Companies

Leidos board adds former deputy defense secretary

The newest member of Leidos' board of directors was formerly the Pentagon's second-highest ranked official and led the development of many strategies involving IT and hardware.

Companies

Leidos CEO quantifies the risks they and others face

Leidos sees questions around the budget and contract delays as risks that "need to be retired" out of the contracting ecosystem as the company's growth slows for 2022.

Companies

Amentum built a foundation with PAE purchase, now begins the ramp-up

Just two years old, Amentum has already closed on a pair of large acquisitions in DynCorp International and now PAE to put in place the building blocks for future growth.

Contracts

AT&T expands FEMA telecom footprint through $167M in awards

AT&T is touting a series of task orders that designate it as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's single integrated communications provider and lead partner for network modernization efforts.

Companies

Raytheon promotes new COO from within

Raytheon Technologies creates the position of chief operating officer and promotes one of its segment presidents to that role.

Companies

Is stagnation in the GovCon system getting worse?

Delays in all types of procurement activity at federal agencies are nothing new, but some executives say today's stagnation in the system is more pronounced.

Companies

Lockheed-Aerojet deal is kaput. So what's happens now?

Lockheed Martin has cancelled its attempt to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne but the world's largest defense company can at least say it can get back to normal business. For Aerojet, it's a different story.

Companies

Revisiting CACI's IT thesis and the big question it poses

CACI International's strategy for pursuing IT work with government agencies does not include one significant category of contracts.

Companies

Excella hires new national security biz leader

Excella brings in a new leader to steer the company's agile development strategy and growth pursuits in the national security market.

Contracts

3 more companies added to NASA's $6B spacecraft vehicle

NASA finalizes awards in the second on-ramp round for its $6 billion contract to more quickly buy spacecraft and related components.

Companies

ManTech elevates 10-year vet to lead civilian biz

ManTech promotes from within as it picks a new leader for its civilian business.

Companies

AT&T takes second piece of DISA telephony program

AT&T can claim victories in both major pieces of a Defense Information Systems Agency program for broad telephony services across the U.S. military’s various combatant command regions.

Contracts

10 picked for $500M CMS agile delivery effort

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services taps 10 companies for a $500 million blanket purchase agreement to use agile technology delivery to improve the quality of care.

Companies

New CEOs, CFO mark busy period of executive moves

Movement of executives is ever-present across the government market and in this latest roundup we cover two government IT and services companies, a commercial tech firm's public sector shop and a notable investment firm.

Companies

Where OceanSound wants to spend its new $780M fund

Private equity firm OceanSound Partners currently backs two government technology companies and is looking for more opportunities in the market with the closure of its inaugural fund, which blew past the target.

Contracts

How agencies can bolster their market research chops

Any and all adoption of commercially-built and -oriented technologies by federal agencies including the Defense Department must be preceded by some market research, an element of procurement widely identified in a new acquisition playbook as a core area of need.

Companies

Round 2: 500 companies lined up for awards on $50B STARS III vehicle

Amid much anticipation, the General Services Administration unveils a second group of more than 500 companies as awardees for the third iteration of the popular STARS IT services and solutions contract vehicle.

Companies

Redhorse appoints new COO

Redhorse Corp. hires a chief operating officer to steer the government technology services company's next phase of its strategy that includes the support of a notable venture investment firm.

Companies

Booz Allen adds exec to cyber leadership ranks

Booz Allen Hamilton brings in a new senior vice president to help lead growth for its cybersecurity business focused on defense and intelligence customers.

Companies

Data center owner brings in new public sector leader

Data center property owner CyrusOne hires a new executive that will be responsible for growth in its public sector and federal line of business.