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Pentagon to become rare earth mining company's largest stockholder

The Defense Department will buy a 15% stake in MP Materials and fund the construction of a magnet-making facility, all with an eye toward breaking the U.S.' reliance on China for rare earths.

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Corsha adds Booz Allen's venture arm as an investor

The seven-year-old cybersecurity company touts the Air Force as user of its machine identity products that work to detect unusual patterns on networks involving operational technology.

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Saalex acquires avionics software specialist

Saalex has gradually moved eastward through acquisitions like this one and a move of its corporate headquarters from Southern California.

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B&A acquires Hexagon Federal’s defense, intelligence portfolio

The transaction gives B&A access to more contract vehicles and geospatial expertise.

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Parsons acquires Chesapeake Technologies in $89M transaction

Parsons is looking to beef up its technology portfolio for the electromagnetic spectrum, or what CTI calls the "invisible battlefield."

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Raft acquires data fusion tech developer

The buyer is looking to bolster the capabilities of its agentic artificial intelligence tools for use by military operators.

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Muon Space closes Series B round at $146M

The four-year-old small satellite maker has more financial resources for the development of its Earth intelligence gathering platform and to acquire another company.

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ODRG secures venture backing for national security, geospatial tech strategy

Advantage Capital is investing in the 12-year-old contractor through Empower The Change, a fund started in 2022 to exclusively provide capital to minority-owned businesses.

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PCI Federal acquires infrastructure services provider

Street Legal Industries counts the Energy Department as its largest customer and the one it is closest to by geography.

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Voyager fetches $383M in public offering

Substantially all of the proceeds will go toward Starlab, which the six-year-old company is offering NASA as a replacement for the International Space Station.

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Anduril's Series G round and more venture moves to highlight

The venture arms of Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Science Applications International Corp. and RTX feature in this snapshot of new investment rounds focused on automation, facility access, semiconductors and space.

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Aprio closes 2 acquisitions

The accounting and advisory services firm buys Nextfed and O’Connor Consulting Services to further grow in GovCon and among nonprofits.

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Impulse Space closes $300M Series C round

RTX Ventures and Airbus Ventures are returning as investors to support the next phase of this startup's strategy for revolutionizing space transportation.

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Radiance expands defense footprint with Verus Research buy

Radiance looks to strengthen its position in directed energy, space systems and emerging defense technologies.

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Voyager sets the size, specs of its IPO

The space and defense systems manufacturer quantifies what it hopes to achieve in the pending initial public offering.

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Infleqtion closes $100M Series C round

The 18-year-old quantum tech company now counts Science Applications International Corp.'s ventures arm as an investor and go-to-market partner.

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Leidos bets on offensive cyber with $300M Kudu acquisition

The purchase seeks to fulfill growing demand for converged cyber-electronic warfare solutions.

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How GRVTY centers its vision around the automated intelligence enterprise

The defense tech industry is being forced to be more creative than it has been in recent times. But as GRVTY's CEO Katie Selbe explains to us, this new company is just fine with that.

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Serco's US arm closes $327M acquisition of Northrop's training business

Serco Inc. pushes its annual revenue past $2 billion and adds 1,000 employees to the now-10,000-person workforce.

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Quiet Professionals acquired by McNally Capital

The private equity firm adds another founder-led company to its portfolio of companies in the government market, the newest of which focuses on helping intelligence operators work with data.