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.
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