Former Stanley CEO joins Pragmatics board

With the addition of former Stanley chairman, president and CEO Philip Nolan to its advisory board, Pragmatics has begun laying the foundation for an eventual initial public offering.

Inside the early success of GSA's mentor-protégé program

Tony Eiland leads what he refers to as a "meat-and-potatoes" program at GSA that helps to hook up small companies with more experienced ones.

KEYW's deal-making continues with intell acquisition

With the acquisition of Forbes Analytics Software, KEYW closes is second acquisition of 2011 and its 11th since its founding in 2008.

Access provides Marines with IT services and support

Access Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $26.2 million recompete contract for services and support to the Marine Corps’ Ammunition Automated Information Systems Program for the Program Manager for Ammunition.

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Robbins-Gioia, SAIC among honorees at SECAF awards

The Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum honored a number of small government contractors the evening of April 28 at the Annual SECAF Awards Gala.

ManTech first-quarter numbers show growth across the board

ManTech International Corp. saw its first-quarter 2011 revenue reach $700.9 million, up 19 percent from $587.6 million in the first quarter of 2010, according to a company statement released at the close of business April 28.

CenturyLink pays $2.5B for Savvis

CenturyLink is buying Savvis in a cash and stock purchase agreement approved by both boards of directors, worth $2.5 billion.

Dell ‘very bullish’ on buying more companies to boost fed sales

Despite tight federal budgets during the next several years, Dell Computer Corp. will continue to acquire companies to further deepen its footprint as a government services provider. And it has $15 billion in cash to do so.

Apptis sold to San Francisco technology firm

URS Corp. is acquiring Apptis Inc. for a net purchase price of approximately $260 million in cash. The deal does not include Apptis’ Iron Bow reseller subsidiary.

ManTech's Pedersen assesses the market's present and future

George Pedersen, founder, chairman and CEO of ManTech International Inc., explains his strategy for keeping his company focused on the hot sectors of the government market.

Raytheon moves to pursue thin-client demands

Now a unit of Raytheon Co., Trusted Computer Solutions is taking its cross-domain thin-client technology into the Defense Department, the intelligence community and beyond.

DynCorp resolves false claims suit with $7.7M payment

The United States government has settled a whistle-blower lawsuit against DynCorp International LLC and The Sandi Group, according to an announcement from the Justice Department. DynCorp has agreed to pay the U.S. $7.7 million to resolve allegations, and TSG agreed to pay $1.01 million.

Conditions are right for private equity buyers

The government market is experiencing an uptick in private equity buyers that are chasing larger and larger acquisitions.

Northrop, UMBC spur growth of cybersecurity solutions firms

Northrop Grumman Corp. and the University of Maryland Baltimore County Research Park Corp. on April 21 officially opened the Cync Program incubator facility to attract more technology companies to develop solutions to counter cybersecurity threats.

Calibre team provides IT, other support to Army National Guard

Calibre Systems Inc. has won a five-year blanket purchase agreement worth up to $45 million for IT and program management support to the Army National Guard.

35 firms to divvy up $2.5B Army contract

Thirteen large contractors and 22 small businesses have been named to the Army’s $2.5 billion Operations, Planning, Training and Resource Support Services prime contract, known as OPTARSS II.

Small biz wins $49M DOD disaster recovery software BPA

Virtual Corp., a New Jersey software and consulting company, has secured a $49 million Defense Department blanket purchase agreement for its disaster recovery software solutions.

Defense industry's confidence shaken by budget battles

The continuing resolutions paralyzed defense spending for months, and the damage remains even after the budget passes.

Spacenet adds Cicat to its business orbit

Spacenet Inc., a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., has acquired Cicat Networks Inc., a nationwide provider of broadband network solutions based in Chantilly, Va. Financial terms were not reported.