General Dynamics-CSRA deal driven by budget expectations

General Dynamics and CSRA executives explain the rationale behind their $6.8 billion deal and it is all about budgets and bigger opportunities.

General Dynamics' and CSRA's recompete challenge

As large acquisitions are integrated together, winning recompetes and new work can be a challenge, analysts say.

General Dynamics buying CSRA in watershed federal IT deal

General Dynamics will pay $6.8 billion in cash to acquire CSRA in a move that consolidates two of government IT's largest players.

DXC pushes back closing of Vencore-Keypoint deal

DXC Technology has moved the timeline back to May for its U.S. public sector business' separation and merger into Vencore and KeyPoint.

Why General Dynamics' NGA protest fell short

General Dynamics fell short in its bid to get the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to reconsider an $207 million award to Leidos.

Lockheed gets extension on cyber range work

Lockheed Martin will continue to support the National Cyber Range as the Defense Department continues to develop a larger and broader multiple award contract.

PwC protests Booz Allen Fish & Wildlife award

PricewaterhouseCoopers is challenging a $2.9 million award that went to Booz Allen to help the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service with business transformation efforts.

CSRA expands relationship with Google

CSRA has signed a deal with Google that will help bring more of the search giant's cloud offerings to federal customers.

What the budget might mean for government contractors

CSRA's chief executive offers his outlook on what the prospects of a two-year budget deal mean for his company and for all government IT contractors.

Inside the protests that failed to bring down SSA's $7.8B IT contract

Protesters targeted CGI's Healthcare.gov work and Leidos' merger with Lockheed Martin's IT business as weaknesses but failed to convince GAO that there was a problem with Social Security's $7.8 billion contract award.

Peraton adds former DataPath chief Myers to leadership team

Peraton hires former DataPath CEO and two-decade telecommunications veteran David Myers as president of the communications sector.

Sprint recasting federal business, hires Verizon veteran

Sprint is reinvesting in its federal and public sector business and has hired a former Verizon executive to lead the effort.

Polaris Alpha adds Callicutt to board of advisers

Polaris Alpha adds former Strategic Command civilian executive Steve Callicutt to the company's board of advisers.

DOD, REAN Cloud finalize $950M 'OTA' cloud procurement contract

The Defense Department finalizes a potential $950 million other transaction authority contract with REAN Cloud for a new cloud procurement mechanism.

HHS awards $139M IT engineering BPA

The Department of Health and Human Services picks four companies for a five-year, $139 million IT engineering services blanket purchase agreement.

Fulcrum buys PTR to expand R&D, intell work

Fulcrum IT Services acquires The PTR Group to grow research-and-development work and services to intelligence agencies.

Three win $97M Air Force Research Lab IT contract

Three companies win spots on a five-year, $97.3 million Air Force Research Laboratory IT contract.

FDA hands down $300M analytics BPA to Booz Allen, Octo

The Food and Drug Administration awards Booz Allen Hamilton and Octo Consulting Group a seven-year, $300 million blanket purchase agreement for analytics-related services.

Private equity finds plenty to like in the government market

As the government market has improved, more private equity groups have stepped in with greater confidence that their M&A investments will pay off.

With new hire, Forcepoint brings infrastructure solution to government market

Raytheon's Forcepoint joint venture has hired a new leader for its now combined government and critical infrastructure business.