Iron Bow hits mark with management buyout

Iron Bow Technologies LLC has become a privately owned entity now that President and CEO Rene LaVigne and other senior executives have acquired a controlling interest in the company through a management buyout, according to an announcement released Sept. 6.

CACI, 2 small firms will strengthen IT at DOD intell center

CACI International Inc. and two smaller contractors have won prime positions on a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Defense Department signals intelligence contract has a potential value of $40 million.

CACI completes $61.5M buy of cyberspace solutions provider

CACI International Inc. has wrapped up its $61.5 million acquisition of Paradigm Holdings Inc., a provider of cybersecurity and enterprise IT solutions that will expand its cyberspace solutions offerings.

IBM brings another analytics company under Big Blue umbrella

IBM Corp. continues its international shopping spree for analytics companies with the announced agreement to pay approximately $387 million for Algorithmics, a Toronto-based risk analytics firm.

ObjectFX hires geospatial expert as ops executive VP

ObjectFX, a provider of geospatial solutions to the federal government, has hired Al League an expert in innovative geospatial data technology as executive vice president of operations.

Big Blue crosses pond to buy UK intell analytics firm

IBM Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire i2 to accelerate its business analytics initiatives and help public- and private-sector clients address crime, fraud and security threats.

House Republicans prepare to unveil new 3 percent solution

Lawmakers have continually said the tax that would keep back 3 percent of payments to companies would hurt contractors and make it tough for agencies to comply with the administrative burdens.

Accelera acquistion meant to bolster Microsoft solutions

Virtualization solutions provider acquires ITS Group consulting firm.

Dell finalizes acquisition of data center networking provider

Dell Inc. has finalized its previously announced acquisition of Force 10 Networks Inc., a $200 million global technology provider of data center services with headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

Disclosure aids small-business goals

Making contracting data public has help bring more opportunities to small businesses, but challenges still remain.

Do you know how to hire a banker?

The best advice for choosing an investment bank for your business is do your homework early and be prepared to ask a lot of questions.

Deltek finishes Input-FedSources integration

A single portal is just the beginning of Deltek's integration of Input and FedSources.

What's driving the increase in divestitures?

More companies are breaking off pieces as they shape their portfolios or address conflict-of-interest concerns.

Dovèl Technologies hires 2, promotes 1

Dovèl Technologies has hired a new senior vice president of business development and proposal management, and a new human resources director. It also has a new vice president for its Enterprise Solutions business unit.

8 share $720M Navy support contract

Now the competition begins to win task orders for support services across four regions.

Will a national alert system be ready for the next emergency?

Tuesday afternoon's 5.8 earthquake left hundreds of thousands of people along the East Coast temporarily without cell-phone service as circuits became overloaded and communications in many cases was reduced to texting or tweets. So what's a nation to do?

A-T Solutions brings expertise to Navy ordnance disposal ops

A-T Solutions Inc. has won a four-year contract worth $21.9 million to provide explosive ordnance disposal experts and other technical expertise to the Navy.

Lockheed makes a health IT acquisition

Lockheed Martin Corp. is acquiring QTC Holdings Inc., a provider of outsourced medical evaluation services to the government. Move builds Lockheed's health IT portfolio.

Honeywell subsidiary completes tender offer for EMS comms firm

Honeywell International's subsidiary Egret Acquisition Corp. has successfully completed the tender offer to pay $33 per share of common stock of EMS Technologies Inc. for a purchase price of $491 million.

GTSI dumps stake in EyakTek

GTSI has sold its stake in Eyak Technology for $20 million.