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IBM settles DEI discrimination allegations for $17.1M in first Civil Rights Fraud Initiative settlement

The Justice Department says this False Claims Act case signals broader scrutiny of federal contractors’ diversity practices.

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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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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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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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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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Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition

Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology's simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind.

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Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds

Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals.

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ROC goes public to support its expansion push

The vision artificial intelligence- and biometrics-focused firm collects $24 million to hire engineers and expand the infrastructure that fuels its algorithms.

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Google launches threat disruption unit, stops short of calling it ‘offensive’

The unit will use legal authorizations and technical capabilities to impede cyber threat groups, though company execs say it will not go so far as to hack into adversaries' systems.