Opinion
Public offerings put GovCon in a new spotlight as SpaceX's listing looms
Think the recent run of initial public offerings over the past 16 months were big? Get ready for SpaceX to break all-time records, and its IPO is one all of GovCon should care about, even if your company does not launch anything at all.
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Hypersonics and space venture investment rounds to note
The venture capital arms of RTX, Booz Allen Hamilton and the U.S. intelligence community are among the participants in here.
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HawkEye 360 files to go public
No details yet on how much the 11-year-old company is looking to raise from investors, but their financial profile and customer mix is on display for all to see.
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AEVEX sets the size, specs of its public offering
The nine-year-old drone manufacturer is following the same path traveled by Voyager Technologies, Firefly Aerospace and York Space Systems as SpaceX's pending IPO looms as well.
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Antaris closes $28M Series A capital round
Lockheed Martin's venture arm is a new investor in this five-year-old startup, which develops software for satellite makers to look at all lifecycles of missions in a digital twin environment.
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GALT Aerospace gets Godspeed's backing
GALT intends to ramp up its tech development activity with the private equity firm as an investor.
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OceanSound Partners hauls in $3.4B for third fund
The private equity firm's newest mechanism for investments in companies closes at double the amount fetched for its second fund.
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AI boat maker Saronic smashes $9 billion valuation
The company just closed a $1.75 billion funding round with eyes on increasing production tenfold.
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Shield AI closes $1.5B Series G round and moves on acquisition
Shield AI aims to integrate Aechelon Technology's simulation and training tools into its autonomous software ecosystem called Hivemind.
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Defense tech startups raise $405 million in new funding rounds
Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm backs an AI radio platform developer and drone manufacturer in separate deals.
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Striveworks completes Series B capital raise to scale operational AI tool
Striveworks now has Washington Harbour Partners in place as a new investor to shape this phase of the strategy and as Striveworks' CEO tells us, knowing when the tech does not work is just as key to product development as when it works.
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Redhawk Federal Solutions acquires SETA outfit
For Redhawk, this transaction follows Genesis Park's investment in the two-year-old company in the fall.
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AeroVironment acquires fellow unmanned aircraft maker for $200M
This move follows the $4.1 billion purchase of BlueHalo and continues AeroVironment's push for quicker transitions of technologies from design to fielding.
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Anduril, X-Bow and York detail their newest space acquisitions
All three of these buyers have completed capital raises over the past 12 months, including one from the public markets.
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BTMS grows contract portfolio with Integrity acquisition
BTMS is also using the transaction to expand its cybersecurity and data science offerings.
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Booz Allen's venture arm goes across the pond for its newest investment
U.K.-headquartered Hadean focuses on digital wargaming and command-and-control tools for training and simulation initiatives.
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DCS acquires research and development firm
DCS is using this transaction to grow a portfolio of applied R&D and tech transition efforts at the Air Force, plus other agencies involved in aviation and space.
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B/Core acquires another intelligence community specialist
NewSpring Holdings first entered its investment in B/CORE in 2023 and has since supported a handful of acquisitions to build a larger IT and digital transformation provider.
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Sierra Space and Vast detail their Series C investment rounds
National security space opportunities are a common thread between both companies as In-Q-Tel continues its involvement in one of them.
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