Acquisition experts Marc Marlin and Kate Troendle continue their four-part series that examines who is driving the resurgence in government market M&A. Here in part two, they look at why the public companies have become "somewhat of a unicorn" in the buyer universe.
General Dynamics CEO Phebe Nokavovic explains to Wall Street why the company decided to "re-home" a call center business to Maximus and why she sees that match as a better fit.
Hitachi Vantara has closed its deal for REAN Cloud. Here is the inside story on how why this was so important to the buyer's federal arm and where they go next.
In a new regulatory filing, SAIC and Engility describe their courtship and other suitors that all showed at least some interest in making deal of their own.
The government market has seen a resurgence of M&A in the past two years with one large deal after another. But who the most active and aggressive buyers are might surprise after reading this first piece in a four-part series by acquisition experts Marc Marlin and Kate Troendle.
L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. believe they are better together to pursue the growing defense market but there are some significant civilian opportunities on the horizon as well.
The megadeal to combine L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. certainly puts its defense prime peers on notice. But government IT, systems integration and other services players also have to pay attention given mutual areas of interest.
The mega deals get all the attention and involve the biggest players in the market but small businesses have plenty to think about as the market is reshaped.
As more details emerge involving Maximus' $400 million acquisition of General Dynamics's citizen engagement and call center business, it looks like Maximus landed a winning deal on multiple fronts.
A pair of Virginia-based secure IT companies have come together in a deal which reminds that the ongoing consolidation wave in the government technology services landscape is not limited to large-tier players.
Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G. Capital has made another deal in the government market through taking a majority stake in federal IT reseller and integrator Iron Bow Technologies.
