SAIC hires CACI vet Dankanikote

Science Applications International Corp. adds nearly three-decade CACI International veteran Ravi Dankanikote to the business development leadership team.

Preferred Systems Solutions promotes new CEO

Nearly one year after an acquisition, Preferred Systems Solutions elevates one of the executives that joined the company through that deal to be its CEO.

Cisco board adds longtime Raytheon exec

Cisco's board of directors elects a new member in John Harris, formerly a senior executive at Raytheon for nearly three decades.

SpaceX, L3Harris chosen again for huge satellite contract

The Space Development Agency paused to rethink its awards to SpaceX and L3Harris Technologies, but has reaffirmed its choice of those companies to build the first set of satellites to track hypersonic weapons.

Is Perspecta on the verge of going private thanks to its biggest shareholder?

One of Perspecta’s largest shareholders is working on an offer to acquire the government technology services company and the prospective buyer is no stranger to Perspecta -- none other than Veritas Capital.

Cloudera appoints new government business head

Cloudera, the Silicon Valley-based data engineering software outfit, hires longtime public sector veteran Robert Carey to lead its work with government agencies.

Booz Allen invests in cyber firm

Booz Allen Hamilton has become an investor in a commercial cyber company with digital forensics and incident response technologies.

Industry groups, execs put focus on democracy in wake of Capitol building riot

In the aftermath of the Capitol building riot, industry associations and company executives have urged calm while also extolling the virtues of democracy.

Maximus details CFO transition

Maximus promotes from within for its next chief financial officer as the current CFO moves toward retirement.

VTG hires former KeyW business, corporate development head

VTG, the company formerly known as VT Group, adds nearly three-decade market veteran and former KeyW business and corporate development head Kirk Herdman.

Axiologic closes first deal after prep year

Axiologic Solutions spent a full year on putting the personnel and financing in place to close its first acquisition, which sees it buy Knowledge Link to gain a new intelligence customer and more capabilities.

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.