Customer Value Partners acquires Atlas Research

Customer Value Partners acquires Atlas Research to create a more formidable middle-tier player in federal health programs.

First step taken in Huntington Ingalls-Alion integration

Huntington Ingalls Industries reveals new business groups and executive appointments within its government services segment after closing the acquisition of Alion Science and Technology.

Will the Comcast-MicroTech deal open up more opportunities?

Comcast's pending acquisition of MicroTech's EIS business is a bet by the cable and media giant that its federal shop can capture some of the billions in telecommunications opportunities on the horizon.

VTG fuels new opportunities with latest acquisition

VTG's latest acquisition seeks to further build up its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, while also adding new customers in the undersea-unmanned systems arena.

Comcast agrees on deal to gain prime seat on EIS telecom vehicle

Comcast has agreed to terms on an acquisition that would put the global media giant in place as a carrier on the government-wide EIS telecommunications contract vehicle for network modernization.

Northrop wins part of its next-gen jammer protest

Northrop Grumman scores a partial victory out of its protest against L3Harris' win of a $500 million next generation jammer contract with the Navy.

Arlington Capital acquires MCR

Arlington Capital Partners acquires MCR, whose senior management team also is making their own investments in the business.

Two Six acquires intell community software developer

Two Six Technologies makes its first acquisition since the company’s formation earlier this year by The Carlyle Group.

Rite Solutions books new work with Navy's undersea warfare center

Rite Solutions wins a new contract to continue its support of submarine communications for the Navy's organization focused on undersea warfare.

Teledyne FLIR hires new surveillance biz leader

Teledyne FLIR makes its first hire of a senior executive since the combination of both businesses earlier this year.

Sigma Defense Systems board adds former CACI tech chief

Sigma Defense Systems' board of directors elects a new member in Deborah Dunie, former chief technology officer at CACI International.

Cerner appoints new CEO

Cerner appoints a new CEO that will be responsible for leading the company as its electronic health record technology goes out further across the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments

Ultisat hires pair of new vice presidents

Ultisat, the U.S. subsidiary of Speedcast, hires one vice president to lead business development functions and a second VP that will focus his attention on technical innovation.

One morning: Four deals declared done

Our email inbox got flooded on Thursday morning with announcements of four completed acquisitions, so here's a summary of what transpired.

Small biz takes $2.5B SEC professional services contract

Small business C2 Alaska LLC wins a $2.5 billion contract for broad professional services to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

AT&T, NOVA unveil IT apprenticeship program

AT&T and the Northern Virginia Community College have unveiled apprenticeship program to give on-the-job training in IT to students and create a new pool of national security talent.

Data Society makes acquisition to grow training portfolio

Training software firm Data Society makes an acquisition to further expand its academies that act as a provider of education and re-skilling for professional staffers

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: What's driving today's hot M&A market?

The market has rarely seen the level of merger and acquisition activity that we see today with a plethora of large and small buyers. To breakdown what’s driving the deals, Editor Nick Wakeman spoke with Bob Kipps of the investment bank KippsDeSanto.

Opinion

How to move tech from disruptive to sustainable

Disruptive technologies can become catalysts for sustainability when public policies and private initiatives align and create long-term benefits.

Castellum's latest acquisition takes company further to new stock listing

Defense technology company Castellum is rapidly closing acquisitions including its latest deal focused on cyber and network engineering as the firm pushes to have its stock traded on an exchange.