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Washington Harbour Partners buys stake in debris-tracking satellite firm

The investment is the second announced within a week for Turion Space, which also builds satellites that can improve space-domain awareness.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How consulting firms acquire to iterate, and sometimes reinvent themselves

The intersection of consulting, integration and implementation is on full display when looking at our 2024 roundup of mergers and acquisitions. So too are the preceding years.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Venture investing is part of the M&A conversation too

These “deals of a different stripe” to own part of a company require the same business muscles as acquisitions: belief in a business and a willingness to put down money in support of that belief.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Defense tech, digital modernization drive GovCon M&A in 2024

Private equity firms led the charge with 85 out of 159 closed transactions as companies reposition themselves for emerging market opportunities.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Our 2024 M&A roundup is now available

Merger and acquisition volume hit a three-year high in 2024 with 158 closed transactions.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Nightwing acquires managed security services provider

This represents Nightwing's first purchase since its carveout from RTX and with new CEO Bob Coleman at the helm.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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In-Q-Tel's newest investments eye data storage and deepfake defense

The intelligence community's venture capital arm identifies a pair of companies whose creations apparently are showing promise for agencies.

  • By Ross Wilkers

SPA gains Army presence via acquisition

The Arlington Capital Partners-owned company already could tout a presence at the Navy, Air Force, Space Force and intelligence community.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Google eyes security growth in planned $32B Wiz acquisition

The global tech giant undertakes its largest-ever purchase as cloud and artificial intelligence threats evolve.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Redhorse acquires software development specialist

This is the second transaction Redhorse has closed since it added Blue Delta Capital Partners as an investor.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Arlington Capital reveals its new defense tech company

The same investment firm that is selling BlueHalo to AeroVironment is now ready to showcase GRVTY, a specialist in geospatial and signals intelligence.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Bluestaq takes in new minority owner

One Bow River's new private equity fund is now a backer of Bluestaq and one of nearly a dozen that participates in an investment program focused on the military's key tech priorities.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Shield AI closes $240M investment round

The 10-year-old defense tech unicorn's lineup of backers now includes L3Harris Technologies.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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Epirus collects $250M in Series D capital to scale up production

The seven-year-old startup is pushing to further develop and make more of its Leonidas system, which works to fire lasers and other pulses at adversaries' drones.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Riverside Research acquires secure hardware provider

Riverside is seeking to accelerate its development of new mobile devices and bring virtualization techniques further out to the edge.

  • By Ross Wilkers

General Atomics acquires signal processing tech provider

North Point Defense started in 2012 to develop automation-centric technologies for defense and intelligence operators.

  • By Ross Wilkers

VTG acquires intelligence community IT services company

This is VTG’s third purchase with the backing of its majority owner, the private equity firm Alvarez & Marshal Capital.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Saronic wraps up $600M Series C round

The autonomous vessel startup envisions itself as a main actor in the push to reinvigorate U.S. shipbuilding and sees its future Port Alpha shipyard as part of that.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Dynamic Integrated Services seeks modernization growth via acquisition

Vital Edge Solutions' cofounder is joining the DIS team as the buyer looks to expand its IT practice.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Ridgeline, System High to join forces

The new, larger company will bring together data privacy, managed attribution and protection offerings under one roof.

  • By Ross Wilkers

EnCharge AI collects $100M in Series B capital

This chipmaking startup's network of backers includes In-Q-Tel and RTX Ventures, a fact worth highlighting given their connections to potential government end users.

  • By Ross Wilkers