Godspeed Capital and Special Aerospace Services (SAS) have partnered to create a platform company under the SAS brand that is focused on new space, hypersonics, and missile defense technology and solutions.
SAS is led by co-founder and CEO Heather Bulk, and will be joined by new chief financial officer Warren Kohm, who is the CEO of a financial consulting company and has held financial positions with Alion Science and Technology—now part of
Leidos [LDOS]—Capgemini, Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH], and others.
SAS is based in Colorado and a has a footprint that includes Alabama, California, Virginia, Florida, and Texas. The company has about 250 cleared employees and its customers include commercial, defense, and space agencies.
SAS was founded in 2007 and has capabilities in engineering, systems development, precision manufacturing, rapid prototyping and testing, and strategic advisory and business capture services. Godspeed will provide resources to help build the SAS technology platform.
“We are excited to partner with the incredible team at SAS to establish a platform capable of addressing the next generation of public and private sector space priorities,” Doug Lake, founder and managing partner at Godspeed, said in a statement. “Godspeed has significant expertise building and scaling technology solutions-focused platforms serving commercial as well as intelligence and defense customers.”
SAS’s financial adviser on the deal was Cascadia Capital.