Atlas Research hires Booz Allen vet Portman as CEO

Government services consultancy Atlas Research names former Booz Allen Hamilton executive Robin Portman as president and CEO.

B3 Group wins $156M VA financial, program management order

Leesburg, Va.-based small business B3 Group bests three for a five-year, $156 million Veterans Affairs program management task order.

BAE's US arm adds Whitmore as intell lead

BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary hires former General Dynamics executive and three-decade industry veteran Al Whitmore as intelligence sector president.

Army picks five for $249M overseas education, training contract

The Army selects five companies for a five-year, $249 million overseas education and training services contract.

Arlington Capital adds IC IT footprint with Xebec buy

Arlington Capital Partners adds an intelligence community IT presence to its portfolio with the acquisition of Xebec.

CompuSearch builds procurement platform with FedBid buy

CompuSearch pulls reverse auction company FedBid into the fold as efforts to build more acquisition and procurement offerings continue.

DOJ clears CenturyLink-Level 3 deal

The Justice Department clears CenturyLink's $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications as both companies eye closure in mid-to-late October.

WT Innovator: AT&T eyes tomorrow's network in public sector

Research and development spending has driven AT&T's innovations as it works to bring new solutions and a next-generation network into the government market.

ManTech closes $180M InfoZen deal

Announced just a month ago, ManTech's acquisition of InfoZen is complete and adds new IT capabilities.

Serco Inc. adds CMS vet Shields as healthcare lead

Serco Group's North American arm hires former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services executive Karen Shields as vice president of the health sector.

CGI books $68M USAID cloud contract

CGI's federal arm receives a five-year, $68.2 million contract for cloud services to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Harris receives $765M Navy portable radio contract

Harris Corp. will deliver portable radios and other related parts to the Navy under a new potential five-year, $765 million sole-source contract.

Introducing the most innovative companies of 2017

We've picked the most innovative companies in the government market as we launch a new awards program, the Washington Technology Industry Innovators. Who made our list?

VA hands down $25B VECTOR services contract to 68 firms

The Veterans Affairs Department makes 68 awards on its potential 10-year, $25 billion VECTOR contract for general management and business support services to 68 service-disable, veteran-owned companies.

SAIC restructures business groups, offers 100 senior managers early retirement

Science Applications International Corp. is consolidating its business organizations and offered voluntary retirement to 100 senior managers after a challenging first half to its fiscal year.

Polaris Alpha revs M&A engine with another deal

Polaris Alpha closed its fifth acquisition in the past year as it continue to build its portfolio in the emerging domains of cyber, electronics and space.

Navy narrows 'Orca' underwater drone field to Boeing-HII, Lockheed

The Navy chooses a Boeing-Huntington Ingalls team and Lockheed Martin to proceed on the branch's "Orca" underwater drone development program.

MDA clears regulatory hurdle for $2.4B DigitalGlobe deal

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has cleared one of the final regulatory hurdles for its estimated $2.4 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe and now expects to close the deal by Oct. 6.

Enlightenment Capital backs IT security firm CyberCore

Middle-market investment group Enlightenment Capital is partnering with CyberCore to help in the latter's customer expansion efforts.

UT-Austin receives $1B Navy acoustics research contract

A University of Texas-Austin laboratory organization receives a potential five-year, $1.1 billion Navy contract to research acoustics for the U.S. military.