The Silicon Valley Defense Group and DLA Piper hosted a morning of conversation and connection exploring how new models of partnership and capital formation can unlock the next era of space innovation and defense capability.

Leaders of the tech and defense worlds came together at Stanford University at the SVDG co-sponsored Stanford DEFCON. Following the conference, SVDG hosted a policy salon dinner bringing conversations to light on the role of innovation in national security.

SVDG organized a policy salon dinner with industry council member Picogrid and Initialized Capital. This dinner brought together policymakers, investors, industry leaders, and defense innovators for a candid conversation on how to prepare for — and scale — the connected battlefield.

Timed to coincide with the opening day of AUSA, this cocktail reception at the Spy Museum brought together the driving forces of national security innovation. With a focus on bridging capital providers and capital demand, the evening spotlighted venture-backed technologies tackling some of the most pressing operational challenges facing the U.S. national security community.

In this special edition of Arlington Economic Development’s Missions + Markets | National Landing series, SVDG shared insights from the newly released 2025 NatSec100 report with live demos from some of the most innovative national security startups operating in Arlington, VA.

At an event marked by frank and light hearted conversation about innovation in defense and dual-use, SVDG got to talk to the veterans leading the push for greater cohesion between innovators and end-users.

Watch to learn more about a successful partnership between SAIC and Dataiku to develop and deliver Tanjin. Learn from panelists about the benefits of intra-industry partnerships in defense and dual-use.

SVDG joined Alumni Ventures to organize a panel of investors who care about democratizing defense and dual-use tech investment as a way to boost innovation-adoption. Visit this page to watch the recording.

We are incredibly excited to share the 2025 Edition of SVDG’s NATSEC100, sponsored by JPMorganChase. This report is a data-driven snapshot in time of our emergent techno-security ecosystem which offers a starting point to meaningful conversations

SVDG will host a salon dinner on April 29, 2025, to discuss the impact of tariffs on defense innovation and how industry and capital can adapt going forward

SVDG has released our 2024 Annual Report highlighting achievements and metrics from the past year. Read or download to learn more about us and our vision for the organization.

We are launching a series of off-the-record small group discussions with our sponsors and current policymakers to discuss developments in the defense innovation ecosystem.

SVDG welcomes new Executive Director Mike Keating, who joins us from Deep Labs AI

Watch as Pillsbury’s Marques Peterson and Steve Ryan discuss the legal and financial strategies behind M&A transactions and offer insights on navigating regulatory frameworks and compliance challenges.

SVDG is proud to announce the release of the Industry Collaboration Toolkit, an initiative geared towards helping startups and primes negotiate partnership agreements in the defense space

SVDG is proud to announce its inaugural Industry Council, composed of experienced members of the private sector, to help keep us in tune with the developments in the Defense Industrial Base and inform our future programs.

For decades, the Department of Defense has operated under a capability-based acquisition system—focusing on optimizing the production and procurement of traditional means of military power. But in today’s rapidly evolving technological, industrial, and operational landscape, adapting to a threat-based approach is critical to maintaining strategic advantage.

We held a talk with Sarah Mineiro to inform the government contracting strategy for early-stage founders in Techstars’ Space Cohort. She discussed what can be achieved with a small budget, and how to navigate government agencies and congress.

As part of the Lunch and Learn series, SVDG hosted a discussion with Forge Group, LLC ranging from foreign military sales and international security cooperation to INDOPACOM's investment focus areas to strategies and best practices for commercial industry identification of and participation in programs with allied foreign government partners.

SVDG welcomed a HASC CODEL and STAFFDEL with Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), and 11 other members of Congress at the Playground Global Offices in California to talk to members of the ETR Ecosystem.