Who made the biggest deals of 2018?

Outside of one very large exception, private equity firms dominated merger and acquisition activity in a 2018 that saw nearly 100 closed transactions.

How GD sees the market with CSRA in the fold

Almost one year since the blockbuster CSRA deal, General Dynamics IT still has some integration work to do but is mostly looking outward at market opportunities that underlined the acquisition's thesis.

Tyto Athene adds Kapoor, Johnson to advisory board

Tyto Athene names federal market veteran Kay Kapoor and former GSA executive John Johnson to its advisory board.

DIA developing $2.1B applications development contract

The Defense Intelligence Agency is developing a multiple award contract that could be worth more than $2 billion for a broad set of application development services.

Deloitte wins AF deal for force optimization work

Deloitte Consulting has won a $39.9 million contract to help the Air Force with force optimization.

Podcasts

Vectrus CFO resigns

Vectrus chief financial officer Matthew Klein has resigned from the company to pursue other interests.

7 win $240M Marine Corps training support contract

Seven companies have captured spots on a 10-year, $240 million Marine Corps training systems support contract.

NGA taps small biz for support tasks under MOJAVE contract

Quadrint Inc., a Falls Church, Virginia., small business provider of analytics, cloud and data solutions, has won a trio of task orders for support services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Worth Reading: NY Times reviews JEDI contract

The JEDI contract has hit the pages of the New York Times, which provides a review of the controversial $10 billion Defense Department cloud contract.

Perspecta continues fight for $211M DHS contract

Perspecta has filed a second protest involving a $211M Homeland Security Department contract for cybersecurity support won by BAE Systems.

SAIC tweaks structure as prep for new CEO

With its CEO transition in place, SAIC is making other leadership changes as it prepares for Nazzic Keene to become the new chief executive.

Deloitte's Dan Helfrich: Don't be a dinosaur, embrace change

Deloitte's Dan Helfrich explained the dangers of resisting change and why contractors and customers need to embrace new ways of doing business.

ICF shifts its public sector lineup

ICF makes a trio appointments in its public sector leadership team that include one hire and two promotions from within.

Small biz wins $553M Army unmanned training contract

Pinnacle Solutions has won a seven-year, $553.2 million contract to help the Army conduct unmanned aircraft training.

Noblis names new president of ESI group

Noblis promotes Rick Harrison to president of its Noblis ESI subsidiary.

Don't sweat a flat IT budget

President Trump's 2020 budget proposal shows the IT budget as flat but that doesn't mean it is a stagnant market. There is a lot of activity under the surface.

Navy awards almost $1B SAP software supply contract

The Navy chooses four IT consulting firms for an almost $1 billion contract to provide and maintain SAP brand name software.

Cognosante hires Maximus, GDIT vet Gordon

Health IT contractor Cognosante hires former Maximus and General Dynamics IT executive James Gordon to the leadership team.

Navy explores HUBzones for submarine support work

The Navy is exploring whether a HUBzone small business can provide IT support needed to maintain, engineer and procure submarines.

Curtiss-Wright buys data link software outfit

Curtiss-Wright acquires a provider of software to be used in tactical data links and other military communications functions.