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WT 360: All about Amentum's tech strategy and 2 key legs of it
Jill Bruning -- president of Amentum's engineering, science and technology group -- provides an overview of the government services company's approach to tech and how it made hypersonics and counter-unmanned aerial systems key priorities on that front.
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HII, Axient appoint new growth chiefs
One of these moves represents a new hire, while the second is a promotion after a series of acquisitions and integrations.
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Scout Space acquires domain awareness, security software startup
One of Scout Space's primary investors is the corporate venture arm of Noblis, which invests in early-stage tech startups in part to bring their offerings into the government landscape.
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Newcomer joins incumbent for $330M credit report data contract
The two companies will help the Defense Department with background investigations by collecting credit reporting data on people seeking clearances.
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New bill would require all federal contractors to develop vulnerability disclosure policies
The Federal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act aims to establish standardized vulnerability disclosure policies across all federal contractors.
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DC Capital Partners drove this pair of acquisitions
Two of the private equity firm's portfolio companies make new expansion moves across emergency and disaster management, plus cloud computing security.
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Parsons buys defensive cyber provider for $175M
Sealing Technologies focuses on the protection and defense of computer networks, which Parsons sees as complementary to the offensive aspect of cyber.
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AeroVironment to acquire robotic control system maker for $120M
This purchase of Tomahawk Robotics takes place amid the companies' ongoing partnership to integrate their technologies.
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CACI adds former Lockheed, SRA exec to its board
Stan Sloane, formerly an executive vice president at Lockheed Martin and CEO of SRA International, will serve as an independent director at CACI International.
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Aretum adds agile development, cloud skills with acquisition
Aretum was created by the private equity firm Renovus Capital in April and is using this purchase to expand into defense and Homeland Security customers.
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Why BAE is paying $5.5B to acquire Ball's aerospace unit
This is BAE's largest purchase since its formation in 1999 and the company says it will create a wider footing across the rapidly growing space sector.
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Where Amentum leans in on hypersonics, unmanned tech
The global government services company focuses on front-end and operations work to inform how the systems are made and used, including work with manufacturers.
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Mercury Systems' new CEO debuts its short-term agenda
The defense electronics supplier's new fiscal year is all about transition and that especially includes execution on key development programs.
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Converged Security Solutions acquires IT modernization specialist
CSS' Evolver business is looking to expand what it does in the cyber and application development realms.
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Jacobs gets second chance at $1B Special Operations Command contract
The command will now open discussions with all bidders, including the incumbent Jacobs that challenged its elimination.
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ManTech loses effort to change evaluation criteria for FBI contract
The company's challenge to the price evaluation plan for a blanket purchase agreement competition gets rejected.
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AOC Connect gains place on EIS contract through acquisition
The Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle is the federal government's go-to vehicle for network modernization.
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Study: Mental health stigmas persist throughout security clearance process
A new report from Leidos finds that mental health perceptions hurt pipelines of talent into the intelligence community.
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Leidos' new CEO puts initial focus on fine-tuning, new North Star
Tom Bell described to us how the federal market's largest systems integrator is developing a "proprietary hypothesis of the future" that will shape its decisions about investments and the business model.
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