TOP 100: Smartronix using deals, awards to build on cloud expertise

Smartronix is pursuing growth opportunities by adding and expanding capabilities around cloud migration and digital transformation.

Lockheed wants industry partners to help connect people & platforms

Lockheed Martin sees its vision of a more connected military enterprise as requiring the help of partners in the defense industry and other industries, such as the sector Lockheed's own CEO came from.

Deloitte puts down geographic, cyber footprints with Sentek acquisition

Deloitte has been pushing more into what it calls the "mission space" of the Navy. That has led the consulting firm to acquire Sentek and put down roots in a both key geographic region and technical area.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: The evolution of 'Verizon 2.0' & its public sector arm

Verizon wants to be the indispensable partner alongside its customers for modernizing their networks. In this episode, Verizon's public sector leader Jennifer Chronis explains to our Ross Wilkers what that means for the business she leads and how the larger "Verizon 2.0" strategy continues to shape the unit.

Planned Systems International makes health, cyber play through acquisition

Planned Systems International acquires a middle-tier systems integrator for a greater foothold in federal health and cyber programs.

Shield AI acquires firm that beat a human pilot

A company whose artificial intelligence engine beat a human-piloted fighter jet gets acquired in a deal the buyer hopes will speed deployment of that technology.

Parsons wins $935M Air Force base security contract

Parsons takes a $953 million contract to help the Air Force maintain layered base security systems at its facilities in Europe and Africa.

Four win seats on $240M Army future concept contract

Four companies win spots on a $240 million contract to work with the Army’s Futures and Concepts Center on addressing current and emerging challenges for soldiers.

VTG 'dazzles' with Navy laser win

VTG will install laser systems on five Navy destroyers to knock out the sensors of unmanned aerial systems that threaten them.

CACI records another big win at Defense Threat Reduction Agency

CACI International extends its streak with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency by winning a $1.4 billion task order that will builds on the 14 years CACI has supported the DTRA's mission.

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.