CAE's defense group lead to depart, interim exec named

CAE’s defense and security group president will step down to take up a new job and an interim lead has been named.

SparkCognition's government shop names lead exec

Commercial AI outfit SparkCognition hires a new lead executive from one of its investors to lead the government subsidiary.

Kratos to acquire satellite antenna biz

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is acquiring a satellite antenna maker that was made available to the market by the antitrust regulatory process.

ManTech promotes new COO in reorg

ManTech elevates one of its group presidents to chief operating officer as part of a reorganization.

Accenture's federal shop secures $341M Commerce cloud contract

Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary books a $341 million contract to help the Commerce Department centralize administrative functions and business systems into a single cloud-hosted environment.

DOD doubles ceiling on multi-billion microelectronic contract

The Defense Department’s lead agency for designing and prototyping microelectronics has more than doubled the ceiling on a technology insertion contract awarded four years ago.

Newly-launched space firm names new CEO

AE Industrial Partners' newly-launched space technology company Redwire appoints a new CEO that formerly held the same post at Polaris Alpha.

Activist investor takes large stake in Perspecta

Rarely do activist investors make their way into the government market, but Jana Partners has done so for a third time with its newly-disclosed stake in Perspecta.

Perspecta, Northrop detail changes to their boards

Perspecta and Northrop Grumman both announce changes to their boards of directors in the form of a new chairman for one and an additional member for the other.

SOS International reorgs, names new defense & intell leader

SOS International combines its defense IT and intelligence solutions units into one and promotes one of its own executives to lead it.

Accenture's federal shop adds former Air Force deputy CIO

Accenture’s U.S. federal arm hires former Air Force Deputy CIO Bill Marion to the leadership team.

Raytheon Technologies promotes new HR lead

Two months into its post-merger story, Raytheon Technologies appoints a new chief human resources officer from within the ranks.

Collaboration drives innovation for Octo and the National Cancer Institute

Speed was of the essence when NCI asked Octo and its partners to build a cloud-based image repository to support COVID-19 researchers.

Army has $5B IT equipment contract start date lined up

The Army appears to perhaps finally have a finish line in front of it for getting a nearly $5 billion IT equipment contract off the ground.

E3/Sentinel's fifth acquisition to pave way for rebrand

E3/Sentinel's fifth acquisition in the less than two years since E3 and Sentinel merged paves the way for a rebranding.

Transportation adds pair to $280M agile software BPA

The Transportation Department adds two more companies onto a $280 million blanket purchase agreement that seeks to help move the department toward a more agile approach for software development.

LMI names leader for combined digital practice, hires former White House CIO

LMI combines its advanced analytics and digital services practices into a single shop and promoted a new leader for it as a former White House CIO also joins the nonprofit.

KBR scores $570M NASA takeaway win

KBR wins a $570.3 million NASA facility and systems management contract that represents new business for the company.

In-Q-Tel backs speech recognition outfit

The intelligence community’s venture capital arm invests in an automatic speech recognition startup to determine how that technology can be of use for government agencies.

HawkEye 360 board adds Raytheon, Airbus execs

The board of directors at space and data analytics company HawkEye 360 adds two new members that are top executives at some of its investors.