How Tetra Tech made, and makes, its fed tech presence known

Four years and five deals on, Tetra Tech has an almost $200 million-revenue federal technology business it views as in sync with the company's global engineering and consulting identity.

ICF's Kesavan to retire from company

After nearly 37 years at ICF with 20 as CEO, Executive Chairman Sudhakar Kesavan announces his retirement from the company he led through growth and to the public markets.

Why Telos decided the time is now for its IPO

Through its initial public offering, Telos Corp.'s stock is now available for all to buy and that means public investors can be at least a part of its story. CEO John Wood caught up with us briefly to overview what that story is, why they decided the time is right for its IPO and what's next for the cybersecurity firm.

Already somewhat public, Telos' IPO further illuminates strategy

Telos Corp. was a publicly-traded company for many years, but the fact that its stock will be listed on the NASDAQ brings the cybersecurity outfit's strategy and story into sharper focus.

Meet 'Avantus Federal'

The government services company formerly known as E3/Sentinel has been at work constructing a formidable mid-tier player that embraces that identity. Now as Avantus Federal, that thesis is unchanged even as so many other aspects of the market change.

PAE's latest 'white space' acquisition eyes new vehicles

PAE is back in business as one of the government market’s most serial acquirers with two deals now in the works to grow its intelligence community footprint, plus the portfolio of contract vehicles through this latest transaction.

Comsovereign's board elects Kapoor

5G consortium Comsovereign is expanding its board of directors and adding a new member in Kay Kapoor, the former CEO of AT&T Public Sector and Accenture Federal Services.

What's next for ASRC Federal after rebrand

ASRC Federal's last rebrand and new logo came out two decades ago so the company decided the time was right to do just that this year, a move the CEO tells us is not just about customers but current and future employees as well.

Public CEOs weigh in on budget landscape

There seems to be near-unanimous agreement among the leading public company CEOs that the overall government budget and defense spending specifically will be flat because of COVID-19 relief spending and a divided government. Here is a compilation of how these execs explained the market to their investors.

Amid market resilience, SOSi's CEO highlights two overhangs to consider

The government market has been resilient in the face of economic dysfunction brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, but two major headwinds need to be worked through in the eyes of SOS International's CEO.

ManTech closes buy of cyber defense firm

ManTech completes its acquisition of a company focused on cyber defense that also further entrenches the buyer with intelligence community clients.

Two commercial tech firms add government experience, expertise

Two companies involved in commercial technology bring aboard veteran executives of the government market in hopes of making further inroads with federal customers and systems integrators.

Raytheon to acquire small sat maker for $350M

Raytheon Technologies is still integrating its two legacy businesses but has found a small satellite maker it apparently could not pass up on the opportunity to acquire.

Does the GovCon industry need a different model for innovation?

Discussions about how the government should be more inviting to industry always bring up the acquisition models agencies use to buy goods and services. But some industry watchers also say the sector may need a different model as well to make innovation happen.

Even with positive vaccine news, will COVID's economic impacts weigh on budgets?

Pfizer had universally-welcome news to share Monday morning on its coronavirus vaccine but that does not take away the pandemic's human and economic cost, including what it may mean for government budgets.

ManTech welcomes industry-wide returns of employees to work

Government contractors still for now have CARES Act reimbursements to keep sidelined employees on the payroll, but the number of people caught in that situation is fewer than at the pandemic's start. That push back to a more regular work cadence is one ManTech sees boding well for itself and industry overall.

COVID recovery might drive the same tech priorities as the response, ICF execs say

The U.S.' recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could bring similar priorities as that of the response to the pandemic as both require more advanced technology, according to ICF executives.

PAE sees 2021's funding picture looking like 2020

Of equal (maybe greater) importance than the election outcome for GovCon companies is what the budget landscape looks like and PAE believes 2021 will be mostly the same environment as 2020 from a funding perspective.

AE Industrial's latest deal reveal is a pair

AE Industrial Partners has been busy lately announcing several acquisitions with the latest being a pair of deals across both the government and commercial travel sectors that are being combined into a single new entity.

Parsons further lifts curtain on its latest acquisition

Parsons Corp. recent acquisition sheds more light on the certainties it sees in the market amid a whole lot of uncertainty including a presidential election outcome that is TBD.