Lockheed Martin to acquire sensor maker

Lockheed Martin Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to buy remote sensing systems maker Coherent Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

General Dynamics finishes Itronix purchase

General Dynamics Corp has completed its acquisition of wireless solution provider Itronix Corp. for an undisclosed amount.

Public offering would flex SAIC's market muscle

Experts hailed Science Applications International Corp.'s plan to conduct an initial public offering and predicted the move will position the company for future acquisitions.

SBA responds to critics of small business report

Small Business Administration officials answer charges that their report on federal contracting in 2004 was misleading.

House lawmaker slams small business contracting report

The ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee said this week that new government figures on small business contracting are misleading.

Bumper crop of contracts awaits integrators in 2006

Systems integrators should gear up for a busy 2006 as the federal government makes plans for major contracts from the Defense, Justice, Homeland Security and Veteran Affairs departments, as well as the General Services Administration

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Small business contracting hits 23 percent; 8(a) numbers fall

Small businesses reaped a record $69.2 billion in federal prime contracts in fiscal 2004, up nearly 6 percent from the previous high, according to the Small Business Administration.

BEA to acquire portal solutions company

BEA Systems Inc. will acquire enterprise portal solution provider Plumtree Software Inc. for about $200 million in cash.

SAIC to acquire engineering firm

Science Applications International Corp. is buying Geo-Centers Inc., an 1,100-employee engineering and professional services firm.

Radiance acquires open source intelligence provider

Defense contractor Radiance Technologies Inc. has acquired Open Source Publishing Inc., a provider of open source intelligence support services, said Radiance officials.

Veritas to acquire troubled MZM

The private equity firm Veritas Capital has made another move into the government IT market by picking up beleaguered Top 100 company MZM Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

General Dynamics makes play for mobile computing company

Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. acquired Tadpole Computer Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

Lockheed bolsters U.K. presence

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s U.K. subsidiary plans to buy Insys Group Ltd., a British supplier of military communications and weapon systems and advanced analysis services.

'A new foundation'

How does a company with revenue of less than $1 million per year acquire a company with revenue reaching nearly $430 million a year? The small company has something the big company wants.

Call to action

The Allied Defense Group Inc. isn't just about bombs and bullets.

ACS to acquire Ascom's transportation revenue division

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will acquire the transport revenue division of Ascom AG for roughly $100 million.

QinetiQ makes move into the Top 100, creates U.S. IT platform

$300 million deal for Apogen Technologies Inc. will push British defense company QinetiQ Plc into the Top 100 of government IT providers.

Market Watch: International transactions fuel rise in M&A volume

Transaction volume in the aerospace, defense and government services market is on pace in 2005 to exceed the record levels achieved in 2004.

Infotech and the law: Constitutionality of SDB preference is fuzzy

In late June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a lower-court decision dismissing a case challenging the constitutionality of the Defense Department's price evaluation adjustment program for small disadvantaged businesses (SDB).