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CoreStack enters federal market through acquisition

Karthhik Consulting's team of 125 employees provide cloud security and compliance offerings to federal agencies, a new set of customers for CoreStack whose primary clients have been in financial services and health care.

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AeroVironment builds out defense tech portfolio with BlueHalo acquisition

The combination creates a larger player in uncrewed systems, technologies to counter them and space offerings.

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AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo in $4.1B transaction

BlueHalo's strategy and vision since its inception can be seen through its tagline "Transforming the Future of Global Defense" and now it becomes a major building block for a large defense technology company.

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Enlightenment unveils fifth fund with $825M raised

Enlightenment Capital's reveal of its newest investment vehicle coincides with a rebrand of the workflow and regulatory software provider it acquired in the spring.

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Launch, the Moon and satellites mark the week in space investments

Each of these companies are in varying stages of maturity as a business, but all have high-profile backers behind them.

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Private equity firm creates company to harness tech for societal good

Gavin Long’s Pleasant Land group has acquired Livanta and DOMA Technologies to form a new company whose mission is improving how doctors and nurses make better care decisions.

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Tria Federal's path in the middle tier centers on 2 core markets

The Sagewind Capital-backed company is acquiring Softrams and undertaking a reorganization to set itself up for the future, as Tria Federal's chief executive explains.

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Godspeed collects $675M for its third fund

The backer of Crimson Phoenix, SilverEdge and Special Aerospace Services unveils this new vehicle for more investments.

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Undersea drone startup fetches $16M to aid hiring, manufacturing push

Lockheed Martin Ventures, RTX Ventures, SAIC Ventures and In-Q-Tel are the GovCon names involved in this investment round.

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Sabel Systems takes in new private equity backing

This research-and-development company becomes Sagewind Capital's sixth active government contracting investment.

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Maxar finds buyer for radar, sensor tech group

The space technology company makes a portfolio reshaping move close to one year after its restructuring.

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Ernst & Young buys digital identity tech consultancy

Dignari opened for business in 2013 and brings to EY a suite of programs across the Homeland Security Department's enterprise.

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SAS acquires hypersonic engineering provider

The Godspeed Capital-backed company is bringing in a business whose client base includes the Missile Defense Agency, among others.

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Booz Allen's approach to prototyping with PAR in its fold

Company leaders describe to Wall Street how they have integrated PAR Government Systems since that acquisition's closure and how they see civilian agencies feeling the turbulence of election season.

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How CACI's $1.2B Azure Summit acquisition expands its overseas strategy

In adding Azure Summit, CACI will first look at combining technologies to work with U.S. customers and then use that as a pathway for global expansion.

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SAIC backs satellite bus design startup

Science Applications International Corp.'s venture arm is undertaking this investment as part of its push to find more dual-use technologies that work in commercial and national security environments.

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Parsons acquires transportation engineering company for $230M

This represents Parsons' latest move to expand in a region where infrastructure spending is heavily concentrated.

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NewSpring adds third contractor to its federal holdings

Xpect Solutions provides engineering and network infrastructure services to the FBI and National Institutes of Health.

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Core4ce seeks greater tech development speeds via acquisition

The now-650 employee company further builds out its internal incubation team that works on hard defense and intelligence problems.

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Renovus closes fourth fund at $875M

The Small Business Administration contributed $50 million of that amount through this private equity firm's participation in a small business investment program.