Woven Solutions acquires Valence in commercial tech integration push

This is Woven’s third acquisition since the company itself was bought by private equity firm Falfurrias Management Partners in August. Woven Solutions has made another push to add commercial technology capabilities to its portfolio by acquiring Valence. Valence brings products such as Valence Playbook and Valence Fusion, which use commercial best practices to support national security missions. Terms […]
Space, energy and software coding investment rounds to note

Aalyria, Chariot Defense, Code Metal and the publicly-traded Intuitive Machines also detail what they plan to do next with their new capital infusions. Aalyria Spun out of Google’s parent company in 2021, this developer of software to help manage high-speed communication networks has fetched $100 million in Series B capital to accelerate product development efforts. Aalyria […]
The FAR overhaul rewrote the rules, but now comes the hard part

Changing the compliance mindset of acquisition professionals will determine whether the wholesale changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation lives up to the promise. The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul’s goal was to strip down the government’s acquisition regulations to their bare essentials and create a framework designed for flexibility and speed. While changing the rules is one thing, breaking decades […]
Lawmakers from both parties back data center permitting reform

Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., estimates the U.S. will need “about 85 gigawatts [more] a year in order to keep pace with our demand.” Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are expressing support for permitting reform to spur the construction of new data centers, following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union announcement of a Rate […]