Through this collaboration, GDIT will work with NightDragon to align leading cybersecurity, national security, and defense companies in NightDragon’s portfolio with U.S. government programs supported by GDIT. This will enable accelerated insertion of innovative commercial technology in complex, highly regulated government environments in areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and autonomy across all six domains, including air, sea, land, space, and cyber. The agreement will facilitate co-investment in technical solutions for national security, civilian and health missions.

“Our collaboration with NightDragon reinforces our commitment to bringing the latest commercial technology to address federal agencies’ toughest mission challenges,” said Amy Gilliland, GDIT’s president. “We look forward to leveraging our collective strengths to further accelerate innovation and rapidly deliver mission-ready technology solutions that are proven, secure and scalable.”

“By combining NightDragon’s investment in emerging technologies with GDIT’s scale and mission expertise, we can accelerate the journey from innovation to impact, ensuring breakthrough technologies are ready to address the most complex and evolving national security challenges,” said Dave DeWalt, founder and chief executive officer, NightDragon. “In today’s dynamic and increasingly contested security landscape, especially as cyber and defense converge, scaling visionary companies to deliver advanced capabilities has never been more critical for maintaining strategic advantage and protecting our national interests.”

The collaboration builds on the existing partnerships that GDIT, and other General Dynamics business units, have with cyber and defense companies in NightDragon’s portfolio. For example, GDIT has already won more than $120 million in contracts by partnering with NightDragon portfolio companies, including Horizon3.ai, to secure critical infrastructure from cyber threats at military bases.

“As a NightDragon portfolio company, we’ve already seen firsthand how the combination of NightDragon’s strategic support and GDIT’s deep mission expertise can accelerate growth and open meaningful opportunities. With active collaborations and deals in the pipeline, this partnership is helping companies like Horizon3.ai bring innovative cybersecurity capabilities to support critical national security missions faster and at greater scale,” said Snehal Antani, co-founder and chief executive officer, Horizon3.ai.

Source: GDIT

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SeekrFlow is a complete end-to-end AI operating system that unifies model hosting, fine-tuning, agent orchestration, and full agent observability in a single platform purpose-built for the most demanding environments, including air-gapped, disconnected, and tactical edge settings. Deployed across the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and other defense agencies, and awardable through the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, Seekr has established itself as a trusted AI provider for mission-critical government operations. Unlike fragmented solutions that require stitching together multiple tools, SeekrFlow Agents give organizations a secure, specialized, and fully deployable solution on-premises and in the cloud, enabling faster decision-making and reducing the time and overhead required to operationalize AI at scale.

“Our collaboration with GDIT brings secure, transparent, and mission-ready AI to the heart of government operations,” said Rob Clark, president of Seekr. “By combining Seekr’s agentic AI with GDIT’s proven leadership in federal mission delivery, we’re enabling agencies to move faster, operate smarter, and achieve outcomes once thought impossible.”

“Federal agencies need cutting-edge emerging technology capabilities to meet the pace and complexity of today’s missions,” said Ben Gianni, GDIT senior vice president and chief technology officer. “Our collaboration with Seekr will enable us to deliver differentiated, agentic AI solutions that enable our customers to advance missions faster, smarter and more securely.”

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Integrating advanced AI, machine learning, cloud computing and satellite connectivity capabilities, DOGMA will enable government agencies to rapidly streamline data processing, analysis and decision-making in any operational environment. Part of GDIT’s portfolio of Mission AI solutions, DOGMA can be deployed anywhere – from a single laptop to a device in low-earth orbit – and can be customized to unique mission needs. The solution is designed for a wide range of applications across defense, intelligence and civilian agencies, including aerial threat detection, critical infrastructure protection, intelligence analysis, border security, natural disaster early warning systems, public safety awareness, transportation optimization and smart city traffic monitoring.

GDIT has already demonstrated the impact of DOGMA at several military exercises last year. At the recent Technology Readiness Experimentation Event (T-REX-25-2), the company deployed this solution to monitor unmanned aerial systems, accelerating decision-making from 30 minutes to just 3 seconds. At Cyber Fortress 2025, during a simulated sophisticated cyber and physical attack on a power grid, GDIT leveraged DOGMA to provide real time visibility into aerial threats and support coordinated response efforts.

“As mission environments grow more connected and complex, speed and precision in decision-making have never been more critical,” said Brian Sheridan, GDIT’s senior vice president for defense. “DOGMA will enable operators to act on information faster, anticipate emerging threats and maintain decision advantage. Agencies across the government can use this solution to support our nation’s most vital priorities.”

Future enhancements to DOGMA will include quantum-safe encryption, adaptive large language model agents to strengthen human-machine collaboration, and interoperability and connectivity across all domains and environments.

Source: GDIT

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Under this work, GDIT will leverage its Everest Zero Trust Digital Accelerator to implement an integrated, data-centric cybersecurity solution that supports more than one million users across 187 bases worldwide. The solution will protect information at every level of classification and incorporate artificial intelligence to deliver enhanced threat detection capabilities. This effort will enable the Air Force to meet the Department of War chief information officer’s zero trust mandate well ahead of the Sept. 30, 2027, deadline.

“As cyber threats continue to escalate in velocity and sophistication from our adversaries, zero trust is fundamental to our national security,” said Brian Sheridan, GDIT’s senior vice president for Defense. “As a long-standing partner of the Air Force, we look forward to delivering an advanced AI-enabled cybersecurity solution that will secure its data, mitigate threats quickly, and strengthen our warfighters’ advantage in cyberspace.”

Source: GDIT

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Under the contract, GDIT will modernize and integrate C5ISR systems to enhance the operational effectiveness and readiness of naval forces. The company will provide integration, engineering, procurement, logistics and installation services onboard all classes of surface combatant ships, including guided missile ships, aircraft carriers, Coast Guard vessels, manned and unmanned aircraft and shore stations. GDIT will upgrade these systems efficiently to enable the Navy to keep its current vessels operational and ensure mission continuity.

“C5ISR systems are foundational to how our Navy senses, communicates and fights in the modern battlespace,” said Brian Sheridan, GDIT senior vice president for defense. “We look forward to continuing to deliver innovative solutions to ensure these vital systems operate at peak performance and enable our warfighters to stay ahead of emerging threats.”

Source: GDIT

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“Advancements in artificial intelligence, drones and cyber have fundamentally reshaped our national security missions and our battlespace and intelligence operations,” said Amy Gilliland, GDIT’s president. “Our investment in the Mission Emerge Center reflects our continued commitment to push boundaries and to enable our teams to transform emerging technologies into mission-ready solutions at speed and scale.”

At this approximately 5,200-square-foot-facility, GDIT will partner with customers, commercial technology companies and other General Dynamics businesses to rapidly build, test and validate solutions in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence enabled mission analysis, tactical edge capabilities, AI-accelerated software development, full spectrum cyber, high-performance computing and optimized sensor processing capabilities. The Mission Emerge Center will also expand GDIT’s DeepSky lab, which allows teams around the world to collaborate remotely in real-time to develop new capabilities and solutions securely.

GDIT will also co-develop solutions with other General Dynamics business units at this facility. For example, the company partnered with Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. to develop a solution to process overhead imagery from sensors mounted on their aircraft for specific intelligence missions.

The Mission Emerge Center is the latest investment in GDIT’s expansion of research and development labs across the country and is a key part of the company’s Technology Investment Strategy to advance government missions and develop tactical edge capabilities. GDIT has already deployed solutions in multiple exercises, including an advanced AI and cloud solution at Cyber Fortress 2025 to protect critical infrastructure from aerial threats and a cloud-in-a-box solution at Mobility Guardian 2025 in Guam to collaborate and run applications in a disconnected environment. In the intelligence and homeland security sectors, the company has implemented edge solutions to support global intelligence analysis and border protection.

Source: GDIT

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Full-spectrum cyber refers to a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity that encompasses every aspect of cyber defense, offense and resilience. It involves integrating multiple layers of security measures, strategies, intelligence analysis and technologies to protect information systems and networks from a wide range of current and emerging cyber threats. Full-spectrum cyber capabilities enable agencies to operate securely, efficiently and rapidly in a dynamic threat landscape.

The accelerator leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance cyber situational awareness, automate threat detection and response, enable forward threat hunting and deliver insights from across intelligence sources. It will support a wide range of missions, including defensive cyber, cyber threat intelligence, cyber operations and attack prevention, and critical infrastructure protection.

“From enabling battlefield operations to supporting real-time intelligence to protecting critical infrastructure, cyber underpins every aspect of modern mission execution,” said Aaron Bedrowsky, GDIT’s senior vice president for intelligence and homeland security. “This accelerator harnesses the full power of AI to create mission-ready cyber tools and solutions that our customers need to operate with speed, precision and agility.”

Source: GDIT

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Mobility Guardian is the U.S. Air Force’s premier military exercise held biennially in the Indo-Pacific region. Led by the Air Mobility Command, the exercise is designed to enhance interoperability and readiness between the Air Force and its allies in a wide range of activities, including airlift, troop movements, aerial refueling and other air mobility operations. Bringing together thousands of airmen from multiple nations, the event demonstrates the Air Force’s ability to rapidly deploy and sustain joint forces in Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (D-DIL) environments, where communication is unreliable, restricted, or even completely cut off.

During the exercise, GDIT and Google Public Sector demonstrated Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance, a portable, ruggedized “cloud-in-a-box” solution approved by the Department of War (DOW). The solution enabled Air Force teams to seamlessly collaborate and address seven mission-critical use cases at the tactical edge, including Language Translation, Optical Character Recognition and Retrieval-Augmented Generation, among others. The solution leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities, including Google’s open large language models to synthesize data in real-time, generate insights and support faster decision-making. The solution also applies zero trust principles to ensure controlled user access across multiple communication channels; supports hybrid-cloud flexibility; and enables teams to quickly and securely update mission software. This is the first deployment of this solution in the Indo-Pacific region to support D-DIL air mobility operations.

“Our national security depends on our ability to respond faster and smarter than the adversary,” said Brian Sheridan, GDIT’s senior vice president for defense. “This solution is a major milestone for defense technology and provides a critical advantage to our troops – bringing cloud, AI and secure collaboration directly to the edge to support fast, informed and decisive action.”

“Our partnership with GDIT demonstrates the power of bringing our secure, scalable technology–including our ‘cloud-in-a-box’ offering–to advance U.S. innovation and mission readiness across agencies,” said Jim Kelly, vice president of federal sales, Google Public Sector. “We know firsthand the importance of empowering our service members with real-time insights and the secure collaboration needed to make faster, more informed decisions in challenging environments.”

Source: GDIT

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“Michael brings an exceptional blend of leadership and operational excellence, combined with a proven track record of solving complex mission challenges through innovation,” said Ben Gianni, GDIT’s senior vice president and chief technology officer. “His mission knowledge and technical expertise will enable us to deliver faster, smarter and higher-impact solutions that are aligned with our customers’ evolving needs.”

Grochol has more than two decades of experience leading digital transformation initiatives in the defense and intelligence space. He joined GDIT following its 2024 acquisition of Iron EagleX, Inc. (IEX), a Tampa-based technology company he founded and led as chief executive officer. Under his leadership, IEX built a reputation for delivering agile, mission-ready solutions in areas such as artificial intelligence, cyber, software development and cloud services for the Special Operations Forces and the intelligence community. The company was recognized as one of Tampa Bay’s Best Places to Work last year and among the Fastest Growing Companies in the country by Inc. magazine in 2023.

“I am excited to step into this broader role and drive the positive, disruptive change our customers need,” said Grochol. “GDIT has incredible talent and technology, and the market is clearly evolving rapidly right now. I look forward to working across the company to deliver innovative, mission-focused solutions that meet the moment – and shape what’s next.”

Prior to IEX, Grochol held leadership positions at various startups where he focused on emerging technology applications in real world environments, in support of defense and intelligence agencies. He is an active member of the Open Geospatial Consortium and the American Geographical Society. He also previously served as a member of the board of directors of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. Grochol is a U.S. Air Force veteran with more than 100 combat missions supporting the Special Operations Forces.

Source: GDIT

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Electronic Warfare (EW) enables warfighters to disrupt or manipulate adversaries’ communication and weapon systems. With the rapid pace of technological advancements and proliferation of modern radar and missile systems, the need for advanced EW capabilities to protect high-value military platforms in future conflicts has become increasingly critical.

Under the contract, GDIT will support the engineering, logistics, intelligence analysis and demonstration of technologies such as low-cost, agile EW jammers that can be deployed on various airborne platforms, including aircraft, helicopters and drones.

“As electronic warfare continues to evolve at a rapid pace, staying one step ahead of our adversaries is vital to protecting our national security,” said Brian Sheridan, senior vice president of GDIT’s defense division. “We look forward to continuing our 15-year partnership with NAWCWD and reimagining new and cost-effective ways to provide our warfighters with a mission-critical advantage on the battlefield.”

Source: GDIT

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