Opinion

Why you should care about all the Feds on LinkedIn

The number of federal employees on LinkedIn grew significantly last year and here's why you can't ignore this crucial soft-sell platform.

Companies

Batsakis, Speigel move quickly on another acquisition

Backed by the private equity firm Washington Harbour Partners, George Batsakis and Jerad Speigel have quickly found another company to acquire in building a new digital transformation player in the market.

Companies

L3Harris realigns business segments

L3Harris Technologies reduces its number business segments after a portfolio shaping process that began after the company’s creation in 2019.

Companies

ManTech acquires data engineering company

ManTech starts the new year with news that it has purchased a provider of data engineering services to intelligence agencies.

Contracts

NASA chooses 8(a) company for $359M software & engineering contract

NASA awards a $359 million contract to an 8(a) small business for software operation and other broad engineering support services.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Why listening, mentorship and trust drive GDIT's success

In part two of her conversation with Editor Nick Wakeman: Amy Gilliland shares why listening, mentorship and trust are critical elements to the success of the General Dynamics IT business she leads as president.

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.