Booz Allen Hamilton has agreed to acquire cybersecurity platform provider EverWatch, a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital, in a push to expand its classified software and analytics offerings for national security customers. EverWatch will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Booz Allen under Judi Dotson, president of the national security sector, once the transaction is […] More

Enlightenment Capital is setting aside up to $50 million to invest in companies that offer products and services to the aerospace, defense, government and technology sectors. The Washington, D.C.-based investment firm said Monday the NextGen Leaders of GovTech investment initiative will back minority or women-led companies that are working to help the U.S. government address […] More

Brett Lambert, a former deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing and industrial base policy at the Department of Defense, has joined the advisory board of Enlightenment Capital. He brings more than three decades of public and private sector experience as an adviser to the investment firm’s management team, Enlightenment Capital said Tuesday. Lambert is also a […] More

Jeh Johnson, a partner at law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and former secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, has been appointed to offer advice and counsel to Vienna, Virginia-based private equity firm Enlightenment Capital. Johnson will rely on his over 30-year public and private sector experience to provide legal assistance to the Enlightenment Capital as part of the engagement agreement, the firm said Tuesday.

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Washington, D.C.-based Enlightenment Capital has raised $250M in capital commitments for its third fund, exceeding the private investment firm's $200M target. The completion of Fund III will allow the company to continue to carry out its strategy to invest in middle-market firms in the aerospace, defense and government markets, Enlightenment Capital said Thursday.

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Aeyon has secured a contract to provide Defense Agencies Initiative systems integration support to the Marine Corps Forces Reserve. DAI is a Department of Defense initiative meant to modernize budget and accounting operations and other financial management capabilities of DOD agencies to streamline decision-making processes in support of warfighters, the company said Tuesday. The contract’s […] More

Clarksburg, Maryland-based Robotic Research has raised $228 million in a round of Series A financing and will use the investment to enable its RR.AI division to expand, drive innovation and deliver autonomous driving platforms for transportation and logistics markets. Alberto Lacaze, co-founder and president of Robotic Research, said in a statement published Thursday the investment […] More

Artlin Consulting, a data analytics and management consulting provider, and Sehlke Consulting, a technology-enabled automation service company,  have merged to form Aeyon, a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital. Aeyon will leverage Sehlke’s proprietary robotic process automation software capabilities to enhance its data management offerings to federal customers in key areas such as logistics, acquisition support, business […] More

Trowbridge & Trowbridge announced on Tuesday that Alan Thomas Jr., former commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service with the General Services Administration, has joined the company as the executive vice president of special projects. 

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As defense budget dollars continue to be treated like a precious metal, there is an increased importance placed on additional capabilities, the development of new technologies and an efficient acquisition system that benefits all the players involved. Sitting around this table discussing the past 20-30 years of acquisition reform is none other than the magnanimous […] More

Pierre Chao serves as a founding partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, where he brings more than 30 years of aerospace and defense strategy management consulting, investment banking and policy analysis experience to his position. He is also a managing partner and co-founder at investment company Enlightenment Capital, a board member at Truman National Security Project and […] More