How CACI sees slower, but eventual return to whatever normal looks like

CACI International is not alone in having to deal with the realities of working for agencies in a world of COVID-19 and that is why it is tempering some expectations with the reality of an uneven return to 'normal.'

Pyramid Systems add Perspecta vet

Pyramid Systems hires a federal market veteran and former Perspecta executive to lead client delivery and support solution development.

Why Biden's climate initiatives must be tracked

Many of President Biden's climate change initiatives will have an indirect impact on contractors that could still be significant.

What drove Maximus toward its largest-ever acquisition

Maximus is paying a company-record $1.4 billion to acquire Veterans Evaluation Services and continue transforming the business process outsourcing line of work.

DHS officially starts bids for $10B commodity IT contract

The Homeland Security Department has revealed the much-anticipated final solicitation for its $10 billion IT hardware and software contract vehicle reserved for small businesses.

Tyler Technologies closes NIC acquisition

Tyler Technologies completes the company's largest-ever acquisition that sees NIC enter its fold.

Promotions, new hires and a launch mark hectic week in personnel

This week has been busy when it comes to executive hires announced by companies in the government market. Here is a round-up of the key ones to know.

Lockheed's blueprint for change in the system and itself

Lockheed Martin's knowledge of how defense acquisition works is self-evident but its chief executive believes many of those processes need to be modified for customers to get the technologies they want when they want them. So too should Lockheed change, he told Wall Street.

Parsons details CEO succession plan

Parsons Corp.'s leader for the past 13 years will step back from the CEO role and the company has identified his successor from within its ranks.

Raytheon's board adds former astronaut

Raytheon Technologies' board of directors adds to its ranks a former long-time astronaut and current health care investment leader.

PAE's board elects two new members

PAE’s board of directors adds two new members: a retired Navy vice admiral along with a managing director at the private equity firm that once owned the company before its deal to go public.

What the IT market can learn from SpaceX's NASA win

SpaceX has surprised the aerospace market by winning the $2.9 billion NASA contract to take human's back to the moon but the lessons from that victory might extend across the entire government market.

How Teresa Carlson signed off from AWS and introduced her successor

Amazon's flagship cloud summit for public sector customers always begins with a keynote from Teresa Carlson and this year was her last, so she used the (virtual) stage with to pass the baton to her successor.

NASA starts second on-ramp for $6B space systems contract

While no awards are guaranteed, NASA is starting a new on-ramp for companies to try again at joining a $6 billion contract for acquiring space systems in an agile manner.

Valiant appoints new CEO

Valiant Integrated Services' leader since its inception is retiring and the company has promoted his successor to chief executive.

Air Force seeks small firms for $490M counter-unmanned aircraft program

The Air Force has kicked off the bidding for a $490 million contract that seeks a small business to help develop technologies that can fend off small unmanned aircraft.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How small businesses can be M&A players too

John Allen of Bluestone Investment Partners tells WT Editor Nick Wakeman how small businesses can find a way to become players in today's hyperactive merger-and-acquisition landscape.

Should GovCon firms join the fight against voting restrictions?

Several companies with strong ties to the federal market have joined the Black Economic Alliance's fight against state efforts to put more restrictions on voting.

ComSovereign's newest deal eyes signal processing tech

ComSovereign's latest acquisition to further build its wireless technology holdings amid the 5G revolution leads the company to a business focused on signal processing.

Sev1Tech appoints new Army business lead

Sev1Tech expands its leadership team with the appointment of an executive to focus on the company's work with the Army.