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Lockheed's venture arm backs weather tech company

Meteomatics operates a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles that work to collect weather data on an hourly basis.

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Paul Strasser joins Attain Capital to find GovCon investments

He is the second high-level hire by the Greg Baroni-led private equity group that brings deep experience in the government market.

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Saalex extends further east via acquisition

The Southern California-headquartered company also gains more of a footing with the Navy.

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Arlington Capital Partners breaks $3B mark with newest fund

The private equity firm describes submarine structures and cyber as among the key focus areas for fund number six.

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Enlightenment Capital takes the covers off new cyber, intelligence company

This 1,000-employee business touts data science, analytics and commercial software solutions as its core focus areas.

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Albedo collects $35M for very low Earth satellite development

This Series A-1 funding round also marks the foray of Booz Allen Hamilton's corporate venture capital arm into the space startup ecosystem.

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Booz Allen Ventures, TPG detail their newest tech company backings

Agile software development and supply chain risk monitoring are the key focus areas for both investors.

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Airbus acquires unmanned vehicle manufacturer

Airbus' helicopter division is bringing in a platform that can shift to wing-borne flight while in motion.

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Applied Insight builds national security footprint through acquisition

The relationship with Zavda started out as a traditional type, evolved into partners in a joint venture and is now a business combination.

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Crimson Phoenix buys fellow intelligence tech integrator

The Godspeed Capital-backed company also hires a new chief financial officer with experience at other similar private equity-held contractors.

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Lynx acquires defense platform software specialist

The OceanSound Partners-backed company adds a business whose products are in use on aircraft and command-and-control systems.

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Enlightenment Capital unveils new space company

Auria came together through a series of acquisitions over the past two years to create a software development specialist for several aspects of space.

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Management Science and Innovation makes AI-focused acquisition

MSI is also looking to further build out its cloud migration and consulting service offerings.

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Acentra Health buys employee assistance program provider

The Carlyle Group-backed company is growing its offerings for mental health initiatives in workplaces that prioritize employee engagement.

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Dexis Consulting, Shield AI fetch new capital

These transactions represent a cross-section of private equity and venture investment activity happening all across public sector.

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Enlightenment Capital backs data protection company

The investment firm makes another move in the intelligence and cyber domain.

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Carlyle, Insight Partners back supply chain software provider

Exiger will use the financial support of its new majority owners to invest more in the development of its artificial intelligence offerings and push to expand the customer base.

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HawkEye 360 adds pair of satellites via acquisition

HawkEye 360 is also bringing in a database of radio frequency data through its purchase of a now-former Maxar business unit.

Podcasts

WT 360: The drivers of M&A in 2023 and what lies ahead

Jean Stack, co-lead of the investment bank Baird's government market practice, reviews what the merger-and-acquisition landscape looked like in 2023 and how it is shaping up for 2024.

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L3Harris shares the plan for its other major integration

L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of a secure communication product business from Viasat put the buyer on an information sharing network for the U.S. military and NATO, which is in need of continuous hardware and software updates.