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Markon acquires cyber tool developer

Markon grows its workforce to around 600 people with this transaction, the newest in a handful of them with Sterling Investment Partners' backing.

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Building maritime drones in months—not years—could be key to creating the Navy’s hybrid fleet

“That’s the kind of pace we need,” said House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Rob Wittman.

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Space, tech and growth leadership moves across the market

A pair of executive appointments at blue chip defense hardware companies also feature, plus two board appointments at one of the market's largest nonprofits.

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VTG acquires another intel-focused firm

The purchase of Miklos Systems is VTG's fifth of 2025 and adds software, cloud, data and other services for intelligence community agencies.

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AWS to invest $50B in AI and supercomputing infrastructure for government customers

Amazon Web Services is granting government expanded access to its tech products offerings while scaling the infrastructure required to support it.

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IonQ invests in maker of hydrogen-powered drones

Heven AeroTech will ad quantum sensors and other related technologies into the vehicles.

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SEC to drop high-profile SolarWinds hack lawsuit

The landmark lawsuit garnered pushback from dozens of cybersecurity leaders last year.

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Growth, tech and operations leadership moves across the market

One of the market's notable founders lines up a new role and a second returns to the company he helped start nearly a decade ago, among other hires and promotions highlighted in here.

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Voyager acquires rocket motor, energetics supplier

Estes Energetics is the U.S.’ only producer of military-grade black powder, a key ingredient for the onshore integration and assembly of defense systems that the Pentagon wants more of.

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Carahsoft files and withdraws protest of Palantir's $385M VA win in 24 hours

Neither company wants to talk about the brief challenge regarding the data analytics contract.

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Quiet Professionals, Spathe Systems join forces

The combined company now touts a 400-person workforce and is carrying out this move with McNally Capital's backing.

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US and Saudi Arabia commit to new AI agreement

The memorandum allows Saudi Arabia to have access to U.S. tech systems, according to a White House fact sheet.

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Quindar closes $18M Series A round for classified business push

The three-year-old software developer's network of backers includes Washington Harbour Partners and the venture arm of Booz Allen Hamilton.

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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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New Mexico unveils quantum telecom network

State officials have been positioning New Mexico as a leader in quantum sciences and technologies through private sector help and federal partnerships. 

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Should your tech company enter the defense market?  Five considerations to weigh.

From acquisition complexities to investor expectations, law firm experts from WilmerHale detail what dual-use technology companies need to know before pursuing government work.

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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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Pentagon expands partnership with Quantum sensing startup

The Defense Department is looking to speed up deployment of new GPS alternatives.

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AI is now table stakes for the 2025 Fast 50

Nearly 80% of the government market's fastest-growing small businesses cite artificial intelligence as a core capability.

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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.