the right kind of business that we can go ahead and take public,” Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX and a three-time Wash100 award winner, said Thursday at a JPMorgan Chase & Co.-hosted event in Miami.

Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware, told Bloomberg in a video interview posted Saturday he believes Iran will respond to a U.S. airstrike through cyber warfare.

Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications and a 2019 Wash100 award recipient, told Bloomberg in an audio interview posted Tuesday about the company’s use of SpaceX-built rockets and the role of the private sector in space exploration. He said SpaceX and other launch service providers have helped drive down the cost for a lot of satellite suppliers.

Steven Demetriou, chairman and CEO of Jacobs, has said that the company’s integration of KeyW is “off to a great start” as it seeks to leverage the latter’s low-Earth orbit and space intelligence offerings.

Bloomberg Government has named Carahsoft Technology a top government contractor in recognition of the increase in value of the former’s contracts with the U.S. government in fiscal year 2018.