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Stoke Space collects $260M in Series C capital

The company started in 2020 and has approval from Space Force to bid for future launches of small payloads.

  • By Ross Wilkers

SEEQC closes $30M investment round

Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture capital arm and NordicNinja led the round for SEEQC, which started in 2019 with the idea of integrating classical and quantum computing techniques.

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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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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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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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BlueHalo lands Navy drone sensor system contract

This award highlights the electronic warfare capabilities that AeroVironment is adding through its acquisition of BlueHalo.

  • By Nick Wakeman

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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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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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.

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Core One acquires intelligence analysis provider

The now-500 employee company gains a new footing at the Defense Intelligence Agency, among other customers.

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Former Stanley and ECS exec George Wilson starts a third chapter with cyber-focused acquisition

The veteran tech leader takes the helm of Valiant Solutions in a strategic private equity play.

  • By Nick Wakeman

SixGen purchases software development specialist

SixGen has now completed three acquisitions in six months with the support of its private equity owner Washington Harbour Partners.

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Markon buys IT consulting firm

This represents Markon's second purchase with the support of Sterling Investment Partners, which carved out the business in the summer of 2023.

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Aechelon lands Sagewind's backing

Aechelon makes image and data generation systems and databases to aid in military pilot training programs.

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