Companies
Venture investing is part of the M&A conversation too
These “deals of a different stripe” to own part of a company require the same business muscles as acquisitions: belief in a business and a willingness to put down money in support of that belief.
Contracts
Army wraps up awards for $379M training support contract
The Live Training Ranges and Combat Training Centers contract covers continues tech refreshments and other modernization work to aid in the readiness of soldiers.
Companies
The public company acquirer remains a unicorn in the M&A action
While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all.
Contracts
DOD launches microelectronics research, development recompete
In keeping with past versions, the Defense Microelectronics Activity has structured the new contract to be broad in scope as it looks to bring in more modern computer chips for military systems.
Contracts
Army wraps up awards for $921M training tech support contract
Maximum reuse of existing product components and service life extension are the Army's priorities here.
Companies
Tech, BD and energy leadership moves across the market
This edition of our weekly executive movement list begins with one company's realignment and ends with a pair of appointments involving boards of directors.
Companies
Lockheed's CEO: Efficiency push is 'an opportunity' for both industry and government
In talking with Wall Street, Jim Taiclet sought to connect the Department of Government Efficiency's push for change with what he has talked about since becoming Lockheed's leader in 2021.
Companies
Ayar Labs captures $155M to bring light into chip manufacturing
Three of the world's most notable chip manufacturers and Lockheed Martin's venture capital arm are investors in Ayar Labs, which is touting light transfer as an answer to the artificial intelligence-energy quandary.
Companies
Growth and strategy leadership moves across the market
A pair of appointments to boards of directors also feature a high-profile consulting firm and a global defense giant.
Companies
Lockheed details executive transitions in its enterprise, engineering functions
The defense giant's famed Skunk Works advanced development division is also getting a new leader.
Companies
Inversion closes $44M Series A round
Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm is one of a handful of investors in this company looking to further enable autonomous delivery and re-entry from space.
Companies
Undersea drone startup fetches $16M to aid hiring, manufacturing push
Lockheed Martin Ventures, RTX Ventures, SAIC Ventures and In-Q-Tel are the GovCon names involved in this investment round.
Companies
Quantum startup stretches Series B round to $133M, adds Lockheed's venture arm
First launched in 2017, Q-CTRL is looking to further advance its quantum computing software for use in larger-scaled commercial and government deployments.
Companies
A trio of space startup investment rounds to highlight
The venture arms of AE Industrial Partners, Lockheed Martin and RTX are among the notable names at the heart of these investments.
Companies
Lockheed to acquire spacecraft maker Terran Orbital
This represents the global defense giant's first move to buy a company it first backed through its venture capital arm.
Companies
AI and rockets mark the week's space investments
The venture capital arms of Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin are among those involved in the deals.
Companies
Growth, operational and tech leadership moves across the market
Plus a former Air Force secretary and intelligence agency director join the boards at two blue chip defense hardware companies.
Opinion
Air Force marks key signpost in robot wingmen award
Anduril and General Atomics are well known in the defense industry. But their selections for phase one of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program stand out for who they went up against and where the tech is going.
Opinion
Sikorsky, Rain demo autonomous firefighting helicopter
The companies integrated their autonomous flight and wildfire detection technologies into a Black Hawk helicopter.
Contracts