Perspecta makes first acquisition, to pay $250M for Knight Point

Perspecta makes its first acquisition as a publicly-traded company through a $250 million deal for managed IT services provider Knight Point Systems.

SAIC's Keene sees growth opportunities ahead

On the eve of taking the reins as SAIC's new CEO, Nazzic Keene talks about the company's growth opportunities in intelligence and space.

Integration, portfolio review high on L3 Harris' to-do list

The now one-month-old L3 Harris Technologies has integration at the top of its to-do list, along with deciding which businesses may have a better home somewhere else.

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Nazzic Keene on the future of SAIC

On the cusp of taking the reins as CEO of SAIC, Nazzic Keene spoke with us about her new role and vision for the future of Science Applications International Corp.

Mercury to pay $100M for area display maker

Mercury Systems makes another acquisition as part of its story to become more of an end-to-end defense subsystem supplier.

Fast 50 deadline extended

The deadline for nominations for the 2019 Washington Technology Fast 50 has been extended to Aug. 5 so there is still a chance to showcase how your company has grown over the last five years.

Leidos eager for role in agencies' commercial cloud move

Commercial cloud providers are jockeying for position in the federal market as agencies increasingly eye cloud migrations: a trend Leidos sees as suiting itself just fine.

Leonardo DRS unit keeps $830M Navy hardware contract

A Leonardo DRS subsidiary wins a $830.7 million recompete contract to install network hardware for the Navy.

Booz Allen sees AI investments 'faster than we expected'

Agencies have been slow to invest in and adopt artificial intelligence and other automation technologies, but that is rapidly changing and Booz Allen Hamilton sees it as a train that will not be stopped.

Army tries again with $5B desktop, mobile product awards

The Army makes another attempt at getting its $5 billion Army Desktop and Mobile Computing 3 contract vehicle up and running after a nearly two-year protest saga.

GSA adds 24 to human capital support contract vehicle

GSA and OPM add 24 small businesses to its large Human Capital and Training Solutions contract, bringing the total to 44 primes.

Microsoft CEO offers defense for military work

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gives his defense of working with the federal government and the U.S. military in particular: a push back against those who think the software firm should look elsewhere for business.

Unisys honors Mark Cohn with research fund

Unisys Corp. has created a research fund as a way of honoring Unisys Federal CTO Mark Cohn, who died recently after battling lung cancer.

Four win seats on $99M unmanned aircraft contract

Four suppliers take spots on a $99.5 million Army contract to deliver tactical unmanned aircraft.

Global consultancy grows A&D, government services M&A team

Global financial advisory firm Duff & Phelps expands its aerospace, defense and government services M&A practice with two key hires.

How General Dynamics is positioning IT beyond this transition year

General Dynamics' IT services shop is just as busy looking and casting its net outward for large opportunities as it is with integrating CSRA.

Blue Delta adds Morea, Hathiramani to advisory board

Blue Delta Capital Partners adds industry veterans in Donna Morea and Deepak Hathiramani to the investment firm's advisory board.

Vectrus hires former PAE exec Coracides

Vectrus adds 25-year veteran and former PAE executive Mario Coracides to the leadership team.

Army kicks off round 2 of 'DCGS' intell system competition

Palantir took round one earlier this year in the long-cycled program to support the Army's "DCGS" battlefield intelligence gathering system. Round two is now on the street with a big price tag.

Citizant adds three-decade vet Romola

Citizant adds nearly three-decade federal market veteran David Romola to the company's leadership team.