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Kratos closes $80M purchase of engineering, testing org

The acquirer is seeking more work in testing and evaluation of hypersonic and other systems for extreme environments.

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Parsons to acquire biometric, counter-unmanned tech company

Both Parsons' federal and critical infrastructure segments will have access to Xator's offerings after the $400 million transaction's closure.

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ManTech-Carlyle only the start of this week's private equity M&A activity

Sagewind Capital, DC Capital Partners and Highlander Partners are behind the other transactions that came to us in the wake of Monday's "big one."

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ManTech agrees on $4.2B sale to Carlyle Group

The all-cash transaction ends ManTech's current 20-year run as a public company.

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Carlyle's buy of ManTech preserves one legacy and opens the door to another

ManTech may have found a near-perfect buyer in Carlyle Group, which will take the contractor private through a $4.2 billion all-cash transaction.

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Axiologic makes another intel-focused acquisition

Purchase number two in 18 months adds more data analytics and data science capabilities focused on the intelligence market.

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Avantus Federal purchases special operations support firm

The NewSpring Holdings-backed company sees that market as key to its next growth phase.

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Two Six Technologies adds info manipulation tools in acquisition

Thresher Ventures develops software to detect media manipulation activities by foreign governments.

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Ticktock: How the $2.1B Vectrus-Vertex merger came to be

A new public filing reveals both the combined company's new name and the transaction's inner workings.

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Leonardo DRS to exit sonar tech joint venture

The sale of its JV stake is Leonardo DRS' latest portfolio reshaping and market repositioning move.

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Air Force success leads to acquisition

Wins on a $990 million full-and-open Air Force vehicle have helped take Digital Mobilizations down the path of being acquired.

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Pair of Microsoft cloud specialists joining forces

Applied Information Sciences is purchasing another company like it to become a larger entity supporting Microsoft cloud offerings to government agencies.

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Maxar makes 3-D investment in push for Earth's 'Digital Twin'

Blackshark.ai started two years ago with the goal of turning two-dimensional images of the Earth into 3D formats.

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TTM Technologies to pay $330M for Telephonics

Telephonics' soon-to-be former owner looked for a buyer for the business over the course of seven months.

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Better tools for analysts drove CACI to buy Bluestone Analytics

The U.S. government has more data than any other enterprise and the need for better analytics tools drove CACI International to buy Bluestone Analytics, one of two companies it acquired last year.

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Brightstar Capital creates new mid-sized player

Brightstar Capital Partners' latest acquisition further builds up a company the investment firm acquired less than one year ago.

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ClearShark adds IT product vehicles through acquisition

FedBiz IT Solutions ranked number one on our Fast 50 lists for both 2016 and 2017.

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New middle-tier company enters the defense market

Pierre Chao-led PCS Mosaic acquires four businesses from ASRC Federal to become a mid-sized company focused on national security and intelligence.

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BigBear closes first acquisition as publicly-traded company

The analytics and cyber firm already had purchased one piece of ProModel and is now taking in the rest.

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Battle Investment Group backs systems integrator

The private equity firm finds another government technology company to support through its next phase of growth.