By Light acquires Phacil

By Light acquires Phacil nearly two years after the latter became a full employee-owned company.

Who made the biggest deals of 2018?

Outside of one very large exception, private equity firms dominated merger and acquisition activity in a 2018 that saw nearly 100 closed transactions.

How GD sees the market with CSRA in the fold

Almost one year since the blockbuster CSRA deal, General Dynamics IT still has some integration work to do but is mostly looking outward at market opportunities that underlined the acquisition's thesis.

Tyto Athene adds Kapoor, Johnson to advisory board

Tyto Athene names federal market veteran Kay Kapoor and former GSA executive John Johnson to its advisory board.

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Vectrus CFO resigns

Vectrus chief financial officer Matthew Klein has resigned from the company to pursue other interests.

NGA taps small biz for support tasks under MOJAVE contract

Quadrint Inc., a Falls Church, Virginia., small business provider of analytics, cloud and data solutions, has won a trio of task orders for support services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Perspecta continues fight for $211M DHS contract

Perspecta has filed a second protest involving a $211M Homeland Security Department contract for cybersecurity support won by BAE Systems.

ICF shifts its public sector lineup

ICF makes a trio appointments in its public sector leadership team that include one hire and two promotions from within.

Small biz wins $553M Army unmanned training contract

Pinnacle Solutions has won a seven-year, $553.2 million contract to help the Army conduct unmanned aircraft training.

Deloitte's Dan Helfrich: Don't be a dinosaur, embrace change

Deloitte's Dan Helfrich explained the dangers of resisting change and why contractors and customers need to embrace new ways of doing business.

Noblis names new president of ESI group

Noblis promotes Rick Harrison to president of its Noblis ESI subsidiary.

Navy awards almost $1B SAP software supply contract

The Navy chooses four IT consulting firms for an almost $1 billion contract to provide and maintain SAP brand name software.

Cognosante hires Maximus, GDIT vet Gordon

Health IT contractor Cognosante hires former Maximus and General Dynamics IT executive James Gordon to the leadership team.

Curtiss-Wright buys data link software outfit

Curtiss-Wright acquires a provider of software to be used in tactical data links and other military communications functions.

Integrators are now scouts for new technology

Traditional systems integrators are adopting the practice of scouting technology now that most innovation is driven by the private sector, not government.

Alion taps former MacB chief Fuchs as COO

Alion Science and Technology names Sid Fuchs as chief operating officer seven months after the acquisition of MacAulay-Brown, which he led as CEO.

Schafer's private equity backers shift company across portfolio

Schafer Corp.'s private equity owners combined that government services contractor with another, similar business in the portfolio.

NewWave books $196M CMS modernization order

NewWave Telecom & Technologies takes a $196M IT and application modernization order with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Maximus objects to lost Labor contract

Maximus is unhappy over the loss of a $277 million contract to Perspecta to support the Labor Department's IT modernization efforts.

Cubic makes deal for secure comm outfit Nuvotronics

Cubic Corp. buys Nuvotronics for $64 million in cash to further grow a portfolio of secure communications technology.