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BigBear.ai and C Speed Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver AI-Enabled Border Security
MCLEAN, Va., December 18, 2025--BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a leading provider of mission-ready AI for national security, today announced a strategic partnership with C Speed, LLC (C Speed), a U.S.-based leader in radar and defense solutions, and a NewSpring Holdings’ platform company. Together, the companies will integrate BigBear.ai’s ConductorOS AI orchestration platform with C Speed’s software-defined LightWave Radar (LWR) system to deliver intelligent, autonomous, and real-time threat detectio
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