Acquisitions have been on the mind of Lockheed Martin's CEO Jim Taiclet since he started in June, plus by extension the board of directors, and that has led the world's largest defense company to add even more girth with Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Huntington Ingalls Industries reveals who will be its new chief operating officer and next lead financial executive, while Parsons Corp.'s board of directors elects a familiar face as its newest member.
The Defense Department's inspector general has released some detail on how the Pentagon has been reimbursing contractors for some paid leave during the pandemic but, only some.
Like all defense companies, Northrop Grumman is on the hunt for technologies outside of its own industry that could be beneficial to themselves and their customers. Here's how that search led Northrop to invest some equity in a Philadelphia-based AI startup and how others can at least get on the radar.
After selling Metis to PAE, Blue Delta Capital Partners will continue to do what it has always done -- find good CEOs who need an investment to fuel their next stage of growth.
Amazon Web Services has filed an amended protest filing over the JEDI award to Microsoft that renews many of the earlier complaints, but now it also says it offered a better price.
Curtiss-Wright's latest foray into the defense communications landscape is its $400 million acquisition of PacStar. Executives from both sides update us on the integration and how they see where PacStar aligns with its acquirer.
The latest coronavirus relief bill includes an extension of Section 3610 of the CARES Act that allows contractors to get reimbursed for paid leave for certain workers who can't access government facilities.
Redwire, the AE Industrial Partners-backed space outfit, makes another acquisition to further build out its portfolio of components and other technologies that support the space platforms.
Mergers of equals are rare events in the government technology market, but Octo and Sevatec executives have broken that mold and explain to us why the companies are joining forces.
Leidos executive Gerry Fasano describes what drew the company to partner with and now acquire 1901 Group, plus how both companies have taken similar approaches to serving their customers.
Known for its unmanned aerial vehicles, AeroVironment decides to focus its latest acquisition on ground platforms to position for similar opportunities there.
The Defense Information Systems Agency puts its much-anticipated $11.2 billion 'Enclave Services' contract for broad IT services out for industry to bid.
It's a big deal for sure, but what will Peraton gain when it folds in Northrop Grumman's IT business? The work is broader than defense and intelligence with a good dose of health IT and other civilian work sprinkled in.
The government market had one more megadeal left for this year as Veritas Capital is combining its portfolio company Peraton with the Northrop Grumman federal IT business.
Mercury Systems will pay $310 million in cash for company that focuses on platform and mission management content technologies for use in defense applications.
