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Tech bills of the week: Boosting export controls; AI-focused workforce development; and more
During Congress’s final week in recess, new legislation and amendments that were proposed run the tech policy gamut.
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Hypersonics and space venture investment rounds to note
The venture capital arms of RTX, Booz Allen Hamilton and the U.S. intelligence community are among the participants in here.
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Vibrint’s strategic shift fuels $1.2B in contract awards
The national security IT firm is expanding geographically and seeking to build a more quantum-ready workforce.
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HawkEye 360 files to go public
No details yet on how much the 11-year-old company is looking to raise from investors, but their financial profile and customer mix is on display for all to see.
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AEVEX sets the size, specs of its public offering
The nine-year-old drone manufacturer is following the same path traveled by Voyager Technologies, Firefly Aerospace and York Space Systems as SpaceX's pending IPO looms as well.
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‘Hybrid constellations’ are making it hard for militaries to hide
Vantor plans to combine high- and low-resolution space imagery in its satellite fleet.
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XLA hires former Octo exec as CEO
James Vant spent 15 years at Octo and helped shape it to eventually be acquired by IBM.
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Budget would cut Pentagon research by one-third. Can industry compensate?
Tech firms are more willing to spend their own money on R&D.
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Astrion hires former Sierra Space CEO Vice as new leader
Brightstar Capital Partners formed Astrion in 2023 and the company has been on an aggressive expansion push since.
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Growth, tech and operations leadership moves across the market
Our newest listing of key appointments across the market also includes a board of directors role for a longtime intelligence community leader.
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Antaris closes $28M Series A capital round
Lockheed Martin's venture arm is a new investor in this five-year-old startup, which develops software for satellite makers to look at all lifecycles of missions in a digital twin environment.
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Vendors struggle to navigate the Anthropic ban’s fallout
Tech contractors say ambiguity in how Anthropic’s products are able to be used by companies working with the federal government is leaving “traps” they may unknowingly fall into.
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Startup debuts agentic AI assistant for war
As the Pentagon eyes agentic AI, a veteran-founded company introduces a tool that puts the military first.
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GALT Aerospace gets Godspeed's backing
GALT intends to ramp up its tech development activity with the private equity firm as an investor.
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OceanSound Partners hauls in $3.4B for third fund
The private equity firm's newest mechanism for investments in companies closes at double the amount fetched for its second fund.
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AI boat maker Saronic smashes $9 billion valuation
The company just closed a $1.75 billion funding round with eyes on increasing production tenfold.
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Federal contractor DEI initiatives singled out in latest Trump executive order
Trump’s anti-diversity directives already impacted contractors, but the new order imposes additional requirements.
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Judge blocks DOD's ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation
The court finds the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation was punishment for public criticism, not a legitimate security threat.
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Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market
A pair of board of directors appointments at publicly-traded companies also featured.
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