Sellers' expectations high in hot M&A market and public companies don't like it

The government market's merger-and-acquisition landscape continues to run hot and so are what sellers hope to fetch. Public companies are pointing to those high expectations as a reason for not going forward with deals.

Tech Data opens up on DLT deal

Tech Data will leave the public markets in the first half of next year but will have to report its financial results until then, including the price it paid for DLT Solutions.

Leidos views itself as one of the FAA's three major contractors but eyes more runway

Leidos is touting its credentials with the Federal Aviation Administration as an anchor for more civilian growth, just as that agency gets ready to rebid a major IT and telecommunications contract held by the newly-merged L3Harris Technologies.

Alion adds three-decade vet Stirtzinger

Alion Science and Technology adds to its leadership team Todd Stirtzinger, a three-decade market veteran formerly of L3Harris Technologies.

AWS CEO weighs in on Trump's JEDI impact

Amazon Web Services' court filings have already shown that it believes President Trump biased the competition against AWS, whose CEO Andy Jassy is arguing that Trump's influence was unavoidable and wrong.

Cyber traffic defense firm gets In-Q-Tel backing

A malicious traffic defense outfit completes its first venture capital funding round that also included In-Q-Tel, the U.S. intelligence community's investment arm that now has an international hub.

Warren Buffett's bid for Tech Data partly explains the GovCon market he almost (sort of) entered

Warren Buffett largely went against his own investment approach in a bid to acquire Tech Data, now the new owners of DLT Solutions. That attempt also mirrors what is going on in the GovCon market that DLT plays in.

Gunnison appoints GDIT vet as next CEO

Government services outfit Gunnison Consulting Group appoints a 15-year market veteran and former General Dynamics executive as the next CEO.

ASRC Federal keeps $354M NASA recompete

ASRC Federal wins an expanded $354 million recompete of a NASA contract to help plan and manage programs.

Inside the Arctic Circle, a partnership drives for greater space data via the cloud

Quintillion and ATLAS Space Operations are working together on creating a ground station and eyeing cloud infrastructure as a way to deliver space-based data.

Maximus sees stability in roller-coaster Census work

Maximus knows the revenue infusion of working on the Census is short-lived. But they see the benefits in past performance, customer experience and cash as helping for the long-term.

Jacobs further steps away from 'E&C' label as KeyW integration moves ahead

By rebrand and recasting itself, Jacobs begins to tell investors a different story about the company with the acquisition of KeyW Corp. a critical piece of that new narrative.

Leidos adds former DHS CIO Zangardi

Leidos announces its executive-level hire of John Zangardi, the former Homeland Security Department chief information officer.

AWS files sealed JEDI protest, but puts Trump at center of its case

Amazon Web Services' protest of the Defense Department's award of the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract made it to court Friday. While mostly sealed, some early cards in AWS' hand are evident, including claims of undue influence from President Trump.

Census action far from over post-2020 collection

The Census will be taken next year but that is merely the data collection part, as ImmixGroup analysts put it during their annual Government IT Sales Summit.

Cubic to acquire rest of software firm Pixia

Three months after the initial investment, Cubic Corp. decides it will acquire the remainder of commercial software company Pixia.

Lockheed receives DOD cyber range contract extension

Lockheed Martin gets a two-year extension on its contract to support the Defense Department's main Internet range used for cyber attack simulations.

ManTech unveils VA business leadership team

ManTech International names three executives to a new team within the company that will focus on work and opportunities with the Veterans Affairs Department.

CNSI grows finance executive team

CNSI adds a new member to the health care technology firm's financial leadership team.

Accenture Federal appoints new defense lead

Accenture Federal Services promotes one of its own to lead the defense and intelligence market portfolio.