Former Unisys Federal leader picks emerging small business as his next chapter

Former Unisys Federal President PV Puvvada is now the CEO of NetImpact, a small business pushing its way into the middle tier with digital transformation offerings.

Lost contract leads Leidos to make its latest acquisition

Last year, Leidos lost a Navy competition for an unmanned vessel but the lessons learned helped direct the company to its latest acquisition, a $380 million deal for a naval architecture firm.

Tick tock: How Perspecta decided on its sale to Veritas

Veritas Capital eventually became the winner of the race to buy Perspecta, whose board of directors had to consider not just the offers before it but how another investor wanted to see things happen.

Regulators seek more info out of Lockheed & Aerojet

Antitrust regulators will take more time to look through and are asking for more information about Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Lumen voices objection over EIS security award to Verizon

Lumen Technologies is pushing back on a $157.6 million network security services award that went to Verizon.

Preferred Systems Solutions' leadership team nearly all-female with COO hire

Preferred Systems Solutions' new chief operating officer becomes the fifth woman to hold a senior position on the company's six-person leadership team.

Sabre Systems founder returns to CEO role

Sabre Systems makes a pair of leadership appointments that include the return of its founder to chief executive.

Novetta promotes 2 new senior VPs

Novetta moves two executives up to the ranks of senior vice president as part of a broader effort to expand the technology portfolio and unify it.

How ManTech is facing the talent challenge with internal muscle

ManTech just put the books on a 2020 that saw growth on its top line and in the backlog for future revenue, but sees the biggest challenge ahead for themselves and industry as one of talent supply more than budget.

Australian firm makes deal to grow US defense footprint

Codan, an Australia-headquartered communications equipment maker, acquires a wireless technology company to expand the buyer's U.S. defense market presence and add more mesh networking capabilities.

Palantir inks partnership with IBM

Palantir and IBM have joined forces to bring more AI-enabled solutions to their customers.

Raytheon raises concerns about Lockheed's Aerojet deal

Raytheon is raising some concerns about Lockheed Martin's $4.4 billion acquisition and its impact on the independence of suppliers.

Lumen, Hawkeye 360 add government vets to leadership ranks

Lumen Technologies and Hawkeye 360 both appoint veterans of government service to the companies' leadership teams.

Applied Insight's latest acquisition adds intell firm

Applied Insight has acquired a company that specializes in cross-domain network solutions for the intelligence community.

Enlightenment Capital invests in firm as part of SBA loan program

Enlightenment Capital invests in data management and professional services firm Artlin Consulting to help that company through its next phase of growth. The investment is part of a Small Business Administration loan program.

Palantir details new phase of federal strategy

Palantir was not shy in its ambition to take on traditional competitors and wrestle away market share in the government market, but the next phase of the software company's federal strategy will see more teamwork with others.

Serco's US subsidiary further builds defense business with $295M acquisition

Serco Inc. is buying Whitney, Bradley & Brown for $295 billion in a deal that pushes the acquirer closer to its goal of $2 billion in annual revenue.

Protest challenges small biz joint venture's structure

This protest involving work on a remote Atlantic island is likely raising issues that will hit closer to home, namely the structure of small business joint ventures.

Peraton CEO previews the coming merger with Perspecta

During an investor conference, Peraton CEO Stu Shea explained the rationale behind its deals to combine with the Northrop Grumman IT business and Perspecta. Plus how the new, bigger Peraton plans to position itself in the market.

DOD releases $1B in tech development work for bids

The Defense Department has unveiled a pair of solicitations with a combined $1 billion ceiling value for technology development and integration work, including with the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.