Leidos results beg the question: Did the fourth quarter spending spree fizzle?

Leidos cut its sales outlook for this year partly because of lower-than-expected federal spending, which begs the question of whether the traditionally hyped "fourth quarter spending spree" fizzled out.

Microsoft goes to bat for military work

Microsoft has joined Amazon as commercial technology companies that have publicly touted their work with the federal government and the military in particular as a good thing to do.

CACI's Asbury on the need to embrace change

CACI International CEO Ken Asbury shared how his company has changed to meet the shifts and demands of a rapidly-evolving market.

GAO gives four bidders another shot at $7.5B DISA SETI contract

Citing problems with how DISA evaluates innovation factors and pricing, GAO has recommended four companies be given another shot at the $7.5 billion SETI contract.

In a hot M&A market, are there enough sellers?

Calendar year 2018 has been an active market for mergers and acquisitions, but are there are enough sellers to match all of the buyers?

Textron goes to ground with unmanned acquisition

Textron is acquiring an unmanned ground vehicle maker to try and take a share of anticipated growth in longer-term programs of record.

Who's your public buyer?

Acquisition experts Marc Marlin and Kate Troendle continue their four-part series that examines who is driving the resurgence in government market M&A. Here in part two, they look at why the public companies have become "somewhat of a unicorn" in the buyer universe.

Army moves $785M training contract forward without General Dynamics

General Dynamics has lost its bid to get back in the competition for a $785 million Army training contract now that GAO has ruled against their protest.

Cloud security firm Fugue gets backing from IC investor In-Q-Tel

Cloud security outfit Fugue receives an investment from the intelligence community’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel.

Northrop consolidates parts of tech services in bid to increase efficiency

Northrop Grumman is consolidating two of the three divisions within its technology services segment into a single unit in a move to bring more efficiency to the business.

General Dynamics' CEO explains call center business exit

General Dynamics CEO Phebe Nokavovic explains to Wall Street why the company decided to "re-home" a call center business to Maximus and why she sees that match as a better fit.

Encore III small business protest moves to federal court

A small business that argues the Defense Information Systems Agency improperly evaluated its proposal for the $17.5 billion Encore III IT services contract has taken the fight to court.

SAIC-Engility deal clears antitrust hurdle

Science Applications International Corp. gets federal antitrust clearance to go forward with its acquisition of Engility.

Inside Hitachi's deal for REAN Cloud

Hitachi Vantara has closed its deal for REAN Cloud. Here is the inside story on how why this was so important to the buyer's federal arm and where they go next.

Mercury's dealmaking is only one part of the story

Mercury Systems has been one of the defense market's busiest buyers in recent years but those acquisition moves are only one part of its story.

Lockheed CEO blends (another) sequestration warning with optimism

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson still sounds worried about sequestration. But she also shared with Wall Street some optimism based on the defense industry's long-cycled nature.

SEC awards small business piece of $2.5B IT contract

The Securities and Exchange Commission awards the small business track of a $2.5 billion enterprise IT contract.

Applied Insight makes move to reach middle tier

Applied Insight is buying Organizational Strategies Inc. to push closer to cracking the mid-tier portion of the market.

Interior picks three for $235M financial system support contract

The Interior Department chooses three companies for a $235 million ceiling contract to help maintain and support an environment of Oracle-based financial and accounting systems.

Anatomy of how SAIC and Engility came together

In a new regulatory filing, SAIC and Engility describe their courtship and other suitors that all showed at least some interest in making deal of their own.