Podcasts
WT 360: DOGE takeaways for industry and the race for tech superiority
Luis Avila, a managing director in BDO’s technology and transformation practice, runs us through the major themes that investors are hearing about from publicly traded government contractors and how they set the tone for the industry.
Companies
Arlington Capital reveals its new defense tech company
The same investment firm that is selling BlueHalo to AeroVironment is now ready to showcase GRVTY, a specialist in geospatial and signals intelligence.
Companies
Isakowitz to step down as Aerospace Corp. CEO
Steve Isakowitz has led the nonprofit space organization for 10 years and oversaw the relocation of its headquarters to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.
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Shield AI hires former Splunk chief as CEO
Gary Steele will lead the defense tech unicorn's push to scale out after a $240 million investment round.
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On-ramp work begins for $10B military medical research contract
The Defense Health Agency wants small businesses of all categories to weigh in on its plan to bring in more companies three years after the original awards.
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Bluestaq takes in new minority owner
One Bow River's new private equity fund is now a backer of Bluestaq and one of nearly a dozen that participates in an investment program focused on the military's key tech priorities.
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Bechtel promotes Volovar to lead government portfolio
The global construction giant's nuclear, security and environmental global business unit houses all of its U.S. and international public sector work.
Contracts
Anduril wins $642M Marines counter-drone tech contract
The service branch wants to cover the entire kill chain and use signature disruption as its means for countering adversaries' unmanned aircraft.
Companies
Growth and space leadership moves across the market
Our periodic summary of executive movement begins with one of the market's most notable private equity names adding to its braintrust.
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WT 360: Federal sales cycles from more angles than just capture
Amber Hart and Lisa Shea Mundt, cofounders of The Pulse of GovCon, go over the keys for taking a “BD 360” approach in the market and their aptly-named new book.
Companies
NASA starts to build launch services support recompete
The space agency gives industry an initial, high-level glimpse at iteration number four of the Evolving Launch Vehicle Integrated Support contract called ELVIS.
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
Shield AI closes $240M investment round
The 10-year-old defense tech unicorn's lineup of backers now includes L3Harris Technologies.
Companies
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.
Companies
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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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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