AE Industrial Partners hires new finance chief

Serial government market acquirer AE Industrial Partners brings in a new chief financial officer to help the private equity firm further chart its future direction.

ManTech defends $475M space launch support recompete

ManTech defends its decade-long incumbency on a military space launch engineering and integration program through the win of a $475.5 million recompete.

Opinion

Creating a new strategy for today’s software supply chain security

Today's cyber threats require a new way of addressing threats to the supply and that includes laying a foundation for how you'll address new threats that emerge in the future.

Graves joins IBM Center for The Business of Government

Margie Graves, the former deputy federal chief information officer and acting federal CIO, lines up her next professional role -- with IBM -- after having left the government last year.

PROJECT 38: Raytheon's mega-integration of tech, people & processes

Raytheon Technologies has only just begun its second year since the megamerger to create the No. 2 company on this year’s Top 100 rankings. This episode of Project 38 sees Roy Azevedo, president of the Raytheon Intelligence and Space segment, take our Ross Wilkers inside the mega-integration at the operational level.

Telos appoints new finance chief

Telos Corp. hires a new chief financial officer as the current CFO plans her retirement after helping lead the cyber company's initial public offering.

Parsons hires new human resources chief

Parsons Corp. appoints a new chief human resources officer to oversee the company’s entire talent function.

TOP 100: IBM makes big move toward transformation

IBM plans to split later this year in a transformation that the No. 33 Top 100 company sees as letting it focus on driving forward a hybrid cloud vision.

REMINDER: Fast 50 nominations due Aug. 6

We've opened the nomination process for the 2021 Washington Technology Fast 50, where we will rank the fastest growing small businesses in the market. The deadline is Aug. 6 but don't delay.

ECS parent backs acquisition of cyber, digital transformation

The parent company of government technology business ECS backs an acquisition to help the public sector business bolster its cybersecurity and digital transformation posture.

ID Technologies acquires secure connectivity product maker

ID Technologies acquires a provider of software designed to help users access classified government networks and other assets from disparate locations

Intelsat's push to be 'more vertical' in the federal market

As Intelsat's government business leader, Dave Micha is implementing a strategy for the unit to be what he calls "more vertical" beyond just being a provider of satellite bandwidth to agencies. Micha lifts the curtain on what that means.

Round 2: Navy adds 600 firms to $50B SeaPort services vehicle

The Navy has good news for 600 companies: they now have a seat on the $50 billion SeaPort NXG professional services vehicle.

Avantus Federal acquires cyber services firm

Avantus Federal completes its first acquisition under the new name and branding that it unveiled to the market in November 2020.

Will these latest CIO-SP4 amendments be welcomed?

To practically no one's surprise, controversy and protests have emerged regarding the $50 billion CIO-SP4 IT services contract with not much time left to submit a proposal. Hard to tell if the latest amendments will affect the situation, but here's a read-through of what they are.

Booz Allen hires new defense AI lead

Booz Allen Hamilton brings in a nearly two-decade Lockheed Martin veteran to lead the defense-focused analytics and artificial intelligence business.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: When's the right time to sell your company?

Often coverage of mergers and acquisitions focuses on the buyer and what it means to them. But in this episode of Project 38, Brandee Daly tells Editor Nick Wakeman why she decided the time was right to sell her company to Smartronix.

Darkblade deal adds second pillar to Intrepid

Private equity-backed Intrepid Solutions & Services has acquired Darkblade Solutions to build out the second of three pillars to serve defense and national security customers.

NCI protects its turf with CMS win

NCI has protected a decades-long relationship with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by winning a professional services contract for appeals management support.

Octo acquires defense & intelligence IT integrator

Nearly six months after one large deal, Octo has moved onto the next one in this phase of its strategy to be the go-to technology modernization provider for federal agencies.