Northrop sees more synergy between services, rest of company

Northrop Grumman is seeing more synergies between its services business and the rest of the company. They also see that as helping keep segment margins high.

Siemens names federal lead Humpton as U.S. CEO

Siemens Corp. appoints federal business leader Barbara Humpton as chief executive for the industrial conglomerate’s U.S. business in a move to take effect June 1.

In SGT deal, KBR further transforms its government services business

The $355 million acquisition of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies is just the latest move by KBR to transform its government services business.

With CSRA in tow, GD watches how JEDI 'shapes out'

General Dynamics is still in the early days of its takeover of CSRA but it is taking a close look at DOD's massive JEDI cloud contract.

CACI books $145M Army intelligence services order

CACI International books a $145 million task order to help research and evaluate intelligence information for the Army to combat insurgent activities and builds it lead as top prime on the $7.2 billion Global Intelligence Support Services contract.

Steven Anderson joins Sallyport as chief growth officer

Retired Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson has joined Sallyport Global Holdings as the company’s new chief growth officer.

Lockheed CEO encouraged by budget but warns of sequestration

Even with higher defense spending and some more budget certainty, Lockheed Martin’s chief executive likes to remind anyone who will listen that one headwind remains: sequestration.

Encore III protester deemed too late by GAO

Planned Systems International's lost Encore III bid protest offers a lesson on timeliness for other government contractors.

ECS adds David West as corporate development lead

ECS hires former Wolf Den Associates executive and federal market consultant David West as vice president of corporate development.

Octo cleared for Army brain injury contract

Octo Consulting can move forward on a contract to support Army research efforts around traumatic brain injuries now that bid protest hurdles have been cleared.

Peraton makes first post-Harris acquisition in deal for SRI

Peraton -- the former Harris Corp. IT services business -- makes its first acquisition as the independent company in a deal for Strategic Resources International.

Leidos fights back after losing $25B Army competition

Leidos has turned to the Government Accountability Office after it lost out on a $25.5 billion Army logistics contract.

Army extends ADMC-2 for two years

The Army has extended the current Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-2 contract for hardware, software and related services as the legal battle for ADMC-3 drags on.

Serco's Americas arm hires Watson as federal services lead

Serco Group’s Americas arm adds former Science Applications International Corp. executive Tom Watson as senior vice president of federal services.

Raytheon forms cyber partnership with Virsec

Raytheon forms an alliance with Silicon Valley-based commercial cyber company Virsec to bring new network defense products to global government and critical infrastructure entities.

Embedded IT firm gets IC venture arm backing

Embedded IT company Red Balloon Security has received an investment from intelligence community venture capital organization In-Q-Tel.

People drive success of M&A

Yes, there are cost and revenue synergies but a successful M&A deal often comes down to people and culture.

General Dynamics freshens 40-year Army relationship with another win

General Dynamics IT maintains 40-year relationship with the Army Intelligence and Security Command with a new contract win to support IT networks.

Cubic the latest prime to part with defense services biz

Cubic Corp. is selling its defense services business as part of a portfolio reshaping to gain greater focus on core technology offerings.

Raytheon to build unmanned 'Barracuda' sea mine hunter

Raytheon takes a potential $362.7 million contract to develop an autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle for the Navy to use in the detection and mitigation of sea mines.