While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How? Well, the Navy’s Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli says he has spent the last two and a half years focused […]
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This week on StrictlyVC Download, StictlyVC’s Alex Gove and TechCrunch editor in chief Connie Loizos are joined by Justin Fanelli, the acting chief technology officer for the U.S. Navy and technical director of program executive office digital, where he oversees billions of dollars in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity initiatives. He’s also a venture partner at
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Ursa Major, a startup that produces rocket motors through 3D printing, announced today that it received a $12.5 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and the U.S. Navy to develop new solid fuel rocket engines. The company, which has raised $274 million according to PitchBook, will match the funding,
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