AI is now table stakes for the 2025 Fast 50

Nearly 80% of the government market’s fastest-growing small businesses cite artificial intelligence as a core capability. The 2025 Washington Technology Fast 50 highlights a small business environment that mirrors much of the broader public sector market with companies focused on artificial intelligence, software development, cybersecurity and cloud computing. Unlike our annual Top 100 rankings that rely on […]
Chaos Industries collects $510M in Series D round

The three-year-old counter-drone tech specialist, is led by a co-founder of Epirus, another defense tech unicorn. Chaos Industries, a maker of counter-drone and communication technologies, has collected $510 million in Series D capital from investors to help expand its development and manufacturing capacity. Founded in 2022, Chaos designs its Coherent Distributed Network system to help soldiers […]
Booz Allen signs lease for Reston HQ, eyes 2027 open

Booz Allen Hamilton joins the club of Washington Technology Top 100 companies that have chosen Reston, Virginia, for their headquarters. Booz Allen Hamilton will relocate its corporate headquarters to Reston, Virginia from McLean with the goal of opening the campus in the fall of 2027. The company signed multiple leases with Comstock to occupy 310,000 square […]
York Space Systems files for public offering

Founded in 2012 by CEO Dirk Wallinger, this small satellite maker is looking to capture a similar type of investor interest that Firefly Aerospace and Voyager Technologies received in their IPOs. York Space Systems, a private equity-backed small satellite maker whose customer base includes the Defense Department, has filed for an initial public offering following a […]
Marine Corps seeks light-based communications for contested battlefields

Free space optics technology could provide high-speed data transmissions with a lower risk of detection in denied environments. The Marine Corps is looking for ways to use light to securely transmit data on the battlefield. In a request for information posted Monday, the Marine Corps Systems Command for tactical communications and electromagnetic warfare wants optical technologies […]
WT 360: Commence’s approach to solving big health data challenges

Ian Checcio, chief growth officer at Commence, explains how this newish company looks to cover all aspects of the health care ecosystem and works with public and private sector customers on lowering data sharing barriers. Commence is a newish company looking to help federal agencies, state and local governments, and private sector entities harness technology with […]