Companies

Serco's U.S. subsidiary wins $84M Air Force analytical support contract

Serco Inc. will support air operations in Southwest Asia for the next five-and-a-half-years.

Companies

L3Harris shares the plan for its other major integration

L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of a secure communication product business from Viasat put the buyer on an information sharing network for the U.S. military and NATO, which is in need of continuous hardware and software updates.

Opinion

RTX's CEO transition follows three years of change and turbulence

Both the company and Greg Hayes' tenure started amid the coronavirus pandemic and essentially a pause in air travel. Chris Calio will move up to CEO in the spring amid rising demand for defense products.

Contracts

SAIC levels OCI claim in fight for $193M Army award

Science Applications International Corp. is claiming that Peraton has an organizational conflict-of-interest that should mean disqualification from the competition.

Companies

Leidos' board adds former DISA director

Nancy Norton led the Defense Department's main IT agency for three years until her retirement in 2021.

Companies

Bain Capital closes $5.3B deal, takes over Guidehouse

The transaction value includes debt as the company gains a more global owner and senior executives stay in place.

Opinion

First CHIPS Act award signals start of U.S. semiconductor push

The Commerce Department chose a major defense hardware maker as recipient number one of CHIPS For America grant money, which certainly will go across multiple industries that are of importance to public sector.

Companies

Accenture's federal arm promotes new BD leader

Brian Hobbs joined Accenture Federal Services through its acquisition of Novetta in 2021.

Companies

SAIC unveils new business unit structure

Science Applications International Corp. will take on a different alignment in this iteration of the strategy, which its new CEO told investors is mostly about the organic growth engine.

Companies

Peraton hires former DXC CFO as new finance chief

The retiring John Kavanaugh has worked in the CFO role since Perspecta joined the fold of Peraton in 2021.

Companies

L3Harris to review its business after pact with major shareholder

The multinational hedge fund involved in this agreement will also be represented on the board of directors of L3Harris Technologies.

Contracts

FBI to rethink troubled IT services contract

After several rounds of protests and amendments, the FBI is reworking parts of the solicitation for a group of blanket purchase agreements.

Contracts

Army chooses 12 for $975M training services recompete

Communications, operations and logistics are other key lines of work for the new contract.

Companies

AI chip startup gets new backing from RTX's venture arm, other investors

EnCharge AI will use this newfound capital to grow out its team of employees and scale up product development.

Companies

SAIC's new CEO gives first glimpse at her short-term focus

In her first conversation with Wall Street, Toni Townes-Whitley points to the scale of Science Applications International Corp.'s portfolio and business development as where most of her initial attention is.

Companies

CGI forms joint venture with service-disabled small business

The new entity will offer systems integration, managed services and consulting work to defense and civilian agencies.

Contracts

Army releases draft for enterprise payroll system

The Army is collecting comments from industry on its plan for the recompete of a contract to help run the system that handles base pay, benefits, bonuses and re-enlistment functions.

Companies

L3Harris to sell commercial aviation business

L3Harris Technologies' 2023 acquisition activity centered on the purchases of Aerojet Rocketdyne and the former Viasat secure data product business.

Contracts

DHS previews timeline for SETA vehicle recompete

This will be the fourth iteration of a go-to contract for the Homeland Security Department to acquire industry support for its science and technology team.

Companies

New Jacobs, Amentum creation puts focus on large enterprise contracts

The as-yet-named entity from the merger of Amentum and two of Jacobs' government-facing business units will hit the market with plans to be a global systems integrator.