The defense tech ecosystem gives investors many opportunities
Bill Farmer, managing director at the investment bank BGL, highlights the big bets investors are making on companies touting disruptive defense technologies amid global instability. Venture capital and private equity are gravitating towards defense technology companies, reversing decades of investor hesitance. Historically, many investors have been wary of the defense sector, given its high barriers to […]
DOD seeks initial feedback on recompete of $48B tech research vehicle
The Defense Department specifically wants industry input on the future contract’s structure and how it could widen the scope for one area of work. The Defense Department is moving early to give industry a first glimpse at how it will conduct the recompete of one of its main contract vehicles for broad technology research-and-development services. A […]
APL promotes Van Wie to director
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s next leader will be the ninth in the nonprofit’s 83-year history. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has promoted its next director in Dave Van Wie, a 42-year APL veteran who currently leads the nonprofit organization’s air and missile defense sector. Van Wie’s appointment takes effect on July […]
Google’s government deal is the ‘first of many’ to come, DOGE says
The governmentwide software discount inked between Google and the General Services Administration prompted several competitors to reach out to the agency, according to sources familiar. The Department of Government Efficiency and leader Elon Musk Friday praised a deal struck between the General Services Administration and Google April 10 that offers Google’s Workspace collaboration and communications platform to […]
WT 360: All about private equity’s past, present and future in GovCon
Greg Nossaman and Greg Woodford, co-founders of the investment bank G Squared Capital Partners, go over how private equity has become core to the market’s fabric and how business owners should approach partnering with these investors. Public company acquirers (unicorns) certainly get everyone’s attention, but our 2024 M&A Roundup shows how the private equity collective […]