How Teresa Carlson signed off from AWS and introduced her successor

Amazon's flagship cloud summit for public sector customers always begins with a keynote from Teresa Carlson and this year was her last, so she used the (virtual) stage with to pass the baton to her successor.

NASA starts second on-ramp for $6B space systems contract

While no awards are guaranteed, NASA is starting a new on-ramp for companies to try again at joining a $6 billion contract for acquiring space systems in an agile manner.

Valiant appoints new CEO

Valiant Integrated Services' leader since its inception is retiring and the company has promoted his successor to chief executive.

Air Force seeks small firms for $490M counter-unmanned aircraft program

The Air Force has kicked off the bidding for a $490 million contract that seeks a small business to help develop technologies that can fend off small unmanned aircraft.

ComSovereign's newest deal eyes signal processing tech

ComSovereign's latest acquisition to further build its wireless technology holdings amid the 5G revolution leads the company to a business focused on signal processing.

CACI books $376M Agriculture modernization win

CACI International confirms its win of a $376 million system modernization task order with the Agriculture Department.

Cognosante appoints new CFO

Cognosante hires a new chief financial officer that was most recently the CFO at 1901 Group.

Peraton adds intell community veteran to advisory board

Peraton adds longtime intelligence community leader Bill Evanina to the company's board of advisers.

Raytheon details CFO transition

Raytheon Technologies appoints a new chief financial officer around the one-year anniversary of the megamerger to create the company as the market now knows it.

CACI promotes exec to CTO

CACI International promotes one of its own executives to chief technology officer with responsibilities over the tools themselves and the people who work on them.

Cubic bidding war highlights the value of certainty over price

The sale of Cubic Corp. turned into a bidding war but the story of how Veritas Capital and its hedge fund partner finally won out highlights how certainty over the closing can outweigh a higher price.

Talent, future of (tele)work underpin GDIT's strategy

The head of General Dynamics' IT services segment calls out the future of work post-pandemic and specifically telework as directly linked to winning the talent fight and helping agencies with their innovation needs.

Ensco makes deal for aerospace, national security expansion

Ensco makes an acquisition to bolster its aerospace and national security market footprint, plus add a new proprietary cloud-based tool in use among many customers.

Elbit Systems' U.S. arm completes $380M Sparton buy

Elbit Systems' U.S. business completes the $380 million acquisition of Sparton Corp., which will operate in a different structure within its new home.

Carlson's successor at AWS retains her mandate for growth, long-term partnerships

Teresa Carlson, the architect and face of Amazon's public sector cloud business, is headed for Splunk as her AWS successor picks up the mandate for growth and relationships built to last.

Patent & Trademark Office finalizes awards for $2B software contract

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office picks five companies for a $2 billion software development and systems integration contract.

General Atomics acquires data, software services company

General Atomics acquires a data analytics and software engineering services company that counts the United Nations as among its customers.

Tyto Athene closes acquisition, unveils expanded leadership team

Tyto Athene completes its acquisition of the now-former AT&T defense IT professional services business and added new leadership team members as a result of that deal.

AWS, venture capital firm launch space startup accelerator

Amazon Web Services in partnership with a venture capital farm have stood up an accelerator and mentoring program for space startups, who are encouraged to apply.

AT&T adding 5G to FirstNet public safety network

AT&T is incorporating 5G connectivity and new encryption methods into the FirstNet public safety communications network.