Tech bills of the week: Boosting export controls; AI-focused workforce development; and more
During Congress’s final week in recess, new legislation and amendments that were proposed run the tech policy gamut. Matching export controls A group of bipartisan senators introduced a companion bill to an earlier House measure that updates semiconductor export control laws to ensure that adversaries cannot purchase key pieces of technology and equipment for semiconductor manufacturing […]
Hypersonics and space venture investment rounds to note
The venture capital arms of RTX, Booz Allen Hamilton and the U.S. intelligence community are among the participants in here. Hermeus The hypersonic aircraft manufacturer has collected $350 million in Series C capital to support efforts at speeding up production and creating more prototypes. Hermeus opened for business in 2018, then secured $60 million in funding […]
Vibrint’s strategic shift fuels $1.2B in contract awards
The national security IT firm is expanding geographically and seeking to build a more quantum-ready workforce. Vibrint CEO Tom Lash shifted the company’s strategy in 2024 because he saw too much focus on inorganic growth. That shift paid off in a big way in 2025, during which company won three contracts with a combined $1.2 billion ceiling over […]
HawkEye 360 files to go public
No details yet on how much the 11-year-old company is looking to raise from investors, but their financial profile and customer mix is on display for all to see. HawkEye 360, a commercial satellite operator that specializes in using radio frequency data, has filed for an initial public offering in the wake of a large capital […]