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In November, former Secretary of the Army "Pete" Geren introduces M1 Support Services co-founder Kathleen Hildreth at the Texas Business Hall of Fame induction dinner in Dallas. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography]
How Ex-Army Helicopter Pilot Kathleen Hildreth Co‑Founded a Billion-Dollar, Denton-Based Defense Contractor
by Glenn Hunter | Feb 19, 2025
Innovation, competence, and confidence paid dividends for the Michigan native, who helped start and build M1 Support Services en route to becoming one of America’s richest self-made women.
by David Seeley |
Dec 18, 2024
Two years after winning the U.S. Army’s biggest helicopter competition in 40 years—replacing the famed Black Hawk with a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft—Fort Worth-based Bell Textron announced a new factory in AllianceTexas will manufacture components for the next-gen tilt-rotor aircraft.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 28, 2024
Based out of its facility in Justin, a city north of Fort Worth, Canoo's HQ is within easy EV range of its DFW-based CEO, Tony Aquila. Now, with thousands of EV orders on the books from Walmart and other companies—and test vehicles humming about for the USPS, U.S. Army, NASA, and more—Canoo has some growing to do.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 5, 2024
Slated to replace the Army's famed Black Hawk combat attack helicopter—and potentially worth $70 billion across the life of the fleet—Bell's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft deploys mature tiltrotor technology and innovative digital engineering. Bell says it will be "the most reliable, affordable, and high-performing long-range assault aircraft in the world."
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One Network Enterprises Founder and Chairman Greg Brady (left), and Duncan Angove, CEO of Blue Yonder. [Photos: One Network/Blue Yonder]
Dallas’ One Network Enterprises Acquired for $839M by Arizona-Based Blue Yonder
by David Seeley | Mar 29, 2024
One Network's solutions help everyone from Tom Thumb to the U.S. Navy gain end-to-end visibility and control over their supply chains. Founder and chairman Greg Brady says the company's acquisition by Blue Yonder will form "a backbone" of the "new supply chain of the future."
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 27, 2024
The facility will support the "safe, rapid, and efficient" integration and test of next-gen fly-by-wire tiltrotor and mission systems, using a modular open systems approach for the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, Bell said.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 24, 2024
To be produced at Raytheon's McKinney campus, the CIV is an "electro-optical/infrared sight system" using second-generation forward-looking infrared cameras and sensors. It's slated to provide the U.S. Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle with "360-degree battlefield oversight and targeting capabilities," the defense contractor said.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Aug 22, 2023
Hypergiant Industries, a pioneering AI defense platform, finds a strategic match in its acquisition by Dallas's Trive Capital. Dallas Co-Founder Ben Lamm and CEO Mike Betzer both champion the shared vision of next-gen AI technologies bolstering national defense and critical infrastructure.
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Scene from a previous VEX Robotics World Championship event. [Photo: REC Foundation]
The Last Word: VEX Robotics’ Tony Norman on the 30,000 Students from 50 Countries Competing in Dallas for the 2023 World Championship
by David Seeley | Apr 24, 2023
Robots, start your engines! Beginning Tuesday through May 4, more than 30,000 students from all 50 states and more than 50 countries are bringing their custom-built robots to the REC Foundation's 16th annual VEX Robotics World Championship at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 7, 2022
The Army's biggest helicopter competition in 40 years has a winner in Fort Worth. Bell Textron's V-280 Valor is slated to replace around 2,000 Black Hawk helicopters by 2030—with a tiltrotor design that lets it take off like a chopper and fly like a plane.
Designed for long-range assault missions, the Valor's initial contract is worth up to $1.3 billion. But the program could ultimately be worth $70 billion across the life of the fleet, including foreign military sales, Defense News reports.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 21, 2022
Go-To-Green's patented audio-visual system can detect both the sound of a fired gunshot and the pressure change made by a bullet in the air. The system lights up to direct people to the safest exit—and tracks the source of shots.
In North Texas, the system is currently being installed in Anna's city hall, and talks are underway with three school systems and a grocery chain, the startup's CEO told us.
In North Texas, the system is currently being installed in Anna's city hall, and talks are underway with three school systems and a grocery chain, the startup's CEO told us.
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by David Seeley |
May 24, 2022
BILT has spent years helping consumers assemble BBQ grills, treadmills, and other products with its 3D interactive instructions app. Now—with millions in funding and contracts with the U.S. Air Force and Navy—it's hired a lobbying firm to help get the BILT app in the hands of America's armed services.
"They're hungry for innovation, and they're hungry for innovative ways to get around the traditional procurement process which usually blocks out small businesses," BILT's co-founder told Dallas Innovates.
"They're hungry for innovation, and they're hungry for innovative ways to get around the traditional procurement process which usually blocks out small businesses," BILT's co-founder told Dallas Innovates.
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Adyton co-founders JJ Wilson, president, and James Boyd, CEO [Photos: Adyton]
Dallas-based Adyton Launches Mustr App to ‘Revolutionize’ How Critical-Mission Military Teams Operate
by David Seeley | Oct 6, 2021
Adyton was founded in 2018 by two U.S. Army special forces veterans. Their "mobile technology with a mission" aims to pull actionable information in real time from critical-skill military teams—from the lowest first-line supervisor all the way up to the commanding officer.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2018
The new command will be tasked with bringing new technologies online, and would be set in a more corporate environment.
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