Jennifer Santos, deputy assistant secretary of defense for industrial policy, said the Department of Defense (DoD) has witnessed a rise in “adversarial capital” in U.S. technology companies, including small drone providers, during
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The Department of Defense has increased engagement with small businesses through webinars, virtual Trusted Capital Marketplace activities and regular teleconferences with trade groups to protect such businesses from “adversarial capital” offered by
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The Department of Defense conducted a couple of small business online seminars this month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. DoD said Monday its Office of Small Business Programs hosted defense webinars on COVID-19 relief efforts and
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K2 Intelligence and Financial Integrity Network (FIN) has unveiled CFIUS Advisory Services to help clients with investments, mergers and acquisitions that involve the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
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Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics and a 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, said the U.S. military should entice the country's venture capitalists to invest in novel defense technologies
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Raanan Horowitz, CEO of Elbit Systems of America, has said he believes the U.S. needs to strike a balance between the need to ensure national security and advance foreign investment and that the
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House and Senate conference members have reached a compromise on a bill that would authorize $716 billion in defense budget for fiscal 2019, Stars and Stripes reported Monday. The negotiated deal on the
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House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a new measure that would strengthen the U.S. export-control process and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. in order to address national security
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to evaluate national security risks associated with foreign investors that have access to emerging technology platforms or in proximity to critical military sites. GAO
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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker swore in 27 new officers for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and one new intellectual property attache for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during a ceremony last week. The Commerce
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