M&A Trends

Godspeed Capital closes second investment fund

The private equity firm plans to further expand its portfolio of companies, which already includes SilverEdge Government Solutions.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Deltek builds time-tracking offerings with new acquisition

Replicon adds 2,500 customers to Deltek's network and bolsters offerings for project-centric organizations.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Agile Defense purchases enterprise cyber company

This transaction represents Agile Defense's first with the backing of its owner Enlightenment Capital.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Private equity firm starts 'C5ISR' strategy with acquisition

Fregata Systems looks to make a string of acquisitions over the next three years and has hired a new CEO that formerly led Cubic Corp.'s defense business.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Chesapeake Technology plots a new path with private equity backing

CTI is putting together a two-to-three year plan that will be shaped by big-picture tech questions and is aided by Bluestone Investment Partners.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Jacobs plans spinoff of government services business

The federal market is poised to get a new independent, publicly traded company thanks to Jacobs' decision to spin out the bulk of its $4.4 billion government services business.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Boecore builds out cyber, AI chops with new acquisition

The Enlightenment Capital-backed company makes its third purchase within eight months as it adds capabilities in the defense and space sectors.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Millennium acquires 'red teaming' exercise provider

The buyer is looking to expand its work simulating network compromises as a way to test security of those networks.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Culmen purchases counter-WMD, public health support firm

The deal increases its workforce to more than 400 and expands work in countering weapons of mass destruction, border security and international development.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Sagewind Capital hires a CoVant co-founder

The New York City-headquartered private equity firm is looking to create more of a physical presence in its core market.

  • By Ross Wilkers

ASRC Federal moves quickly on next acquisition

ASRC Federal is also working to close its $350 million purchase of the Science Applications International Corp. logistics and supply chain business.

  • By Ross Wilkers

WT 360: What are V2X's next big steps?

V2X's chief growth and client service officer Sue Deagle joins the podcast to explain the rationale for putting this new company together by merging Vectrus and Vertex, plus how the combined team is looking to grow beyond the foundation already in place.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Meadowgate, ESi agree to join forces

Both companies are eyeing opportunities in hybrid IT, where organizations blend in-house management with cloud-based services.

  • By Ross Wilkers

An initial look inside the combined IBM-Octo team

This transaction was easily the government market's most surprising one of 2022, both the largest in the history of the IBM Consulting business and a move that Big Blue's chief executive signed off on.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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CTI acquires imaging tech provider

Chesapeake Technology International is looking to broaden its portfolio of imaging and geospatial augmented reality technologies.

  • By Ross Wilkers

WT 360: All about Arcfield's strategy and investment thesis

Arcfield's chief executive Kevin Kelly joins the WT 360 conversation to explain what the company has been up to since being stood up in the winter of 2021 and where it wants to go with the support of a Veritas Capital fund focused on midsized businesses.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Renovus unveils new government services company

This private equity firm now backs four companies in the market.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Who and what drove GovCon M&A in 2022

Our annual roundup shows that 140 mergers and acquisition transactions took place in the government market during 2022 thanks to a diverse set of buyers and sellers.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Akima to acquire training, sustainment product provider

Pinnacle Solutions touts its core service lines as including aviation operations and maintenance.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Our next Power Breakfast will explore how M&A reshapes the market

Our upcoming Washington Technology Power Breakfast will offer insights and analysis of how mergers and acquisitions are changing the competitive landscape.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Shift5 gets airline venture arm's backing

The cyber company sees this collaboration as an avenue for expansion beyond the U.S. defense market.

  • By Ross Wilkers