The UK Ministry of Defence awarded £279 million to build a new defensive cyber operations facility for 13 Signal Regiment at Duke of Gloucester Barracks in Gloucestershire.
The Pentagon's CIO office is requiring formal validation of cyber resilience across all national security space platforms, with AI-driven defenses deployed directly on satellite payloads and patching cycles compressed from months to hours.
U.S. Cyber Command awarded Leidos a $160 million five-year contract to support offensive and defensive cyber operations, including securing the Department of War Information Network.
Enlighten IT Consulting, an HII subsidiary, won a $332.8 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver edge data analytics and storage for the Air Force's Integrated Defensive Cyber System through 2032.
Proofpoint, backed by Thoma Bravo, is acquiring publicly traded Varonis Systems for $6.3 billion in cash. The deal combines human and agent cybersecurity with data and AI security capabilities.
The EU Council renewed EUNAVFOR MED IRINI's mandate through March 2029, adding monitoring of Russian shadow fleets, protection of critical undersea infrastructure, and enhanced maritime domain awareness in the Mediterranean.
Joint Task Force-Gold is integrating cyber defense and passive anomaly detection for the Golden Dome for America missile defense system, with initial capability due by end-2026. Stage 1 completion is targeted for 2028.
IonQ agreed to buy Elisity, a zero trust security company with more than 100 global deployments, for up to $1.3 billion in an all-stock transaction including up to $150 million in performance earnouts.
DoD, CISA and NIST set phased timelines for post-quantum cryptography migration: inventory through 2027, pilots 2027-2028, complete migration by 2035. High-value assets must be PQC-ready by 2030.
The Pentagon activated a new program office to harden military installations against cyberattacks, sabotage, and supply chain disruptions across five strategic pillars including energy independence and domestic supply chain security.
Cyber intelligence company REDLattice is merging with Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. at a $1.25 billion pre-money enterprise value, with up to about $610 million in gross proceeds assuming no redemptions, to refinance debt and fund organic growth.
Nomios has acquired Orbcom, a Porto-based cybersecurity and IT consulting provider generating €15 million in annual revenue with 80 employees and 250+ customers. The deal expands Nomios's European presence under majority owner Keensight Capital.
Dragos completed acquisitions of NetRise and runZero to add exposure management and software supply chain security to its industrial cybersecurity platform serving critical infrastructure operators.
Edge cybersecurity startup TigerByte Cyber raised $3M in seed funding and secured $7M in contracts with DARPA, Space Force and Navy to scale its Cyber Protection Suite for tactical hardware protection.
Eve Security raised $4.5M to extend its seed round to $7.5M total for technology that governs and controls autonomous AI agents in real time as enterprises deploy them across sensitive systems.
The Italian cybersecurity company secured $270 million in Series C funding to expand its platform protecting autonomous machines, robots and drones with AI-powered runtime security operating at machine speed.