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5 public relations strategies for mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions are rampant in the market so don't overlook the significant role marketing and public relations can play to make your deal distinct from your competitors and better understood by your employees and customers.

Raytheon-MetTel team to pursue $3.5B FAA telecom program

Raytheon Technologies and MetTel unveil their partnership to bid for a $3.5 billion telecommunications and network integration contract with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Heat turns up in the fight to acquire Cubic

Singapore Technologies Engineering has twice raised its offer to acquire Cubic Corp., which is in the midst of a bidding war between STE and a team of Veritas and Elliott Management.

CMMC body hires its first CEO

The governing body in charge of implementing the Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has hired its first CEO in Matthew Travis, former deputy director of the Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Air Force seeking ideas in $500M advanced manufacturing tech effort

The Air Force's latest call for white papers from industry seeks ideas on bolstering advanced manufacturing technologies and will award up to $500 million under this effort.

Accenture books potential $453M GI Bill claims modernization contract

Accenture Federal Services secures a $453 million contract to work with the Veterans Affairs Department on modernizing claims processing systems.

Peraton awarded $360M ICBM software check contract

The Air Force awards Peraton a $360.4 million contract to help analyze and address safety risks of software used to operate intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Early performance issue doomed this DataPath bid

DataPath says it rescued a troubled contract. But the Army saw it differently and now there is a new contractor.

SAIC breaks the $7B revenue mark, but COVID continues to be an overhang

Science Applications International Corp.'s acquisition of Unisys Federal meant strong growth in its just-ended fiscal year but the company sees COVID-19 impacts as a continued drag on organic expansion.

Time for cyber teams, not stovepipes: Telos' CEO tells Wall Street

Telos Corp. is starting to tell its story to Wall Street just as cybersecurity is once again at or near the top of the agenda for federal agencies after two recent and significant compromises.

CACI falls short in effort to win relocation work

The Government Accountability Office said CACI International didn't have the standing to protest an award that went to Telos to support a large relocation project for U.S. troops in South Korea.

Space infrastructure firm finds partner to take it public

Redwire, the space infrastructure company backed by AE Industrial Partners, is merging with a blank check firm to become publicly-traded amid continued hot investor and customer interest in space.

TekSynap wins second shot at $180M NGA contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has been told re-evaluate TekSynap's bid for a $180 million enterprise IT services contract.

Air Force wants white papers for $975M cyber program

The Air Force has put out a call for white papers from industry to help the service branch further put together a $975 million contract for developing and transitioning future cybersecurity technologies into warfighting capabilities.

Leonardo DRS' parent postpones IPO

Leonardo DRS' parent company is postponing the planned initial public offering of the defense electronics outfit but says it could eventually pick back up where it left off.

ECS founder Kapani buys new GovCon platform

Roy Kapani has acquired Seacorp with a plan to grow the Navy contractor, including through making more acquisitions.

ManTech promotes new human resources chief from within

ManTech promotes one of its own executives to be the company's new chief human resources officer.

Two Six Technologies hires new CFO

Newly-casted Two Six Technologies brings aboard a veteran investment banker and executive to be its chief financial officer.

Lockheed partnership brings space-based 5G network another step closer

Lockheed Martin's new partnership with satellite startup Omnispace is another step closer to its vision to make "5G.mil" a reality for its defense customers.

Telos adds veteran to sales leadership team

Telos Corp. hires a nearly two-decade technology sector veteran to lead several of its global enterprise sales teams.