Contracts
Parsons subsidiary awarded $245M Navy ground station contract
Space Ground System Solutions will provide software development and other IT-related services at this Naval Research Laboratory location.
Contracts
Navy chooses 16 for $350M 'Seabed to Space' systems contract
Awardees will perform technical work across the entire lifecycles of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.
Opinion
Public offerings put GovCon in a new spotlight as SpaceX's listing looms
Think the recent run of initial public offerings over the past 16 months were big? Get ready for SpaceX to break all-time records, and its IPO is one all of GovCon should care about, even if your company does not launch anything at all.
Contracts
State starts to set up global logistics recompete
Iteration number two of the Diplomatic Platform Support Services contract will continue the current version's focus on lifecycle support and operations-and-maintenance work.
Companies
Growth, tech and human resources leadership moves across the market
A pair of board of directors appointments at publicly-traded companies also featured.
Contracts
GAO backs Army’s sole-source extension to KBR’s LOGCAP contract
A challenge by an Amentum-Parsons joint venture fell short after the Government Accountability Office found the Army’s justification for a $3.1 billion extension as reasonable.
Companies
Parsons buys Altamira for $330M cash
Parsons is adding 600 employees through this transaction, which also further grows the company's presence across intelligence programs and the Indo-Pacific region.
Companies
Intel's government hires and more leadership moves across the market
This is our final roundup of key executive hires and promotions across the market for 2025.
Companies
Peraton wins air traffic control system overhaul contract
The Transportation Department is pushing hard for the new system to go online in 2028, with a price tag for modernization that could reach $31.5 billion.
Companies
Parsons awaits 'imminent' award of air traffic control overhaul contract
Parsons and Peraton are in a head-to-head showdown for the Brand New Air Traffic Control System, a contract worth billions. In talking with Wall Street, CEO Carey Smith highlights how the effort is funded by the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Companies
Parsons acquires water project specialist
Parsons has increasingly used acquisitions as a way to evolve its critical infrastructure business in the same way it has done for the federal business.
Contracts
FAA starts the bidding for new air traffic control system contract
The eventual winner will have three-and-a-half years to implement the new system.
Contracts
DTRA awards $3.5B recompete of counter-WMD support contract
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency uses this program to acquire research, training and other professional services to help partner countries fight the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Companies
Parsons acquires Chesapeake Technologies in $89M transaction
Parsons is looking to beef up its technology portfolio for the electromagnetic spectrum, or what CTI calls the "invisible battlefield."
Companies
Parsons, IBM form air traffic control modernization pursuit team
The Federal Aviation Administration is eyeing 2028 to complete its replacement of the National Airspace System's underlying infrastructure.
Companies
Parsons' agenda for 2025 after zeroing out State Department contract
In talking with a Wall Street audience, chief executive Carey Smith explains why Parsons is not counting on anything from that program. Then the conversation turns to air traffic control modernization and missile defense work, including potentially Golden Dome.
Contracts
NSF launches $8B Antarctica research recompete
The National Science Foundation has maintained its presence on the southern continent since 1959 and Leidos has held the current contract to work there since 2011.
Companies
The public company acquirer remains a unicorn in the M&A action
While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all.
Companies
Air Force chooses 27 for $1.5B architect, engineering contract
Work under this contract will support broader efforts related to environmental restoration and quality.
Companies