Expectations high for more dealmaking

Several factors are driving expectations for an active M&A environment including increased defense budgets, tax cuts and general optimism.

CACI promotes Mike Hale to executive VP ranks

CACI International promotes Vice President Mike Hale to executive VP of the company’s national and cyber solutions group.

KBR's government arm hires NASA Marshall Center lead May

KBR hires NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Todd May as vice president of space strategy in the company’s government business.

CORRECTION: How I mischaracterized a recent protest decision

Global Language Center was left off as a winner of a $732 million State Department contract for language training services. Here's what happened.

Raytheon adds railroad sector, finance vet Stewart to board

Raytheon adds former Norfolk Southern CFO Marta Stewart to the defense contractor’s board of directors.

Lockheed names energy exec Hollub to board

Lockheed Martin adds Occidental Petroleum Corp. CEO Vicki Hollub to the defense contractor’s board of directors.

Industry continues pressure on DOD's JEDI cloud plan

Individual companies are reportedly coordinating their opposition to the massive JEDI cloud project in hopes of getting the Defense Department to move away from a single-award approach.

Booz outlook bright as defense spending ramps up

Booz Allen Hamilton sees its backlog and revenue growing amid an improving services market environment and a focus on internal controls after security breaches.

Leidos scores $364M Energy research takeaway

Leidos takes a $364.7 million contract for research and engineering services to one of the Energy Department's main applied research hubs.

Black & Veatch hires Castro as federal lead

Black & Veatch hires former AECOM executive and retired DTRA Deputy Director Randy Castro as president of the federal business.

REI Systems books $112M HHS IT modernization award

REI Systems takes a $112 million blanket purchase agreement to develop and modernize systems that help the Health and Human Services Department manage grant programs.

Huntington Ingalls promotes Brady to SN3 unit COO

Huntington Ingalls Industries promotes 17-year company veteran Sharon Brady to chief operating officer of the SN3 business within the shipbuilder’s services segment.

SAIC names new corporate, strategic development leads

SAIC shifts a pair of executives into new responsibilities for the contractor’s corporate development and strategic development and communications functions.

CEO Mac Curtis on why the Vencore-DXC-KeyPoint combo made him go 'Damn!'

Mac Curtis was leading Vencore toward a public stock offering, but merging it with DXC's U.S. public sector business and KeyPoint became an even more appealing opportunity. Here's what their combination means.

Midterms likely to force CR for start of next fiscal year

Congress has made progress toward passing a budget for fiscal year 2019, but the mid-term elections are likely to derail a timely passage.

Sevatec brings back former CTO McKinney as 'chief solutions officer'

Sevatec rehires its former CTO Mike McKinney to the newly-created role of chief solutions officer to oversee its innovation team and technology investments.

Personnel change kills Chenega bid

Chenega Healthcare Services lost an incumbent contract after the Energy Department refused to consider a replacement general manager.

Rite Solutions books $21M submarine tech services contract

Rite-Solutions books a $21 million contract to help the Navy engineer and develop new technology features on two types of subsystems used in submarines.

DOD's cloud push proves that the innovation pyramid has flipped

The Defense Department's big-ticket cloud computing acquisitions show how the innovation pyramid has flipped and how the government has to follow the commercial world to get innovation.

Applied Insight, DV United win $6.5M Army insider threat contract

Applied Insight and DV United have won a $6.5 million cybersecurity contract to help Army Cyber Command combat insider threats.