Contracts

Avantus Federal purchases special operations support firm

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

Companies

Two Six Technologies adds info manipulation tools in acquisition

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

Companies

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.

Companies

Leonardo DRS to exit sonar tech joint venture

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

Companies

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.

Companies

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.

Companies

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.

Companies

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.

Companies

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.

Companies

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.

Companies

ClearShark adds IT product vehicles through acquisition

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

Companies

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.

Companies

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.

Companies

Battle Investment Group backs systems integrator

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

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How one mid-sized company acquires to transform itself

Gunnison Consulting has used acquisitions to transform itself and for this episode, CEO Gil Dussek shares that strategy and what's next on the company's agenda with our Editor Nick Wakeman.

Companies

Booz Allen Hamilton to sell Middle East consulting unit

The firm is maintaining a presence in that region but focused on supporting U.S. government operations.

Companies

DMI acquires data science provider

Digital Management Inc. wants more of a footing in IT infrastructure modernization programs across civilian agencies.

Companies

Enlightenment Capital invests in PM Consulting Group

The management consulting firm will use the investment to support further acquisitions and hiring for its executive team.

Companies

Two Six Technologies purchases cyber research firm

The Carlyle Group-backed company is looking to bolster its rapid development function.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Myths and truths of what drives company value

Old adages die hard in any market, including those on what drives company value in the federal market. RSM's lead government contracting guru Stephanie Johnson walks Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers through a myth-busting exercise and why organic growth is so hard.