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The Pentagon and national security leaders have talked up the need to tap into the emerging technologies and capabilities being developed by defense startups but the message has largely fallen […]

LightRidge Solutions on Monday said it has acquired Trident Systems, a developer and producer of space electronics and integrated C4ISR solutions for customers in the national security and federal civilian […]

The top venture capital backed national security startup companies have raised tens of billions of dollars to fund their operations but far less when it comes to winning federal contracts, […]

The defense industrial base (DIB) in general is healthy although less so below the prime contractor level, prompting the Defense Department to ask for input on ways to improve cash […]

HawkEye 360 Inc. said on July 13 that it has raised $58 million in a Series D-1 round of funding from venture capital and private equity firms, including BlackRock [BLK], […]

France’s Thales Group on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Cobham Aerospace Communications from Britain’s Cobham for $1.1 billion in a deal that strengthens its avionics portfolio. The transaction […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday named Shelly O’Neill Stoneman, currently BAE Systems Inc.’s chief of government affairs, as its next top lobbyist, succeeding Greg Walters who is retiring and has […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] on Monday said it has successfully developed and static-fire tested the Zeus 1 large solid rocket motor that will be used by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions […]

The cybersecurity firm Forcepoint on Monday said it is selling its government and critical infrastructure business to the asset management firm TPG [TPG], creating an independent entity that will focus […]

CIRCOR International [CIR] last Friday said it has agreed to a new bid by the investment firm KKR [KKR] worth about $1.9 billion, topping previous bids by the private company […]