New owner takes in Forcepoint, swaps out CEO

Global tech investment firm Francisco Partners completes its $1.5 billion acquisition of Forcepoint from Raytheon Technologies and appoints a new CEO alongside other hires and promotions.

Navy reopens $50B professional services vehicle for bids

The Navy kicks off the rolling admissions phase for its $50 billion SeaPort NxG professional services vehicle for companies to take a second chance at winning a seat on.

System High buys piece of Booz Allen's MDA business

Enlightenment Capital-backed System High adds to its platform through the acquisition of a portion of Booz Allen Hamilton's business that works with the Missile Defense Agency.

BWXT brings aboard new government lead

BWXT Technologies appoints a 12-year veteran of Lockheed Martin to oversee work for federal clients.

Is Perspecta on the verge of going private thanks to its biggest shareholder?

One of Perspecta’s largest shareholders is working on an offer to acquire the government technology services company and the prospective buyer is no stranger to Perspecta -- none other than Veritas Capital.

Cloudera appoints new government business head

Cloudera, the Silicon Valley-based data engineering software outfit, hires longtime public sector veteran Robert Carey to lead its work with government agencies.

Maximus details CFO transition

Maximus promotes from within for its next chief financial officer as the current CFO moves toward retirement.

VTG hires former KeyW business, corporate development head

VTG, the company formerly known as VT Group, adds nearly three-decade market veteran and former KeyW business and corporate development head Kirk Herdman.

LinQuest makes deal for added electromagnetics & communications offerings

LinQuest Corp.'s second acquisition under its current private equity backing eyes further expertise in electromagnetics, digital signal processing and radio frequency communications.

Octo's board adds former NGA director

Octo's board of directors elects former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Letitia "Tish" Long as a new member.

ASRC Federal hires new human resources lead

ASRC Federal hires a 15-year industry veteran and former Serco Inc. chief human resources officer to the same position.

Sagewind Capital, Jordan launch new government platforms

Private equity firms Sagewind Capital and The Jordan Company reveal their latest backings of companies in the government technology and professional services market.

PSC's Chvotkin joins law firm

Law firm Nichols Liu has added a new name to its team in Alan Chvotkin, the former Professional Services Council executive vice president and counsel.

2020 ends with flurry of contract activity

The end of 2020 saw government agencies make contract awards and take other procurement actions on contracts worth billions of dollars.

Lockheed exec Michele Evans has died

Michele Evans, executive vice president of the aeronautics segment at Lockheed Martin, died on Friday at age 55.

We return to work with a familiar start: six M&A deals

WT opens for business again to start 2021 and our first day back on the job already looks a lot like 2020 in that we have six announced or completed acquisitions to run through.

The 'ifs' to ponder for 2021

Congratulations on getting to the end of 2020 however you got there. Now that we've closed the book on 2020, how about walking through and pondering some of the "if" scenarios and questions that hover over the 2021 government market?

Elbit Systems' U.S. arm inks $380M deal for Sparton

Elbit Systems’ U.S. subsidiary agrees to pay $380 million for electronic system and sonobuoy maker Sparton Corp., which was acquired itself last year by a private equity firm.

Contractors win extension of COVID workforce-relief provision

As the House and Senate approved a stimulus bill and an omnibus appropriation for all of government, they also included an extension of a mechanism that allows contractors to be reimbursed for workers who can't work because of COVID pandemic.

3 new deals and a finished fundraising round show how GovCon is closing 2020 on a hot streak

The M&A and financing markets rush to complete deals in the GovCon market continued their strong pace with three new deals this week and a successful fundraising round.