Companies

Carlyle, Insight Partners back supply chain software provider

Exiger will use the financial support of its new majority owners to invest more in the development of its artificial intelligence offerings and push to expand the customer base.

Contracts

ANC firms continue battle over $110M Army base support contract

The Army sided with one of the two Alaska Native Corporations vying for the work, but the service branch's pick was declared unfair.

Companies

DecisionPoint brings in new operations chief

The service-disabled veteran-owned small business makes a key hire in support of its push to enter the market's middle tier.

Companies

CISA changes plan for operations support recompete

The Homeland Security Department's cyber agency goes in a different direction for how it plans to award this upcoming task order.

Contracts

CISA details search for cloud-enabled machine learning

The Homeland Security Department's lead cyber agency wants access to more than one cloud computing platform as a way to test and develop machine learning capabilities.

Companies

HawkEye 360 adds pair of satellites via acquisition

HawkEye 360 is also bringing in a database of radio frequency data through its purchase of a now-former Maxar business unit.

Companies

Government’s quantum efforts are shifting to a near-term strategy

As the National Quantum Initiative Act is set to advance to a House vote, one federal official described the technology as “the next thing” on the horizon.

Opinion

GovCon's public company universe is poised for growth in numbers and profile

The pending emergence of at least one new publicly-traded government contractor, and maybe more, means the conversation about this market will increasingly be in the open and executives will have less control over that narrative.

Podcasts

WT 360: The drivers of M&A in 2023 and what lies ahead

Jean Stack, co-lead of the investment bank Baird's government market practice, reviews what the merger-and-acquisition landscape looked like in 2023 and how it is shaping up for 2024.

Companies

Serco's U.S. subsidiary wins $84M Air Force analytical support contract

Serco Inc. will support air operations in Southwest Asia for the next five-and-a-half-years.

Companies

L3Harris shares the plan for its other major integration

L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of a secure communication product business from Viasat put the buyer on an information sharing network for the U.S. military and NATO, which is in need of continuous hardware and software updates.

Opinion

RTX's CEO transition follows three years of change and turbulence

Both the company and Greg Hayes' tenure started amid the coronavirus pandemic and essentially a pause in air travel. Chris Calio will move up to CEO in the spring amid rising demand for defense products.

Contracts

SAIC levels OCI claim in fight for $193M Army award

Science Applications International Corp. is claiming that Peraton has an organizational conflict-of-interest that should mean disqualification from the competition.

Contracts

Senate bill would limit federal contracts with foreign-linked biotech firms

The legislation from Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., comes after he objected to a more focused provision in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act that sought to limit government contracts with one specific Chinese biotech company.

Companies

Leidos' board adds former DISA director

Nancy Norton led the Defense Department's main IT agency for three years until her retirement in 2021.

Companies

Bain Capital closes $5.3B deal, takes over Guidehouse

The transaction value includes debt as the company gains a more global owner and senior executives stay in place.

Opinion

SBOMs are a needed ingredient but not the full recipe for software supply chain security

Validating the integrity of IT supply chains is critical to cybersecurity and includes the supply chain feeding software development.

Companies

Alteryx unveils new public sector division

The data science and analytics software company also brings in a familiar government market name to oversee the partnerships key for growth.

Companies

Nokia builds U.S. defense business with new acquisition

The global telecommunications company is bringing in new capabilities that work to create a so-called "Battlefield of Things" ecosystem.

Companies

Agile Defense brings in new growth chief

The digital transformation company makes this key hire on the heels of a needle-moving win to shape its outlook.