Maximus makes $430M deal for Attain's federal arm

Maximus has purchased Attain's federal business in a $430 million deal to gain more capabilities around artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Deloitte names new aerospace practice leader, Robin Lineberger to retire

Deloitte has appointed a new leader for its aerospace and defense sector as long-time executive Robin Lineberger announces his retirement.

Guess how March starts? More M&A.

The start of this new month of March brings back an old theme: Multiple announced and/or completed merger-and-acquisition transactions revealed on day one.

ManTech, BAE make leadership team appointments

Two of the government market’s leading systems integrators make appointments to their respective management teams.

CGI opens eighth delivery center

CGI has opened another of its delivery centers in a community away from major metropolitan areas, this time around the University of Tennessee.

ICF sees its 4 growth priorities holding firm in new administration

ICF says four of the key growth drivers it has named as priorities for the company going forward are holding firm under the new Biden administration.

Altamira names new CEO, Ted Davies retires

Altamira Technologies has announced the retirement of Ted Davies from the CEO position and the appointment of former Raytheon executive Jane Chappell as his successor.

Industry renews effort to extend reimbursement of paid leave under COVID relief

Major trade associations representing government contractors are renewing their push to extend legislation they see as vital to keeping the sector’s workforce intact during the coronavirus pandemic and are getting bipartisan support for it.

Flat defense budget, cost-savings push seems likely for 2022

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the chairman for the Senate Armed Services Committee, said military services should look for cost-savings and where reinvestments can be made.

Leonardo DRS plans initial public offering in U.S. market

Italy’s largest defense company files the paperwork to take its U.S. subsidiary Leonardo DRS through an initial public offering and join the New York Stock Exchange.

DARPA opens door to more private equity-backed firms

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency adjusts the requirements for bidders on Small Business Innovation Research contracts to allow participation by private equity-backed firms.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Dive deep into the 2021 GWAC agenda

In this episode of Project 38, Senior Staff Ross Wilkers goes to three leading market research and proposal specialists to get their views and insight into the overall GWAC landscape and what companies must take into account when pursuing them.

Supply chain hack took a thousand engineers to pull off, tech exec tells Congress

The scope and scale of the attack as described by Microsoft President Brad Smith is in keeping with the attribution being made by public sector and private sector officials that the hack was perpetrated by Russian-sponsored actors.

Serco fights to keep Navy work

Serco is defending its incumbency by protesting a $354 million Navy contract that went to Booz Allen Hamilton.

VA can now make $22.3B T4NG on-ramp awards

With all outstanding protests denied, the Veterans Affairs Department can now make on-ramp awards for its $22.3 billion T4NG technology services contract.

AT&T formalizes public sector leadership promotion

AT&T formalizes its promotion of the executive who has led its public sector work on an interim basis for nearly six months to take that role permanently.

Microsoft calls for acquisition reform amid JEDI battles

Defense industry experts call on lawmakers to reform the bid protest process because it slows the delivery of new solutions -- like JEDI -- that enhance national security.

AeroVironment's latest acquisition centers on AI, autonomy tech

On the heels of closing a platform-focused acquisition, AeroVironment completes a second to bring in more augmenting technologies like autonomy.

SAIC creates senior role for AI leadership

Science Applications International Corp. has hired a former IBM executive to the newly-created role of senior vice president of artificial intelligence.

Higher price not a factor in Grant Thornton's $350M TSA win

Both competitors pitched significantly lower prices, but the Transportation Security Agency successfully defended its case for paying more to acquire Grant Thornton's solution.