Tampa-based XTEND begins $8M drone deliveries to Middle East
XTEND delivers first drones under $8M defense contract tied to Tampa expansion.
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Saint Leo to make ‘every graduate digitally fluent’ with AI training
IBM SkillsBuild will become a graduation requirement beginning fall 2026.
Supreme Court blocks Trump tariffs, shifting costs for Tampa Bay businesses
High court ruling resets import pricing and supply chain strategy across Tampa Bay.
Tampa-based XTEND to go public in $1.5B merger
XTEND’s Tampa headquarters anchors a planned $1.5B Nasdaq merger with JFB.
Celestar sold to Virginia defense firm B&A
B&A acquired Celestar, expanding intelligence capabilities across defense and national security markets.
Tampa team leads high-risk extraction of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
A Tampa rescue leader reflects on his highest-risk mission yet.
Defense contractor moving HQ to Tampa and invest $20M in region
Defense contractor Orion Edge is moving its headquarters to Tampa, investing $20M and adding 20 high-wage jobs.
Tampa’s Bryan Stern featured in Netflix docuseries on Bin Laden manhunt
Bryan Stern reflects on intelligence work and the missions that still drive him.
USF opens lab aimed at providing military solutions
The University of South Florida opened a new lab aimed at providing quick, innovative solutions to the different challenges facing the U.S. Department of Defense. Managed by USF’s Institute of Applied Engineering, the new Rapid Experimentation Lab provides a unique, collaborative space to rapidly test concepts. The lab is a part of a five-year, $85 … Read more
Project Dynamo aims to do what’s right in grey areas
It was August 2021, between the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the 20th anniversary of 9/11, when Bryan Stern met his destiny as a first responder. Stern, a former intelligence operative and agent for the Department of Defense, was cruising 33,000 feet over the Atlantic, using spotty airplane Wi-Fi, when he filed the official paperwork … Read more