Former Peraton business gets new CEO, name

Three months after being spun out with the name CTFV Acquisition Corp., the former Peraton systems engineering business has a new name and a new CEO.

Evaluation mistakes sunk NSA's first try at $10B cloud award

The decision to back Microsoft's protest of a $10 billion National Security Agency cloud computing award to Amazon reveals a series of mistakes in the NSA's evaluation of proposals.

Why Booz Allen sees spinouts as part of its strategy

Why would Booz Allen Hamilton let an internally-developed artificial intelligence product go out on its own rather than hold onto it? The government technology and consulting firm sees its spinout strategy as a natural progression.

Rocket Lab's latest acquisition focuses on solar panels

Rocket Lab is moving ahead on another acquisition to further diversify the space launch company’s portfolio of components that go onto its Electron platform.

Cloud adoption drives more commercial partnerships

Systems integrators are moving away from traditional business models as they form deeper relationships with commercial technology firms and particularly the cloud infrastructure providers.

ICF to acquire digital transformation, human-centered design specialist

ICF identifies a second acquisition in as many months to further expand the technology consulting firm’s IT modernization and digital transformation work with federal agencies.

Northrop hires former Raytheon exec to head operations

Northrop Grumman hires a former Raytheon Technologies executive and nearly two-decade defense industry veteran as corporate vice president of global operations.

BAE's US subsidiary, L3Harris detail board moves

BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary and L3Harris Technologies explain the latest movements in their boards of directors, including a new chair for one and an additional member at the other.

Opinion

Court challenges don't mean you should ignore vaccine mandates

While opponents have scored some early victories against the Biden Administration's vaccine mandates for contractors, the GovCon community can't ignore the controversial mandates.

Batsakis, Speigel return to start new adventure

Industry veteran George Bataskis and Phase One founder Jerad Speigel have joined forces with a private equity firm to buy Telesto Group, a company focused on enterprise resource planning and digital transformation.

C3 AI secures $500M software delivery agreement

C3 AI books a $500 million production contract with the Defense Department to further deploy the company’s portfolio of artificial intelligence software across the agency.

Robotic Research gains financial firepower for commercial push

Self-driving technology company Robotic Research has completed a $228 million fundraising round to gain resources for its push beyond government and into commercial markets.

How BigBear landed a former IBM exec as its new COO

BigBear.AI has begun life as a publicly-traded company and here to tell us what's ahead for the company is Chief Operating Officer Sam Gordy, who once led billion-dollar business lines at IBM and Leidos.

SPA acquires space-focused systems engineering firm

With the backing of a new private equity owner, Systems Planning and Analysis makes an acquisition of its own to bolster the company’s presence on government advisory and assistance programs.

Sigma Defense books $250M data center support contract

Sigma Defense Systems books a $250 million contract to help the Defense Department install data centers and other methods of connecting to airborne assets.

ASRC Federal wins $225M launch support contract

ASRC Federal wins a $225.5 million contract to perform mission assurance support work for a Space Force launch service program.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Amy Gilliland on how people will drive GDIT's future

Understanding technology and customer priorities are table stakes in today's market, which means people are the differentiator that drives growth. Hear General Dynamics IT President Amy Gilliland explain her own and the business' approach to the market in this interview with Editor Nick Wakeman.

Tick tock: How PAE decided a sale to Amentum was the best path forward

PAE was on the public markets for only three months before its former private equity owner reached out with the idea of a reunion. A new regulatory filing takes us on PAE's journey toward a sale to Amentum.

General Dynamics wins $4.5B NGA IT contract

General Dynamics wins a $4.5 billion contract for user-facing and data center services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

TorchAI acquires data warehousing tech firm

Data processing software company Torch.AI makes an acquisition to add more products and expertise in warehousing, decision support and enterprise architectures.