5.19.26
McLean, Va., May 19, 2026 – B&A, a leading information technology systems integrator serving the federal government, today announced a strategic investment and partnership with Bad Monkey AI, a Washington, D.C.-based defense technology innovator and developer of the Intelligent Event Processor (IEP). The announcement arrives as both organizations stand together at SOF Week, the premier gathering of Special Operations Forces professionals and defense industry leaders, marking the occasion not as a coincidence, but as a deliberate signal: this investment is built for the speed and complexity that defines today’s operational environment.
Bad Monkey AI is an early-stage pioneer operating at the forefront of defense-focused event processing technology. The company’s IEP serves warfighters engaged in operational missions and is purpose-built for the service implementation and the tactical edge. Its intentionally focused footprint reflects a deliberate posture engineered to move with precision, speed, and an uncompromising commitment to mission-first outcomes.
B&A’s strategic investment in Bad Monkey AI unites B&A’s full-spectrum IT integration capabilities and proven experience delivering secure, scalable solutions in classified and mission-critical environments with Bad Monkey AI’s purpose-built event processing architecture. Together, they advance the decision-making capabilities available to defense customers who cannot afford latency when it matters most—accelerating deployment of the IEP across federal defense programs and delivering machine-speed decision advantage for warfighters at the tactical edge in contested and disconnected, degraded, intermittent, and low-bandwidth (DDIL) environments.
“Bad Monkey AI has tackled a problem the defense community has wrestled with for years: how to make sense of overwhelming data volumes at the speed the mission demands,” said Jonathan Evans, President and CEO of B&A. “This investment reflects our commitment to delivering mission-ready innovation to the warfighters and agencies we serve. Bad Monkey AI is doing something genuinely differentiated and B&A has the reach and integration to help scale and operationalize it across the federal landscape.”
“Modern warfare and intelligence operations are no longer constrained by a lack of data, they are constrained by the ability to interpret and act on that data fast enough to matter,” said Carlton Reeves, Ph.D., CEO & Founder of Bad Monkey AI. “Bad Monkey AI was purpose-built to operate in contested, disconnected, degraded, intermittent, and low-bandwidth environments where traditional AI architectures fail to operate effectively. Partnering with B&A combines our IEP technology with B&A’s deep mission integration expertise to accelerate operational deployment across the Department of War and Intelligence Community. Together, we are focused on delivering machine-speed decision advantage directly to the tactical edge.”
“The strength of this partnership lies in the integration of intelligent event processing, edge-based analytics, and secure mission-system interoperability.” said Carl Muller, B&A Chief AI Officer. “By reducing dependence on centralized compute and enabling real-time data fusion in disconnected environments, we now have a capability that enables warfighters to act faster, with greater confidence, in the moments that matter most.”
SOF Week, held annually in Tampa, Florida, convenes Special Operations professionals, acquisition leaders, and industry innovators to showcase technologies shaping the future of defense operations. This announcement underscores B&A’s and Bad Monkey AI’s shared commitment to delivering operational advantage for the warfighter communities they serve.
Both organizations will participate in this year’s event, with B&A speaking on Tuesday, May 19, and Bad Monkey AI exhibiting at Booth 5401 in Accelerator Alley, located at the Marriott Water Street, Level 2 (505 Water Street, Tampa, Florida 33602). Bad Monkey AI will present during the Accelerator Alley Pitch Competition on Thursday, May 21, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. This session highlights emerging technologies with direct application to Special Operations missions.
Bad Monkey AI is a Washington, D.C.-based defense technology company developing next-generation Intelligent Event Processing (IEP) capabilities for the U.S. Department of War, Intelligence Community, and Special Operations Forces. The company’s platform is purpose-built to process and correlate massive volumes of real-time event, sensor, telemetry, and operational data at machine speed across contested, disconnected, degraded, intermittent, and low-bandwidth (DDIL) environments. Bad Monkey AI’s architecture enables warfighters and mission operators to rapidly identify threats, reduce cognitive overload, accelerate sensor-to-shooter timelines, and support mission-critical decision-making from the tactical edge to enterprise-scale operations centers. Designed for interoperability with existing command-and-control, ISR, and AI ecosystems, the platform supports real-time operational awareness and autonomous event-driven workflows in the world’s most demanding mission environments.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, B&A is a DFW Capital Partners portfolio company whose continued success is driven by the talent, dedication, and mission focus of its people. B&A delivers secure, innovative, and mission-critical IT solutions to support the United States Government across all three branches—Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary focused on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence. Our team of cleared professionals specializes in: Intelligence, Geospatial, & Full-Spectrum Mission Analysis; Enterprise Content Management; Data Science & Analytics; Application Transformation; Human Capital Management; Engineering & Integrated Solutions; and Cybersecurity.
Visit the company website at www.bna-inc.com for more information.