by Kristen Stanley | Apr 17, 2026 | FirstIn
17 April 2026 – By Arthur Karell & Kevin Uebelhardt Modern defense and aerospace systems are only as strong as the materials they’re built from, and the ability to deliver strength at scale is increasingly at risk. Composite materials for these uses have...
by Kristen Stanley | Mar 26, 2026 | FirstIn
26 March 2026 – Firm led by two ex-Marines closed on $148M for Fund III thanks certification as a Critical Technology Fund by the US Small Business Administration and the Department of War
by Kristen Stanley | Mar 25, 2026 | Companies, FirstIn
25 March 2026 – By Arthur Karell As the cost of deploying AI at the edge collapses, competitive manufacturers and integrators are going to want their own autonomy stack in their products, even down to the component level. An unmanned vehicle will have its own...
by Kristen Stanley | Mar 5, 2026 | FirstIn
05 March 2026 – First In today announced the oversubscribed final closing of First In Fund 3 SBIC Critical Technologies, LP, a fund licensed as a Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies
by Kristen Stanley | Mar 5, 2026 | FirstIn
05 March 2026 – Investors and analysts looking for guidance or some kind of roadmap through what are deeply uncertain times could do worse than look to the recent National Security Strategy (NSS). This document, drafted by the Under Secretary of War for Policy...
by Kristen Stanley | Feb 11, 2026 | FirstIn
11 February 2026 – By Renny McPherson and Arthur KarellFor decades, high-end defense technology has been defined by bespoke, exquisite, and expensive systems — low volumes at high cost. At the same time, while asymmetric attacks have always been a fact of...
