Leidos preps for some renewed COVID restrictions amid strong results

Leidos' chief executive tells investors some COVID restrictions are coming here and abroad, but he doesn't expect a return to the same conditions of earlier this year.

How Huntington Ingalls spreads its people & resources across the company

Huntington Ingalls Industries is getting closer to completing its acquisition of Alion Science and Technology, which also should give the buyer's two main shipyards some resources and people to pull from as company executives explained during a media briefing.

How Booz Allen's 'Future of Work' vision shapes hiring for today & tomorrow

Booz Allen Hamilton is rolling out the firm's post-pandemic future of work and goes into that knowing there is still much to learn -- even if much has been learned in the current environment.

What Northrop makes of Bezos' offer to subsidize NASA moon lander

Northrop Grumman is on the lunar lander pursuit team led by Blue Origin, whose founder Jeff Bezos has offered to essentially pick up the check for NASA in building that vehicle to go to the moon. But the way Northrop invests in space reveals a different philosophy.

GSA makes awards on ASTRO manned & unmanned product contract

The General Services Administration chooses dozens of firms for the much-anticipated and massive ASTRO contract vehicle covering manned, optionally manned and unmanned platforms and services.

General Dynamics' chip supply issue is far from its alone

Everything in the world runs on computer chips and there are simply not enough to go around, as General Dynamics is finding out with respect to its IT product business.

The one hiccup in Raytheon's hefty defense business

Returns of air traffic to pre-COVID levels has been a boost for Raytheon Technologies as its defense business is also a point of optimism with one exception.

LMI acquires Suntiva to further public health & defense push

LMI closes an acquisition to further entrench its presence in public health and also add more of a footprint with certain defense agencies.

Lockheed wants industry partners to help connect people & platforms

Lockheed Martin sees its vision of a more connected military enterprise as requiring the help of partners in the defense industry and other industries, such as the sector Lockheed's own CEO came from.

Deloitte puts down geographic, cyber footprints with Sentek acquisition

Deloitte has been pushing more into what it calls the "mission space" of the Navy. That has led the consulting firm to acquire Sentek and put down roots in a both key geographic region and technical area.

Planned Systems International makes health, cyber play through acquisition

Planned Systems International acquires a middle-tier systems integrator for a greater foothold in federal health and cyber programs.

Parsons wins $935M Air Force base security contract

Parsons takes a $953 million contract to help the Air Force maintain layered base security systems at its facilities in Europe and Africa.

Four win seats on $240M Army future concept contract

Four companies win spots on a $240 million contract to work with the Army’s Futures and Concepts Center on addressing current and emerging challenges for soldiers.

AE Industrial Partners hires new finance chief

Serial government market acquirer AE Industrial Partners brings in a new chief financial officer to help the private equity firm further chart its future direction.

ManTech defends $475M space launch support recompete

ManTech defends its decade-long incumbency on a military space launch engineering and integration program through the win of a $475.5 million recompete.

Telos appoints new finance chief

Telos Corp. hires a new chief financial officer as the current CFO plans her retirement after helping lead the cyber company's initial public offering.

ECS parent backs acquisition of cyber, digital transformation

The parent company of government technology business ECS backs an acquisition to help the public sector business bolster its cybersecurity and digital transformation posture.

ID Technologies acquires secure connectivity product maker

ID Technologies acquires a provider of software designed to help users access classified government networks and other assets from disparate locations

Intelsat's push to be 'more vertical' in the federal market

As Intelsat's government business leader, Dave Micha is implementing a strategy for the unit to be what he calls "more vertical" beyond just being a provider of satellite bandwidth to agencies. Micha lifts the curtain on what that means.

Round 2: Navy adds 600 firms to $50B SeaPort services vehicle

The Navy has good news for 600 companies: they now have a seat on the $50 billion SeaPort NXG professional services vehicle.