Cubic completes its sale to Veritas & activist hedge fund

After a highly active process, Cubic Corp. closes the sale of itself to Veritas Capital and the latter's activist hedge fund partner in this deal.

Viasat promotes new government business leader from within

Viasat elevates the chief technology officer of its government systems segment to be president of that unit.

C3.ai hires new federal head

C3.ai brings in a 35-year technology sector veteran to lead the artificial intelligence software firm's federal systems unit nearly five months after the company's initial public offering.

Deloitte brings in 2 new analytics business leaders

Deloitte hires two new leaders to its government and public services consulting practice that will lead the firm's work in analytics and cognitive programs.

Bluestone Investment Partners backs defense software company

Bluestone Investment Partners acquires majority ownership of defense software and system development company Chesapeake Technology International.

Insight Public Sector wins $2.56B Navy software pact

Insight Public Sector wins a $2.56 billion blanket purchase agreement to supply Microsoft software licenses and IT products and services to the Navy.

DHS awards 7 seats on $300M testing, acquisition support contract

The Homeland Security Department chooses seven companies for a $300 million contract to perform independent test and evaluation services in support of major acquisition programs.

WIT names top female leaders of 2021

The Women in Technology organization named its top leaders of 2021 that represent a mix of large, small and mid-sized companies headquartered in the Washington D.C. region.

Booz Allen puts headcount back near the top of its agenda

For Booz Allen Hamilton, growing the employee headcount in tandem with its expanding backlog has been a lynchpin of the company’s strategy but was a lower priority during the pandemic's height. But it has returned to at or near the top in recent months.

Deloitte faces challenge to Secret Service win

Deloitte is facing a challenge to an incumbent contract it holds to support the Secret Service's chief financial officer.

What DHS' top contractors tell us about the IT opportunities

The Homeland Security Department's top 20 contractors aren't all IT companies, but DHS has many IT needs and can help you get into one of the larger government spenders.

Inside the unmanned strategy of what is now 'Teledyne FLIR'

What was once FLIR Systems had been on its own path build its unmanned presence before the acquisition by Teledyne. The combined company's unmanned business leader updates us on the integration and how all domains are now covered in full by the platforms and technologies that support them.

Salient CRGT forms joint venture with 8(a) firm

Salitent CRGT forms a joint venture with Digital Consultants to pursue defense market opportunities.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Triangulating the future of technology, consulting & the workforce

Technology and consulting go hand-in-hand across the public sector with the workforce as the link between both. In this episode of project 38, executives from CGI Federal and ICF talk with Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers about how all three elements are going to look much different in the future.

GSA human capital on-ramp awards now open for business

With the protests now cleared up, all of the 8(a) businesses that captured spots on the General Services Administration's $5.75 billion Human Capital and Training Solutions contract can now move forward and chase task orders.

BlueHalo & Redwire further space strategies with exec hires

BlueHalo sees space as key to its growth strategy and Redwire is a pure-play company in that market as both bring in new executives to steer their space strategy.

New agreement focuses on improving clinical training

Two organizations including one company involved in federal are working together to make a clinical diagnosis training program more available across the health care industry.

Inside Raytheon's four-year blueprint for growth

Portfolio transformation efforts are largely in the rear-view mirror for Raytheon Technologies, which is now turning toward what the defense giant is calling "operational transformation" of its internal muscle and external pursuits of defense and government business.

Mark Forman starts new role at consultancy

Mark Forman, often considered the first-ever federal chief information officer, joins a government consultancy to continue working with agencies on digital transformation.

Navy continues payload development with award to SeaCorp

SeaCorp moves onto the demonstration phase of its Small Business Innovation Research program to develop a new way for the Navy to integrate payloads.