Activist investor pushing to buy Cubic

Cubic Corp. has become another government contractor to draw the attention of an activist investor, which is making clear its intentions to acquire the defense and transportation company.

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PROJECT 38: How the Top 100's telecom giants keep us connected during the pandemic

In this Project 38 episode, Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers talks with top public sector executives from the 2020 Washington Technology Top 100’s three highest-ranked telecommunications firms on their work to keep government agencies and people connected during the coronavirus pandemic.

Evoke appoints new COO

Service-disabled, veteran-owned firm Evoke brings aboard a 25-year market veteran to be its next chief operating officer.

Draper appoints LaPlante as new CEO

Nonprofit R&D organization Draper Laboratory appoints a new CEO in former Air Force acquisition chief William LaPlante.

Lockheed's venture org backs airspace monitoring firm

Lockheed Martin's venture capital organization invests in a company focused on monitoring low-altitude airspace traffic as drone delivery and other new use cases are emerging.

Already two years behind schedule, JEDI fight to continue into 2021

A new timeline has been agreed upon by Amazon Web Services and the Defense Department on the court case surrounding the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract that will delay its fielding even more.

Maximus unveils new public health shop

Maximus' newly-established public health organization will work with federal, state and local government agencies on their response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

T-Rex adds intell community presence through acquisition

T-Rex Solutions' acquisition of a nearly two-decade old company adds footprints in the intelligence community.

Accenture's federal shop elevates pair of execs

Accenture Federal Services makes a pair of promotions within its executive team and one is now in a newly-created role for the business.

Sev1Tech adds former General Dynamics exec

Sev1Tech adds to its leadership team Yogesh Khanna, former chief technology officer for General Dynamics IT and two of its heritage businesses.

TOP 100: CenturyLink's Level 3 deal bears fruit

CenturyLink acquired Level 3 in late 2017 and the integration of that business is starting to pay off in the federal market as task orders flow under the massive Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle.

TOP 100: Verizon Public Sector embraces customer-facing model

Verizon Public Sector sees opportunities driven by customer demand for fast solutions as the market adjust to COVID-19 pandemic.

TOP 100: The new Raytheon Technologies sees its workforce as the strongest link

Raytheon Technologies certainly now has more heft and resources to bear for technology development as a aerospace-and-defense systems giant, but its chief technology officer talks up the workforce and especially engineers as much as he does for the tech itself.

TOP 100: AT&T strategy bears fruit during COVID pandemic

AT&T has been investing heavily in recent years and its grown its FirstNet offering. Both are paying off for AT&T as its customers work through the COVID-19 pandemic.

TOP 100: Inside BAE's big bet to ride GPS upgrade wave

BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary acquired a GPS business of the size and specs that rarely becomes available to buyers. CEO Tom Arseneault explains the thinking behind the deal and how the company is also looking at the future of work amid COVID-19.

TOP 100: Inside the L3Harris push to put its 2 big pieces together

Over the summer, L3Harris Technologies marked the one-year anniversary of two longstanding market players. L3Harris' chief operating officer gives us an update on the integration, plus how the new company is managing through COVID-19 and thinking about the future of work.

With new owners and a new CEO, NuWave eyes work in agencies' decision cycles

With a new owner and a new chief executive in place, NuWave Solutions is looking to expand its role in the decision cycles federal agencies go through when they look at data and determine what to do next.

Former Polaris Alpha CEO takes the helm at a new firm focused on space

Polaris Alpha's former CEO is now the chief executive of a new space technology player in Redwire that can trace its history back almost six decades through a legacy company. He tells us how Redwire plans to stand out in a crowded market landscape.

Cubic realigns defense businesses

Cubic Corp. will go from having three segments to two through a consolidation that sees its defense facing units become one.

Palantir's real strength is its business model

As Palantir heads to the public markets, it's good to revisit how the software company cracked the federal market and why it will continue to be a challenge to traditional GovCon firms.