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Industry layoffs mount as cancelled contracts and DOGE efforts take hold

Just shy of 2,500 workers in Maryland and Virginia are poised to lose their jobs as 13 companies issue mass layoff notice.

  • By Nick Wakeman

A baker's dozen corporate leadership moves to note as spring arrives

This new listing of key hires and promotions across the government market also coincides with the ending of 2025's first quarter.

  • By Ross Wilkers

How consulting firms acquire to iterate, and sometimes reinvent themselves

The intersection of consulting, integration and implementation is on full display when looking at our 2024 roundup of mergers and acquisitions. So too are the preceding years.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Venture investing is part of the M&A conversation too

These “deals of a different stripe” to own part of a company require the same business muscles as acquisitions: belief in a business and a willingness to put down money in support of that belief.

  • By Ross Wilkers

The public company acquirer remains a unicorn in the M&A action

While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Retired Leidos exec shares how the company instilled agility into its corporate culture

Gerry Fasano looks back at a 41-year career and why his favorite job was leading the integration of the Lockheed Martin IS&GS services business into Leidos, which essentially created a new company.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Defense tech, digital modernization drive GovCon M&A in 2024

Private equity firms led the charge with 85 out of 159 closed transactions as companies reposition themselves for emerging market opportunities.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Nightwing acquires managed security services provider

This represents Nightwing's first purchase since its carveout from RTX and with new CEO Bob Coleman at the helm.

  • By Ross Wilkers

In-Q-Tel's newest investments eye data storage and deepfake defense

The intelligence community's venture capital arm identifies a pair of companies whose creations apparently are showing promise for agencies.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Adapt or perish: How contractors can plot their courses through an uncertain market

A panel of industry veterans points to technology pivots and partnerships as among their keys to thriving in a transforming landscape.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Phishing campaign seeks to siphon Ukraine war intelligence from defense contractors

Nearly 880 spoofed domains of worldwide IT, defense and aerospace firms were identified between December and March, DomainTools Investigations says.

  • By David DiMolfetta

Second Front hires Hoffman as president

The two-decade legal and business veteran joins Second Front from one of the national security software company's investors.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Take the WT Contractor Survey

We want to take the pulse of the federal market. So tell us where you see the challenges, opportunities and impacts of the Trump administration.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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ANALYSIS: Federal contractors navigate Trump administration uncertainty

Recent quarterly earnings calls by Science Applications International Corp. and Accenture reveal early some impacts as DOGE reviews create market anxiety.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Expect GovCon's compliance focus to only increase

The Defense Department's new CMMC cyber and supply chain standard is poised to disrupt the industry, one way or another.

  • By Ross Wilkers

How AOC Connect juggles today's market churn with tomorrow's demands

This telecom carrier's blueprint involves the expansion of its network and potentially what the government's next big modernization contract looks like.

  • By Ross Wilkers

International and growth leadership moves across the market

Plus a group that advocates for commercial tech companies brings in its new leader and a former GovCon CEO steps down from a board chairman role he held for three years.

  • By Ross Wilkers

SPA gains Army presence via acquisition

The Arlington Capital Partners-owned company already could tout a presence at the Navy, Air Force, Space Force and intelligence community.

  • By Ross Wilkers

NVIDIA and MITRE announce AI-powered 6G project

The chip manufacturer and defense research firm will work with telecommunications companies to embed artificial intelligence into next generation wireless networking.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

Google eyes security growth in planned $32B Wiz acquisition

The global tech giant undertakes its largest-ever purchase as cloud and artificial intelligence threats evolve.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Redhorse acquires software development specialist

This is the second transaction Redhorse has closed since it added Blue Delta Capital Partners as an investor.

  • By Ross Wilkers