LinQuest makes deal for added electromagnetics & communications offerings
LinQuest Corp.'s second acquisition under its current private equity backing eyes further expertise in electromagnetics, digital signal processing and radio frequency communications.
Octo's board adds former NGA director
Octo's board of directors elects former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Letitia "Tish" Long as a new member.
ASRC Federal hires new human resources lead
ASRC Federal hires a 15-year industry veteran and former Serco Inc. chief human resources officer to the same position.
Paradyme lands former FBI executive
Paradyme Management has hired Roger Miller, the former leader of IT and operational services in the FBI's national security branch.
Sagewind Capital, Jordan launch new government platforms
Private equity firms Sagewind Capital and The Jordan Company reveal their latest backings of companies in the government technology and professional services market.
PSC's Chvotkin joins law firm
Law firm Nichols Liu has added a new name to its team in Alan Chvotkin, the former Professional Services Council executive vice president and counsel.
2020 ends with flurry of contract activity
The end of 2020 saw government agencies make contract awards and take other procurement actions on contracts worth billions of dollars.
Booz Allen loses ICE contract after not fully detailing exit strategy
Booz Allen Hamilton loses this Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract on not adequately explaining how it would transition out of the program in the event of a future recompete loss.
Lockheed exec Michele Evans has died
Michele Evans, executive vice president of the aeronautics segment at Lockheed Martin, died on Friday at age 55.
We return to work with a familiar start: six M&A deals
WT opens for business again to start 2021 and our first day back on the job already looks a lot like 2020 in that we have six announced or completed acquisitions to run through.
What you need to know about the Polaris draft solicitation
The much-anticipated Polaris IT services vehicle for small businesses now has a draft solicitation out for industry to read through and make comments on.
Protest holds up pool awards for GSA human capital support vehicle
GSA is moving forward with awards across two pools of its $5.75 billion human capital and training vehicle, but all of the second pool is on hold while a protest in the federal courts is resolved.
Deadline extended for Federal 100 nominations!
FCW has extended the deadline for Federal 100 nominations until Friday, Jan. 15. Now is your opportunity to recognize your customers and even your employees, who have done something extraordinary in the past year.
The 'ifs' to ponder for 2021
Congratulations on getting to the end of 2020 however you got there. Now that we've closed the book on 2020, how about walking through and pondering some of the "if" scenarios and questions that hover over the 2021 government market?
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PROJECT 38: 2020's hot GovCon stories
In the final episode of Project 38 for 2020, Editor Nick Wakeman gathered reporters from Washington Technology, FCW and Defense Systems to review their top stories of the year on topics ranging from the pandemic to JEDI to CMMC to the presidential transition.
Elbit Systems' U.S. arm inks $380M deal for Sparton
Elbit Systems’ U.S. subsidiary agrees to pay $380 million for electronic system and sonobuoy maker Sparton Corp., which was acquired itself last year by a private equity firm.
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