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Private Equity Firm, Special Aerospace Service Create Space And Defense Technology Platform Company

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

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Private Equity Firm, Special Aerospace Service Create Space And Defense Technology Platform Company

Heather Bulk, co-founder and CEO of SAS. Photo: SAS

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.…

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