Opinion

What year two of the pandemic means for sales and marketing

We've worked under a pandemic for a year but there are still adjustments to be made and lessons to be learned for year two.

CACI signs off on $500M stock buyback

CACI International is the lone publicly-traded government technology services company that tells investors upfront to not expect dividends on the stock, but it is pulling the lever on share repurchases with this $500 million buyback.

PAE sees its second year of being public looking much like the first

PAE's first year of being a publicly-traded government services company began a mere handful of weeks before the coronavirus pandemic was declared and their outlook for 2021 sees some of those effects carrying over.

New House task force focuses on supply chain vulnerabilities

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), co-chair of the Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force, said "sometimes the marketplace just doesn't get it right and we, without intending to, create real national security vulnerabilities for ourselves."

How L3Harris is balancing internal focus & external pursuits

L3Harris Technologies as we know it is 20 months old, which puts the self-touted Sixth Prime roughly halfway through the effort to make its two big pieces into one and company executives further detailed where they are in that process to investors.

Opinion

Hardening DOD's cybersecurity blanket

Federal agencies have intensified their emphasis on cybersecurity and that means more scrutiny on how contractors protect their sensitive data.

TMF set to receive $1B infusion in COVID relief bill

Former federal IT leaders say that the boost for the Technology Modernization Fund is welcome, but the big money may necessitate process changes.

Navy to rethink its $500M jammer award

Northrop Grumman’s protest of a $500 million contract to L3Harris for a next-generation radio jammer must have struck a nerve with the Navy because the service is taking a second look at its award decision.

DARPA looks to fund AI research for helping mechanics and medics

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants proposals on how to create an artificial intelligence agent that can advise mechanics and battlefield medics through observation.

Opinion

IT sales become more dynamic as government buying evolves

The pandemic has changed the way the government buys IT products and services and that means your sales processes have to be more dynamic.

Tick-tock: How Cubic decided on its sale to Veritas & activist fund

Veritas Capital and its activist hedge fund partner kept up their pursuit of Cubic Corp. over the course of five months and they apparently were quicker to act than the other prospective bidder.

SAIC adds new space business leader

Science Applications International Corp. has hired David Ray as the senior vice president in charge of its space business unit.

Two Six Technologies unveils new board members

Two Six Technologies unveils four new members of its board of directors nearly a month after the company launched with its new identity.

Iridium board adds Maxar exec

Iridium Communications said Tuesday its board of directors has elected a new member in Tony Frazier, a lead executive at Maxar Technologies.

Booz Allen grows defense leadership team

Booz Allen Hamilton brings back one of its former employees in Matice Wright-Springer, who joins the leadership team in the firm's defense group.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Was the SAIC-Unisys Federal deal worth it?

It’s been a year since Science Applications International Corp. made one of the biggest acquisitions of 2020 and this conversation between Editor Nick Wakeman and Bob Genter, SAIC's defense and civilian president, starts with the question: Was the Unisys Federal acquisition worth it?

Companies close 109 deals in 2020 & private equity firms (barely) lead the way

We tracked 109 closed acquisitions in 2020 and just over half of them were made by private equity firms. Who is making the deals and what does that say about the market?

Contractors' COVID cost relief provision extended through September

Government contractors are poised to get an extension of a rule that lets them seek reimbursements of paid leave costs from agencies if contract work is disrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Cerberus brings back Nixon

Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management brings back a familiar face in Greg Nixon to help identify more investment opportunities.

2021 M&A Podcast Roundup

As part of our annual special report focused on mergers and acquisitions, we've recorded a series of interviews and discussions for the Project 38 podcast. These podcasts focus on trends and analysis of M&A activity in the government market.