Lockheed's VC arm backs AI chip maker Mythic

The Lockheed Martin venture capital arm's latest investment is in Mythic, a maker of computer chips to support artificial intelligence.

GSA opens $5B VETS 2 IT services vehicle

The General Services Administration opens potential 10-year, $5 billion "VETS 2" IT services contract for business and is ready to accept task orders on the vehicle.

LGS names Beck CFO

LGS Innovations appoints three-decade government contracting veteran Jeff Beck as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Buchanan & Edwards adds FBI vet Healy

Buchanan & Edwards has hired 25-year FBI veteran Timothy Healy as director of the contractor's national security business.

General Dynamics counters CACI's bid for CSRA

General Dynamics has sweetened its bid for CSRA in the wake of an unsolicited offer by CACI International.

DISA weighing small biz support for cyber line of business

The Defense Information Systems Agency is trying to determine whether small businesses can support its Cyber Services Line of Business.

Maryland small business lands $50M NIST contract

G2 Inc. of Annapolis Junction, Maryland, has won a five-year, $50 million contract from NIST for cyber R&D and implementation services.

DXC's lost protest gives window to secretive NSA IT contract

Little is known about the NSA's multibillion dollar Greenway program. But GAO's decision to deny DXC's protest of an AT&T award provides a window into what the NSA values and how the competition unfolded.

Langstaff named to interim role at Aspen Institute

Well-known government contracting executive David Langstaff is stepping into a new but temporary leadership role at the Aspen Institute.

Raytheon keeps $511M Air Force 'Cobra Dane' radar services job

Raytheon wins a $511 million recompete contract to continue its service work on radars the Air Force uses to collect intelligence for arms control and treaty verification.

Peraton hires Northrop vet King as growth lead

Peraton adds former Northrop Grumman business development executive Michael King as chief growth officer.

CACI turns up the heat with renewed bid for CSRA

CACI International is turning up the heat -- and stretching its finances -- to buy CSRA for $7.2 billion and snatch it away from the much-larger General Dynamics.

DISA opens $17.5B Encore III IT services for business

The bid protests are behind it and now DISA can start marketing the $17.5 billion Encore III vehicle for enterprise IT services.

Best deals of 2018 already happening

2017 saw a large uptick in mergers and acquisitions and so far it doesn't look like there will be any slow down in 2018 with several major deals already announced.

CACI makes $7.2B bid for CSRA in effort to top General Dynamics' offer

CACI International is making a new $7.2 billion offer for CSRA in hopes that it can top General Dynamics' bid for the government IT contractor.

Single Best Deal

Booz Allen buys Aquilent and is recognized as the best single deal of the year.

Best Dealmaker

CSRA acquired NES Associates and then Praxis Engineering to add new IT skills and intelligence agency customers.

Best intelligence deal

KeyW Corp. buys Sotera Defense and continues to go deeper into the intelligence community.

Accenture the dealmaker

Accenture shows off its dealmaker chops via deals for Phase One, iDefense and Endgame Federal Services.

Top Deal: ManTech buys InfoZen

ManTech marked its return as a major M&A player with the deal for InfoZen.