DISA, General Dynamics roll out AWS across milCloud 2.0

The Defense Information Systems Agency and General Dynamics introduce the first commercial cloud hosting service to be made available on the milCloud 2.0 platform.

Veritas completes $3.4B Northrop IT acquisition

Veritas Capital closes the first of two acquisitions that will grow the size of its portfolio company Peraton by roughly 7 times.

Booz Allen, L3Harris see opportunities ahead but plenty of challenges too

Booz Allen Hamilton and L3Harris Technologies released their quarterly results and the narrative from companies is that they see opportunities but they also face challenges that are familiar across the market.

AE Industrial Partners picks up unmanned aircraft maker

One of the government market’s more serial private equity buyers purchases an unmanned aircraft maker that will be the firm's platform for further investments in that market.

CACI, Northrop talk M&A and scale

This notable buyer and this notable seller in the government market were all asked about the importance of scale. The answers depend on who is asked and how.

On paper, GD brings back together its two tech segments

General Dynamics will once again report its two IT-oriented business segments as one as the company sees them working hand-in-hand more often in today's market landscape.

Veritas inks $7.1B deal for Perspecta. But wait, there's more.

Veritas Capital's $7.1 billion offer to acquire Perspecta has been accepted by the company's board of directors, but there are two other (giant) moving pieces to this story.

How these 2 defense platform giants are thinking about the future of work

It's not just government technology and professional services companies that are thinking long and hard about the future of work for when COVID-19 is not a pandemic. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies already have plans in the works.

Deloitte buys cyber threat hunting firm

Deloitte purchases the assets of a cyber threat hunting company that focuses on managed services for government agencies and customers in certain commercial sectors.

Brillient starts on new growth plan, founder returns to CEO post

Brillient Corp. has embarked on a new two-year growth plan to further pursue digital transformation opportunities and that also sees the company's founder return to the CEO position.

How GovCon earnings reports might review 2020 and beyond

Many government contractors are getting ready to report their financial figures for 2020, a year many executives have said is the most challenging ever in their careers. Here is what could come up when the companies talk to Wall Street and by extension everyone.

GSA makes more on-ramp awards as court date nears for $5.75B human capital vehicle

The General Services Administration makes a pair of awards for the on-ramp of its massive human capital and training services vehicle as the agency prepares to defend them in court against one protestor.

What Octo CEO's gift to Virginia Tech says about Amazon and innovation

The arrival of Amazon's second headquarters in Northern Virginia builds on a technology investment trend in the region, and Virginia Tech alum and Octo CEO Mehul Sanghani's gift to his school aims at helping keep that boom going.

Constellis appoints new CEO

Constellis unveils a succession plan that sees the risk management company's lead director become its next CEO.

Redwire's latest acquisition eyes both the physical and digital

In Redwire's sixth acquisition, the space technology outfit finds a business that focuses on both the platforms and the digital assets they have.

Raytheon promotes new transformation chief from within

Raytheon Technologies promotes one of the senior executives that helped create the merged company to lead business transformation efforts.

NGA further previews $947M 'Clover' services vehicle

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency gives small business a new glimpse at its $947 million professional services vehicle known as "Clover" through the release of a draft solicitation.

ECS makes executive promotions

ECS moves a pair executives up to C-level roles, including one who joined the government IT segment of ASGN through an acquisition.

AeroVironment eyes higher-flying unmanned aircraft in $405M deal

AeroVironment is moving to close one acquisition for its ground game, but the unmanned systems maker in the meantime is revealing a second larger deal that adds aircraft and services for higher altitudes.

More firms added to Air Force's $950M battle management system effort

With a fifth round of awards, the Air Force expands the roster of companies to around 100 that will participate in the creation of a new multi-domain command-and-control system under a $950 million program.