System High promotes strategy chief from within

System High promotes one of its vice presidents who joined two years ago to the role of chief strategy officer.

How Viasat is pushing 'satcom as a service' in government

Viasat's overall government market strategy is somewhat simple: layer new innovations on top of its commercially-developed satellite network that federal agencies can connect to. Helping change how they connect is also part of that.

Sagewind rebrands $600M mid-tier player as Axient

Private equity firm Sagewind Capital has unveiled Axient, the new name for a platform company that combines four acquisitions under a single brand with around $600 million in annual revenue.

Blue Canyon promotes co-founder to CEO

Now part of Raytheon Technologies, small satellite maker Blue Canyon Technologies promotes one of its co-founders and current chief technical officer to CEO.

Contractors grapple with the future of the workforce

As the country opens up and more employees return to the office, government contractors are applying lessons learned to create what the “new normal” will look like. It continues to be a work in progress.

Dell added to $2.56B Navy software pact

Dell receives the second seat on a $2.56 billion blanket purchase agreement for the Navy to purchase Microsoft brand name licenses and products.

Leidos keeps $470M TSA screening equipment award

Leidos wins the recompete of a $470.7 million contract to provide deployment services for checkpoint screening equipment to the Transportation Security Administration.

Presidio launches federal-focused business

Presidio has created a standalone unit to put more of a focus on the federal market.

BigBear.ai to go public via SPAC merger deal

BigBear.ai, a private equity-backed artificial intelligence firm formed in February, will become a publicly-traded entity through this merger with a so-called "blank check" firm or SPAC.

Revenue growth, new acquisition fuel SAIC's optimism

In its first quarter results, Science Applications International Corp. could point to several positive indicators such as a new acquisition, revenue growth, improved margins. Just one negative held: a slight drag from the continuing pandemic.

Kratos board elects company's CFO

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ board of directors elects the company’s chief financial officer as a new member.

SAIC to pay $250M for health solutions company

Science Applications International Corp. will acquire Halfaker & Associates in a $250 million deal to add more health care-related work and build on digital transformation capabilities.

Comcast wins $102M piece of DISA's commercial gateway effort

Comcast wins a $102.8 million contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency replace legacy circuits in one U.S. region with ethernet connections for accessing the military’s global information network.

USAID picks 11 for $1B professional services pact

The U.S. Agency for International Development chooses 11 companies for a $1 billion blanket purchase agreement to support USAID operating units and field missions.

Versar deal shows signs of turnaround

Four years after being on the brink of disaster, Versar and its private equity owner have made a deal that signals an ongoing comeback at the project management firm.

Booz Allen books $674M DOD comptroller data contract

Booz Allen Hamilton secures a $674 million contract to help the Defense Department maintain and further expand a data analytics platform.

LMI touts $211M Army ERP award

LMI will continue its work with the Army on integrating enterprise resource planning systems for business operations under a new $211 million contract.

Accenture's federal arm to acquire Novetta

Accenture's U.S. government subsidiary seeks more machine learning and cyber work through its agreement to acquire Novetta.

Navy awards nearly $500M in engineering contracts

Across two contracts, the Navy has tapped six companies to perform a variety of engineering and development work.

Judge signs off on new schedule in JEDI court fight

How much longer will the courtroom phase of the long-running JEDI cloud contract saga go for? A new decision by the judge overseeing the case on a schedule for proceedings offers some clues.