**It’s a Time to Buy: M&A for the National Interest.**

Time for venture capitalists in the defense industry to build, buy and create

Executive Summary

Strategic defense sector M&A is now a national security imperative, not just a business decision.

• Strategic defense sector M&A is now a national security imperative, not just a business decision.
• The current geopolitical landscape creates unique opportunities for companies to align acquisitions with defense priorities.
• Strategic early-stage consolidation can accelerate battlefield deployment of cutting-edge technologies, transforming promising pilots into decisive military capabilities today, not the distant tomorrow

"This might be the administration where the old industrial defense structure finally breaks and they get beat out by the startup guys. We have yet to see the primes strike back."

Tanveer I. Kathawalla, Managing Partner Pioneer1890

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John Reid Richmond NewsRadio WRVA

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Mission Matters Business Podcast

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