Companies

Loft Orbital captures $170M in Series C investments

The company has fetched $300 million in external capital since it opened for business in 2017 with the idea of integrating and operating customer payloads in its satellites.

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Overland AI closes $32M Series A round

Byron Boots and Stephanie Bonk started the company in 2022 to design technology that helps ground vehicles operate in complex environments and for one person to control fleets of them.

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Crimson Phoenix acquires geospatial tech provider

The Godspeed Capital-backed company is looking to grow its lineup of artificial intelligence-powered data labeling tools for use by intelligence agencies.

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Industry execs push for mission-focused cyber strategies, not just compliance

Cybersecurity investments should focus on operational efficiency and threat prevention, as a group of participants put it during an industry roundtable.

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Oddball gets new private equity backer

Started in 2016, Oddball works with federal agencies on tech design and deployment efforts to aid in how they deliver citizen services.

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Consolidated Safety Services acquires satellite data services provider

CSS wants to further enable remote sensing data collection efforts by agencies that face health, defense and environmental challenges

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A dozen corporate leadership moves to start 2025

Our first roundup of executive movement in this New Year covers growth, technology, operations and sales

Companies

Odyssey promotes Kasberg to chief executive

The 28-year-old company is moving into a new phase of its strategy and vision.

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Anduril acquires radar, command-and-control businesses

Software is also part of the equation for this move by Anduril, which is looking to further scale up its production efforts.

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Xpect acquires digital media intake tool provider

The NewSpring-backed Xpect also is looking to further shore up its digital transformation offerings.

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ICF acquires Applied Energy group as grid demand spikes

This purchase is taking place amid a "once-in-a-lifetime transition" to a new distributed energy landscape, as ICF's chief executive John Wasson tells us.

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Lentech hires Dillahay as chief executive

The IT services and consulting company also promotes a new chief financial officer as its founder Andrew Gallegos will focus on his executive chairman responsibilities.

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Agile Defense, IntelliBridge join forces

The combined company now touts a 2,000-person workforce and a wider footing across the digital transformation landscape.

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Telesat hires Cynamon to lead US government arm

The former LinQuest executive will lead Telesat Government Solutions' push to further iterate and expand its network across the federal landscape.

Contracts

Leidos wins $2.6B TSA equipment logistics recompete

The company can trace its incumbency on this program to 2013 and now manufactures some of the airport security equipment involved.

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Science, tech and operations leadership moves across the market

Our final roundup of key executive promotions and hires for 2024 involves a bit of foreshadowing for one company in the upper quadrant of our Top 100.

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Trace3 enters federal market via acquisition

Zivaro and its 200 employees become the first building block of a new business vertical focused on government.

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Sikich adds USPTO work in its newest purchase

The technology and professional services provider has prioritized federal market growth in its acquisitions over the past five years.

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ServiceNow CEO says DOGE has Washington ‘inspired and fired up’

Bill McDermott believes there is genuine momentum building behind President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

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Ayar Labs captures $155M to bring light into chip manufacturing

Three of the world's most notable chip manufacturers and Lockheed Martin's venture capital arm are investors in Ayar Labs, which is touting light transfer as an answer to the artificial intelligence-energy quandary.