Company positioning in the current market environment is critical to a successful growth strategy, says Jean Stack, the director of the aerospace, defense and government group at Houlihan Lokey.
ICF International Inc. paid approximately $155 million to acquire Macro International Inc., an advisory services firm to federal agencies that specializes in health programs, energy and cybersecurity.
Mergers and acquisitions have slowed compared to action in recent years. Accompanying that trend has come a shift in who has the upper hand in negotiating a deal.
Prescott Winter, formerly chief information officer and chief technology officer at the National Security Agency, has joined ArcSight Inc., a Silicon Valley developer of security and compliance management tools for government and private industry.
Although financial buyers can be outstanding choices for sellers of government contracting businesses, they present unique challenges when compared to the strategic buyer alternative, says John Hagan, co-head of the defense and government services group at BB&T Capital Markets/Windsor Group.
ICF International Inc. has named John Paczkowski vice president for emergency management in the company’s homeland security and program management area.
The Homeland Security Department is inviting interested bidders to attend a pre-solicitation conference on the Eagle II-Unrestricted IT services acquisition program.
ManTech International Corp. announced fourth quarter 2009 revenues of $542.1 million, up 10 percent from $494.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. Overall, revenues for the year were $2.02 billion, up 8 percent from $1.87 billion in 2008.
Attain LLC is less than a year old, but the professional services company already has gone through a name change and closed 20 new contracts and six follow-on awards worth a total of more than $13 million since September 2009.
Dan Mintz, former Transportation Department chief information officer under the Bush administration, has left Computer Sciences Corp. to become chief operating officer at Powerteck.
