BlueHalo makes pair of leadership hires

BlueHalo makes a pair of executive hires for its merger-and-acquisition and human capital functions.

Opinion

Workplace authenticity can be a woman's best friend

Women have struggled to strike the right work-life balance and the pandemic has only made it worse. SAIC executive Nyla Beth Gawel writes that should embrace authenticity and not be afraid to ask their employers for what they need.

Talent, future of (tele)work underpin GDIT's strategy

The head of General Dynamics' IT services segment calls out the future of work post-pandemic and specifically telework as directly linked to winning the talent fight and helping agencies with their innovation needs.

Ensco makes deal for aerospace, national security expansion

Ensco makes an acquisition to bolster its aerospace and national security market footprint, plus add a new proprietary cloud-based tool in use among many customers.

SAIC books another big win with Army customer

Science Applications International Corp. confirms its fourth in a series of contract wins with the same customer to provide engineering services around aviation, modeling and simulation and the testing of embedded systems.

Elbit Systems' U.S. arm completes $380M Sparton buy

Elbit Systems' U.S. business completes the $380 million acquisition of Sparton Corp., which will operate in a different structure within its new home.

Carlson's successor at AWS retains her mandate for growth, long-term partnerships

Teresa Carlson, the architect and face of Amazon's public sector cloud business, is headed for Splunk as her AWS successor picks up the mandate for growth and relationships built to last.

Patent & Trademark Office finalizes awards for $2B software contract

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office picks five companies for a $2 billion software development and systems integration contract.

General Atomics acquires data, software services company

General Atomics acquires a data analytics and software engineering services company that counts the United Nations as among its customers.

Tyto Athene closes acquisition, unveils expanded leadership team

Tyto Athene completes its acquisition of the now-former AT&T defense IT professional services business and added new leadership team members as a result of that deal.

AWS, venture capital firm launch space startup accelerator

Amazon Web Services in partnership with a venture capital farm have stood up an accelerator and mentoring program for space startups, who are encouraged to apply.

AT&T adding 5G to FirstNet public safety network

AT&T is incorporating 5G connectivity and new encryption methods into the FirstNet public safety communications network.

Alion promotes new senior VP

Alion Science and Technology promotes a nearly two-decade company veteran to senior vice president of a business group focused on the company’s training offerings.

Maximus appoints new federal leader

Maximus hires a nearly two-decade IT industry veteran to head its federal segment and succeed the retiring Tom Romeo.

Elbit Systems, Anduril detail their latest acquisitions

Two new acquisitions in the defense technology market come courtesy of Elbit Systems and Anduril Industries as they look to expand both their product portfolios and market shares.

First set of CMMC certification orgs emerge

The Defense Department's unified cybersecurity program is making gains with its first tranche of certifying bodies, but assessments for defense contractors are a ways off.

Microsoft, Army move on $22B headset production contract

Microsoft and the Army advance to the production phase of an augmented reality headset contract and the new award has a ceiling value in the multiple billions.

State Department previews $4B IT buy

The State Department starts to preview a planned $4 billion IT services contract and is asking industry for feedback on the overall strategy.

Earth Resources Technology wins $700M NOAA ground system contract

Earth Resources Technology wins a $699.6 million contract to operate and maintain ground-based information technology and antenna systems for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Cubic accepts increased bid from Veritas & activist hedge fund

Cubic Corp.’s board of directors accepts an increased offer from Veritas Capital and the latter's activist hedge fund partner for this deal that ends a bidding war against Singapore Technologies Engineering.