Takeaways & talking points from these 2 GovCon earnings reports

Perspecta and CACI International released their latest financial results to investors this week, but the numbers are only part of the story.

Opinion

Why some small businesses don't win more business

Many small businesses still don't grasp the expertise to win in the federal market. and too often overlook the critical skills needed for basic business functions.

CNSI hires former Optum exec to steer federal strategy

CNSI hires 25-year health care sector veteran and former Optum executive Melissa Fannin to lead the federal business strategy.

ECS adds Salmanson

ECS adds to its executive team 25-year market veteran and former NCI executive Josh Salmanson

Sev1Tech appoints new BD head

Sev1Tech names three-decade government market veteran Andy Cohen as its new business development head.

Antitrust regulators seek more Raytheon-UTC megadeal info

As widely expected and owing to past precedent, antitrust regulators ask Raytheon and United Technologies for more information and documents regarding their planned megadeal.

Losses aside, SAIC still sees future in ground vehicle business

Despite a pair of losses, SAIC still sees opportunities to be a player in the military's ground vehicle business and is taking lessons learned from those pursuits.

CACI's Mengucci starts CEO role with foundation for growth

John Mengucci had a growth story to share with investors in his first earnings report since he took the reins as CEO of CACI International.

Leidos appoints new UK chief

Leidos hires a new chief executive for the company's business in the U.K.

On heels of acquisition, Exiger hires FBI vet to drive public sector growth

Fresh off an acquisition focused on government market growth, Exiger hires a former FBI program manager to steer that strategy in the public sector vertical.

Cubic's investment moves toward data at speed and scale

Cubic Corp. acquires partial ownership of a software company whose data storage and processing tools are in use by defense agencies and bring expanded capabilities to handle large swaths of imagery and video.

DOD's cyber requirements prompt industry questions

The Pentagon wants to make big changes to improve cybersecurity in its industrial base, but the changes have many wonder if it'll work as planned.

General Dynamics IT promotes Grinnell

General Dynamics' IT services arm promotes CIO Kristie Grinnell to a new role involving shared services delivery.

New cyber firm makes its first deal

Just under a year since its launch, Converged Security Solutions makes a deal of its own to acquire a cyber defense outfit.

Perspecta lands $824M NGA win

Perspecta will provide systems engineering services to NGA under an $824 million contract.

Fourth quarter spending spree also brings more contract bundling

The traditional fourth quarter spending spree season is underway and the expectation is another quarter of intense activity. But with that also comes some more bundling of requirements.

Siemens federal arm hires new HR lead

Siemens' U.S. federal subsidiary hires former General Dynamics and Fidelis executive Lindsay Weissbratten as chief human resources officer.

Leidos makes promotion in civil group

Leidos promotes one of its lead civil group executives to a new role overseeing work with three key agencies in the portfolio.

Navy preps for Seaport NXG on-ramp process

The Navy releases a timeline for the on-ramp process for its large SeaPort NXG professional services contract.

ManTech eyes greater geospatial, automation capabilities in latest acquisition

ManTech International already is a significant provider of cyber and IT services to NGA. The company sees its latest acquisition of a business co-founded one of their former executives as adding the geospatial and analytics piece.