Companies

CACI, Northrop report modestly improving macrotrends

Some lagging indicators remain in their latest quarterly financial reports even if they are looking slightly better.

Opinion

How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose

Hypersonic weapons are evolving quickly. Here's what you need to know to understand what they can and can't do.

Companies

Red Hat adds 4 new members to public sector exec team

The IBM subsidiary sought to bring in leaders with experience in working with hyperscale cloud providers.

Companies

Leonardo DRS to exit sonar tech joint venture

The sale of its JV stake is Leonardo DRS' latest portfolio reshaping and market repositioning move.

Companies

How General Dynamics' tech businesses started 2022

Hopes are high that both the IT services and mission systems hardware units are continuing to get past ongoing challenges that carried over from last year.

Contracts

NGA chooses 5 for $500M services contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is being cryptic about the actual work under a $500 million multiple-award contract.

Companies

New hire bolsters journey in the public markets

As part of its quest to move up the food chain of publicly-traded companies, Castellum brings in a new chief financial officer with deep roots in the commercial and government contracting accounting worlds.

Companies

Shift5 hires NSA, Energy cyber vet as research chief

The operational technology-focused outfit is positioning for growth in defense and transportation markets.

Contracts

NASA chooses 6 firms for satellite communications development funds

Awardees are tasked with demonstrating systems and solutions for providing high-rate and high-capacity two-way communications to users.

Companies

Sierra Nevada's commercial space arm hires new COO

The Sierra Space business launched last year and subsequently fetched $1.4 billion in Series A funding.

Companies

Pair of Microsoft cloud specialists joining forces

Applied Information Sciences is purchasing another company like it to become a larger entity supporting Microsoft cloud offerings to government agencies.

Companies

Maxar makes 3-D investment in push for Earth's 'Digital Twin'

Blackshark.ai started two years ago with the goal of turning two-dimensional images of the Earth into 3D formats.

Opinion

Will inflation reshape the government market?

As publicly-traded GovCon companies prepare for their quarterly reports to investors, the impacts of inflation will be a topic executives have to address.

Opinion

The importance of finding your voice as a woman in the public sector

Don't ask for permission is the advice this woman executive offers. Women in the workforce should speak up, advocate for themselves, and become experts in their market, she says.

Companies

HumanTouch brings back former employee as senior VP

The nearly two-decade market veteran brings a background in IT portfolio and budget management to the company.

Companies

TTM Technologies to pay $330M for Telephonics

Telephonics' soon-to-be former owner looked for a buyer for the business over the course of seven months.

Companies

Booz Allen invests in edge computing firm with mapping tech for special operations forces

Booz Allen Hamilton's investment in Reveal Technology shows that you don't have to buy another company to bring in bleeding edge technology that can solve a customer's critical challenge.

Companies

Thought leadership takes expertise...and passion

There are multiple elements to establishing yourself as a thought leader and subject matter expert. No matter how smart you think you are, don't forget the importance of passion.

Companies

How to track potential new partners and competitors entering the market

We have launched the first quarterly Washington Technology Market Disruptors, powered by GovTribe, to help the WT audience track new entrants into the government market. Nearly 500 companies in the last quarter of 2022 won their first government contract; here's how you learn about them.

Companies

Better tools for analysts drove CACI to buy Bluestone Analytics

The U.S. government has more data than any other enterprise and the need for better analytics tools drove CACI International to buy Bluestone Analytics, one of two companies it acquired last year.