M&A Trends

How CACI's $1.2B Azure Summit acquisition expands its overseas strategy

In adding Azure Summit, CACI will first look at combining technologies to work with U.S. customers and then use that as a pathway for global expansion.

SAIC backs satellite bus design startup

Science Applications International Corp.'s venture arm is undertaking this investment as part of its push to find more dual-use technologies that work in commercial and national security environments.

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Parsons acquires transportation engineering company for $230M

This represents Parsons' latest move to expand in a region where infrastructure spending is heavily concentrated.

NewSpring adds third contractor to its federal holdings

Xpect Solutions provides engineering and network infrastructure services to the FBI and National Institutes of Health.

Core4ce seeks greater tech development speeds via acquisition

The now-650 employee company further builds out its internal incubation team that works on hard defense and intelligence problems.

Renovus closes fourth fund at $875M

The Small Business Administration contributed $50 million of that amount through this private equity firm's participation in a small business investment program.

NewSpring acquires radar system provider

C Speed's primary customer is the Customs and Border Protection agency, for which the company operates and maintains air surveillance radars.

Quantum startup stretches Series B round to $133M, adds Lockheed's venture arm

First launched in 2017, Q-CTRL is looking to further advance its quantum computing software for use in larger-scaled commercial and government deployments.

A trio of space startup investment rounds to highlight

The venture arms of AE Industrial Partners, Lockheed Martin and RTX are among the notable names at the heart of these investments.

CACI acquires Applied Insight to build up cloud migration offerings

The all-cash transaction also expands CACI International's presence with defense and national security agencies, plus reunites a pair of former Acacia Group businesses.

Cadmus leans on acquisition to start new tech unit

Ventera started in 1996 and now becomes the first building block for Cadmus' technology solutions division.

Gogo's $375M acquisition and its public sector piece

Around one-fifth of Satcom Direct's revenue is generated from government work that includes broadband connectivity services.

OceanSound captures $1.5B for its second fund

The private equity owner of SMX and DMI will continue its approach of backing midsized companies in the government market and other tech-enabled industries.

CM Equity Partners acquires Sabre Systems

Phil Jaurigue started the company in 1989 and returned to the CEO post in 2021.

A reader's guide to 'New Amentum' on its launch day

The government services company is now a publicly-traded one following its merger with Jacobs' federal-facing units. Here is a one-stop shop of our coverage in the buildup to the transaction's closure.

Godspeed Capital acquires majority ownership of airport engineering firm

BNP Associates will use this new investment to further expand the simulation and engineering services it offers for federally-funded projects.

Mythics buys Three Wire's tech resale business

One Equity Partners acquired majority ownership of Mythics in late 2022 and this is the company's first transaction since then.