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PROJECT 38: Booz Allen signaling intent with $100M ventures fund

Booz Allen Hamilton's move to formalize its venture investment function with a set dollar figure shows how serious it is in bringing tech startups into the U.S. public sector, the firm's lead tech scouting and ventures executive Brian MacCarthy tells our Ross Wilkers.

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Schedule firms up in Booz Allen-EverWatch antitrust case

The judge overseeing the matter says everyone must now get to work on getting evidence they see as helping their arguments.

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AE Industrial, Boeing unveil second venture fund

The investment firm and aerospace giant are expanding on their partnership launched in 2021.

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LMI builds for the future with private equity investors

The government consulting firm has landed a consortium of investors to fuel its next phase of growth as a for-profit company.

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Unison receives new private equity backing

The contract and program management software provider's current owner will remain involved.

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Booz Allen formally stands up ventures arm

Starting out with $100 million in funding set aside for backing tech startups is a signal about how serious the investor is, as one Booz Allen executive in charge of the effort tells us.

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Batsakis, Speigel make their third deal and launch new brand

With the acquisition of Groundswell, they have created a new mid-tier company of the same name that integrates their two previous deals and sets the stage for more.

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Tetra Tech acquires water management software outfit

This is the buyer's latest transaction seeking more synergy between government and regulated markets.

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Tick tock: How Carlyle won the ManTech auction

A change of opinion by ManTech's founder regarding a sale led to a three-round process where legal matters were of equal importance to the financials.

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L3Harris invests in laser communications firm

The companies already work together to make airborne laser communications products.

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Vectrus-Vertex merger closes

What is now "V2X" eyes growth in programs such as logistics, training and aerospace.

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Justice seeks to stop Booz Allen's Everwatch acquisition

The department's antitrust lawsuit says the transaction unfairly eliminates competition for providing signals intelligence modeling and simulation services to the National Security Agency.

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Enlightenment Capital closes new $540M fund

Fund IV's final amount is double that of the last one the government market investment firm raised.

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Leonardo DRS finds transaction partner to take it public

Interest in listing the DRS business on the stock market never wavered even after a planned IPO was nixed.

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Vectrus stockholders green-light merger with Vertex

The companies expect to close their transaction in the third quarter of this year.

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Ad Hoc makes acquisition for user experience footing

The digital services company wants to align with agencies' efforts to embrace techniques and tools found in the consumer technology landscape.

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Unison acquires VA software provider

The Veterans Affairs Department uses that product to manage license arrangements for hospitals.

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ICF targets open source with latest acquisition

This $220 million transaction eyes better footing in larger opportunities with that require open source.

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Godspeed Capital unveils newly-branded defense tech integrator

The investment firm combined three of its most recent acquisitions into one business.

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8(a) firm makes cybersecurity acquisition

Electrosoft becomes a rare example of an 8(a) small business being a consolidator.