M&A move brings fast-growing defense tech leader into new customer agencies, deepens capabilities in AI/ML, cloud, cyber, geospatial and trusted intelligence to accelerate mission outcomes across the national security landscape
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#AI—Vibrint, a trusted defense technology leader, today announced the acquisition of Ampsight, a premier provider of multi-cloud engineering, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence solutions for federal agencies. This acquisition brings Vibrint into new customer organizations including the geospatial community and strengthens the company’s ability to deliver tailored, high-performance technologies across the full IT lifecycle — combining agility, technical depth, and mission alignment to support today’s most complex national security challenges.
“Ampsight brings unique strengths in cloud, cybersecurity, and AI — especially in areas like explainable AI for geospatial and multimodal data — that directly align with the future of mission operations,” said Tom Lash, CEO of Vibrint. “Having worked within the Geospatial Intelligence field and closely with its leaders for over 30 years, this strategic step for Vibrint carries personal meaning for me. I look forward to working with Ampsight to harness their powerful expertise, energy and insight to collaborate for customer success.”
With nearly a decade of experience migrating complex workloads and securing mission-critical environments, Ampsight is widely recognized for its deep expertise in AI/ML, remote sensing, and cloud-native security frameworks. Its work in explainable AI, particularly in making complex machine learning models more interpretable for geospatial intelligence and multimodal analysis, fills a critical gap in the federal market as agencies seek to scale AI adoption without compromising transparency, accountability, or operational trust. Based in Sterling, Virginia, Ampsight also extends the Vibrint footprint to Northern Virginia.
“We’ve built Ampsight to solve some of the toughest challenges in updating and securing federal technology, from secure cloud adoption to AI you can trust,” said Andrew Heifetz, CEO of Ampsight. “Joining Vibrint allows us to bring our capabilities to new customers as part of a larger platform built to achieve mission success at scale. It’s a fantastic outcome for the Ampsight team, creating new growth opportunities for them. We’re excited by the potential of what we can achieve together.”
Expanding Capabilities, Deepening Expertise
The combination of Vibrint and Ampsight brings together complementary strengths across cloud, cyber, infrastructure, analytics, and machine learning—enabling a truly end-to-end approach to mission technology development and deployment. Together, the teams will deliver:
- Cloud-Smart, Data-Driven Architecture: Deep multi-cloud experience coupled with advanced data engineering and AI/ML tools to transform decision-making and mission workflows.
- Cyber + Intelligence Integration: Zero Trust security and threat hunting embedded within operational analytics and intelligence delivery pipelines.
- Secure, Explainable AI: Leading-edge expertise in AI transparency and validation, particularly for geospatial and multimodal applications—ensuring customers can be confident in resulting insights. .
- Ready for Quantum: Vibrint is leading the National Security community with solutions in quantum information science, post-quantum cryptography, and quantum workforce development.
- End-to-End Mission Resilience: From infrastructure to interface—secure, scalable systems purpose-built for today’s connected, high-stakes environments.
- Agility with Scale: Our size as a mid-tier is an advantage, we move fast and deliver impact, without the bureaucracy of traditional integrators.
Unlocking New Opportunities
With the addition of Ampsight, Vibrint deepens its ability to support every phase of the mission technology lifecycle. Customers gain access to highly specialized talent and tools from secure multi-cloud engineering to interpretable AI/ML designed for operational decision-making and situational awareness. This includes Ampsight’s differentiated work in explainable AI for geospatial data and multimodal analytics—a rapidly growing priority across the federal landscape.
For employees, the combined organization offers new career growth opportunities, exposure to impactful mission work, and a culture built on innovation, technical excellence, and national purpose. For industry partners, the expanded team provides a trusted, agile collaborator capable of integrating new technologies into scalable, deployable solutions that support dynamic federal mission needs.
Baird advised Vibrint on this transaction, and McLean Group LLC and Executive Council PLC advised Ampsight.
About Vibrint
Vibrint helps national security customers Make the Right Call, sustaining mission advantage at the forefront of intelligence gathering and analysis. Our teams of technologists, analysts and mission specialists pursue innovation in high-performance computing, SIGINT research and analysis, software and systems development, and mission resilience. The systems we create and the services we provide enhance our customers’ capacity and capability for harvesting and harnessing data, enhancing the quality and speed of mission-critical decisions. Within our Collaboration Lab environment, we leverage our technical expertise to explore future capabilities vital to the U.S. national security mission. Vibrint is based in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. Find us at vibrint.com and @Vibrint on LinkedIn and Instagram.
About Ampsight
Ampsight specializes in enabling cloud integration, securing data and navigating complications that drive critical-mission success. Our cloud-based solutions leverage our team’s expertise to develop, deploy and support strategic objectives that offer enriched solutions to government agencies, system integrators and civilian firms. Ampsight’s passion to innovate and problem solve has brought new cutting edge solutions that has allowed us to explore new avenues to reach to the most remote locations of the world. Ampsight is based in Sterling, Virginia. Learn more at www.ampsight.com.
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