Vectrus touts clear vision for a 5G strategy

Vectrus’ push to be a leading provider of tech-enabled and converged infrastructure provider to the government includes 5G and the company sees that technology being increasingly embedded into procurements.

VA picks 9 to join $22.3B tech transformation services vehicle

With all pre-award protests denied, the Veterans Affairs Department chooses nine companies for the on-ramp to join the $22.3 billion T4NG technology services contract vehicle.

DHS extends current commodity IT contracts

The Homeland Security Department will take more time to get to the finish line for the $10 billion recompete of its main small business IT commodity equipment and software contract vehicle.

Guess how March starts? More M&A.

The start of this new month of March brings back an old theme: Multiple announced and/or completed merger-and-acquisition transactions revealed on day one.

ManTech, BAE make leadership team appointments

Two of the government market’s leading systems integrators make appointments to their respective management teams.

ICF sees its 4 growth priorities holding firm in new administration

ICF says four of the key growth drivers it has named as priorities for the company going forward are holding firm under the new Biden administration.

Industry renews effort to extend reimbursement of paid leave under COVID relief

Major trade associations representing government contractors are renewing their push to extend legislation they see as vital to keeping the sector’s workforce intact during the coronavirus pandemic and are getting bipartisan support for it.

Leonardo DRS plans initial public offering in U.S. market

Italy’s largest defense company files the paperwork to take its U.S. subsidiary Leonardo DRS through an initial public offering and join the New York Stock Exchange.

AT&T formalizes public sector leadership promotion

AT&T formalizes its promotion of the executive who has led its public sector work on an interim basis for nearly six months to take that role permanently.

Parsons sees a rebound on the way despite permanent changes due to COVID

Like others in the market, Parsons Corp. is blending realism about what the coronavirus pandemic has meant to its business and the market at-large with some optimism that the underlying fundamentals are stable.

Redwire's latest space tech deal eyes solar arrays

Redwire has been busy on the acquisition front with AE Industrial Partners' backing since last year and the latest deal finds a company specializing in solar arrays.

Lost contract leads Leidos to make its latest acquisition

Last year, Leidos lost a Navy competition for an unmanned vessel but the lessons learned helped direct the company to its latest acquisition, a $380 million deal for a naval architecture firm.

Tick tock: How Perspecta decided on its sale to Veritas

Veritas Capital eventually became the winner of the race to buy Perspecta, whose board of directors had to consider not just the offers before it but how another investor wanted to see things happen.

Regulators seek more info out of Lockheed & Aerojet

Antitrust regulators will take more time to look through and are asking for more information about Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.

How ManTech is facing the talent challenge with internal muscle

ManTech just put the books on a 2020 that saw growth on its top line and in the backlog for future revenue, but sees the biggest challenge ahead for themselves and industry as one of talent supply more than budget.

Australian firm makes deal to grow US defense footprint

Codan, an Australia-headquartered communications equipment maker, acquires a wireless technology company to expand the buyer's U.S. defense market presence and add more mesh networking capabilities.

Raytheon raises concerns about Lockheed's Aerojet deal

Raytheon is raising some concerns about Lockheed Martin's $4.4 billion acquisition and its impact on the independence of suppliers.

Lumen, Hawkeye 360 add government vets to leadership ranks

Lumen Technologies and Hawkeye 360 both appoint veterans of government service to the companies' leadership teams.

Enlightenment Capital invests in firm as part of SBA loan program

Enlightenment Capital invests in data management and professional services firm Artlin Consulting to help that company through its next phase of growth. The investment is part of a Small Business Administration loan program.

Palantir details new phase of federal strategy

Palantir was not shy in its ambition to take on traditional competitors and wrestle away market share in the government market, but the next phase of the software company's federal strategy will see more teamwork with others.