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The military's acquisition reform push means 85% ready is good enough to start
Speaking Tuesday at an event hosted by our Defense One colleagues, a panel of industry executives highlight tradeoffs the Pentagon and companies have to think through under that new construct.
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ShorePoint gets CM Equity Partners' backing
The Treasury Department is by far the largest customer for this eight-year-old cyber specialist, which is looking to do more across government.
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Chaos Industries collects $510M in Series D round
The three-year-old counter-drone tech specialist, is led by a co-founder of Epirus, another defense tech unicorn.
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Booz Allen signs lease for Reston HQ, eyes 2027 open
Booz Allen Hamilton joins the club of Washington Technology Top 100 companies that have chosen Reston, Virginia, for their headquarters.
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York Space Systems files for public offering
Founded in 2012 by CEO Dirk Wallinger, this small satellite maker is looking to capture a similar type of investor interest that Firefly Aerospace and Voyager Technologies received in their IPOs.
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WT 360: Commence’s approach to solving big health data challenges
Ian Checcio, chief growth officer at Commence, explains how this newish company looks to cover all aspects of the health care ecosystem and works with public and private sector customers on lowering data sharing barriers.
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Pentagon restarts work to craft $1B research support recompete
Three companies currently work with the Defense Department's main research and engineering office on aligning business operations and technology initiatives.
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Coding, autonomy and a new fund highlight a week of venture moves
Two companies tout their newest rounds of investment capital, while a veteran-led venture firm announces its third fund for backing early-stage firms.
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Veritas Capital to acquire MetroStar Systems
MetroStar was originally founded in 1999 to help agencies get a handle on Y2K and has since evolved into more of an enterprise IT services provider.
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BigBear pushes into agentic AI arena with $250M acquisition
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Kevin McAleenan describes the purchase of Ask Sage as one focused on gaining more capability to help agencies deploy secure artificial intelligence at scale.
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DHS seeks bids for $3B mobility support recompete
A final solicitation is now live for the Cellular Wireless Managed Services 3.0 contract, which covers roughly 150,000 connections across the Homeland Security Department.
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V2X touts progress on its capture agenda
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Jeremy Wensinger said the company has won two of the five major opportunities on its priority list even as it awaits one to work through the protest process.
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A pair of CEO transitions and more leadership moves across the market
This new edition of our executive appointment listing also includes a pair of moves focused on investment activity in the market.
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Northrop Grumman hires former Discover CFO as finance chief
John Greene will join Northrop on Jan. 7 and brings 35 years of finance experience from other industries to the role.
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Deloitte backs aerospace company to expand drone capacity
Deloitte and Kihomac are looking at infrastructure inspection, emergency response, and defense and security as use cases for their partnership.
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AEVEX completes CEO transition by promoting Wells
Roger Wells will lead the eight-year-old company's next phase of its strategy, which is highlighted by autonomous systems including loitering munitions.
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Parsons awaits 'imminent' award of air traffic control overhaul contract
Parsons and Peraton are in a head-to-head showdown for the Brand New Air Traffic Control System, a contract worth billions. In talking with Wall Street, CEO Carey Smith highlights how the effort is funded by the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Intuitive Machines looks beyond the Moon with $800M acquisition
Intuitive Machines is buying Lanteris Space Systems, the former Maxar Space Systems, to bring in more satellite manufacturing heft that can complement the data and services offerings.
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NT Concepts, Oddball appoint new chief executives
Mark Cabrey has been with NT Concepts for six years, while Rob Silverman joins Oddball after two decades at Booz Allen Hamilton.
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