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Shield AI closes $240M investment round

The 10-year-old defense tech unicorn's lineup of backers now includes L3Harris Technologies.

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Democrats move to defend CHIPS following Trump’s calls for its removal

Following President Trump’s congressional address lambasting the landmark Biden administration bill, Democrats sounded off on Monday in its defense. 

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Epirus collects $250M in Series D capital to scale up production

The seven-year-old startup is pushing to further develop and make more of its Leonidas system, which works to fire lasers and other pulses at adversaries' drones.

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Riverside Research acquires secure hardware provider

Riverside is seeking to accelerate its development of new mobile devices and bring virtualization techniques further out to the edge.

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General Atomics acquires signal processing tech provider

North Point Defense started in 2012 to develop automation-centric technologies for defense and intelligence operators.

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Sabel Systems hires Purvis as chief executive

The former QinetiQ US CEO will lead Sabel through this new phase of its strategy as a Sagewind Capital-backed company.

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Health, operations and talent leadership moves across the market

Three former GovCon CEOs also take up seats at boards of directors, including a founder who sold her company to one of the market's blue bloods.

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Trade group urges Commerce secretary to support the work of subagencies

The Business Software Alliance said international alliances, export control regimes and standards harmonization efforts can all support the Department of Commerce’s advancement of U.S. tech.

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ICF lays out the risks, opportunities from Trump's push for cuts

The company has quantified the risks from actions like stop-work orders and contract terminations, but is also looking at the tech business as where some opportunity exists.

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IBM contract for overseas cyber assistance canned amid USAID shutdown

The foreign aid agency — a prime target of President Donald Trump’s agenda to eliminate perceived government waste — declared cybersecurity an economic development issue in 2021.

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Trump administration asks agencies to cull consultants

A memo dated Wednesday asks agencies to review their contracts with 10 of the “highest paid” companies.

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Nightwing appoints Coleman as chief executive

Bob Coleman takes the helm at Nightwing less than a year after its private equity owner acquired the business from RTX.

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VTG acquires intelligence community IT services company

This is VTG’s third purchase with the backing of its majority owner, the private equity firm Alvarez & Marshal Capital.

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Air Force chooses 27 for $1.5B architect, engineering contract

Work under this contract will support broader efforts related to environmental restoration and quality.

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NVIDIA's Anthony Robbins calls it a career

The long-time GovCon executive is retiring after 39 years at companies like NVIDIA, AT&T and Oracle.

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Tech, growth and delivery leadership roles across the market

One company featured in this newest roundup of executive hires and promotions is getting ready for its initial public offering.

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Parsons explores 2 growth pathways for missile defense

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Carey Smith highlights the Air Force's ground-based nuclear missile replacement program and "Iron Dome for America" as key watch items for the company.

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Virginia governor pressed to support federal workers and contractors

Fairfax County's board of supervisors chairman says the Trump administration's proposed workforce reductions threaten Virginia's economy and wants Gov. Youngkin to take action.

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Industry gets first preview at civilian cyber recompete

The General Services Administration and DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency are looking to build upon and consolidate work under CDM DEFEND, the current effort to secure networks in the ".gov" domain.

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Saronic wraps up $600M Series C round

The autonomous vessel startup envisions itself as a main actor in the push to reinvigorate U.S. shipbuilding and sees its future Port Alpha shipyard as part of that.