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Shield AI touts $2.7B valuation after new capital raise

The defense technology startup completes a latter-stage, Series F funding round to support the further deployment of its artificial intelligence product line.

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Tech, operational and manufacturing exec moves across the market

Also this week: a global commercial provider of data security products makes additions to its public sector leadership team.

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Maxar Intelligence unveils its new leadership team

Maxar now operates in two separately managed business units with a new private equity owner in place.

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How X-Bow plans to break the current rocket motor ‘duopoly’

The New Mexico-based startup aims to have its first production line up and running in a few months.

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L3Harris gets deeper into the supply chain with Aerojet in its fold

L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne has given the company more visibility into stressed supply chains and vendor capacity issues facing the defense industrial base.

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Booz Allen views artificial intelligence and cyber as inherently linked

Artificial intelligence is the enabler of larger systems and it's cyber that protects them, so Booz Allen Hamilton tells investors to think of them as going together when considering the firm's strategy.

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Global conflicts drive GovCon demand amid evolving capacity constraints

Investors want to know what the CEOs of publicly traded companies make of turbulence in the world and the industry's response to it. CACI International and Northrop Grumman answered those questions.

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Growth and procurement leadership moves across the market

Also this week: a former Army chief of staff joins the board of directors at an emerging small unmanned aerial vehicle maker.

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General Dynamics assumes 'new reality' of supply chains in its outlook

The company's IT hardware and product unit seems to assume that some fragility is now normal.

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CAE finds buyer for healthcare business

This divestiture agreement takes place two years after CAE acquired a military training division from L3Harris Technologies.

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NIST plans new risk evaluation methods and standards tracking for AI

The associate director for emerging technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said the evaluations are designed to identify potential harms from AI systems before they are deployed.

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ManTech chair joins Bluestone Investment Partners

Kevin Phillips will work with the private equity firm to identify opportunities for investing in lower-middle market companies.

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CGI Federal brings the metaverse to Marine logistics

The company sees this pilot project as having broad implications across areas like defense, law enforcement and disaster recovery.

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HawkEye 360 adds Lockheed's venture arm as investor

The companies are also entering into a new partnership arrangement focused on advancing remote sensing and radio frequency technologies.

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22nd Century Technologies acquires public safety software provider

This iteration of the government technology and management consulting company's strategy includes an emphasis on products.

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Small businesses joining forces in AI play

MindPetal and VerticalApps aim to create a larger provider of artificial intelligence solutions across the government market.

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Capella Space’s co-founder steps back from CEO role

Payam Banazadeh will remain on the satellite imagery provider's board of directors, while his successor brings a defense industry background as Capella seeks government market growth.

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Cubic brings in new transportation business leader

This major hire takes place two years after the company was taken private.

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Google centers public sector strategy on alliances with integrators

This global tech giant's relationships with Accenture's federal subsidiary and Deloitte help show how partnering strategies are evolving in the government market.

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Easy Dynamics hires new finance chief

The company makes this executive team addition amid its push to further expand cybersecurity offerings.