DOT makes awards on $700M enterprise IT contract

The Transportation Department makes a pair of awards on its $700 million enterprise IT services contract.

BAE makes big bet to ride GPS upgrade wave

BAE Systems is spending almost $2 billion to acquire a military GPS business ahead of a required mandate on those systems to use a new type of encryption.

CAE adds former Raytheon exec Probert

CAE adds to its leadership team Todd Probert, an industry veteran most recently at Raytheon's government services division.

Another private equity firm enters GovCon's middle tier

OceanSound Partners becomes the latest private equity firm to enter the government contracting market's middle tier and makes two investments to get started.

Booz Allen names new national security head

Booz Allen Hamilton elevates a three-decade veteran of the firm to lead its national security business.

Zeneth adds former ManTech exec

Zeneth Technology Partners adds a former ManTech International executive to the leadership team.

Octo hires CACI vet to lead federal health business

Octo brings onboard a two-decade market veteran to lead its federal health IT business.

Mercury board adds former long-time Lockheed exec

Mercury Systems' board of directors elects a new member in Orlando Carvalho, who spent nearly four decades at Lockheed Martin.

NOAA wraps up awards on $3B 'ProTech' services vehicle

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes the final set of awards on its broad $3 billion "ProTech" contract vehicle for professional and technical services.

WBB makes second deal with private equity backing

Whitney, Bradley & Brown has made its second acquisition as a private equity-backed contractor looking to climb up the middle market's food chain.

AWS wants work stopped on JEDI cloud roll-out

Amazon Web Services will ask a federal judge to order a stop on work by the Defense Department and Microsoft on the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract.

1901 Group adds Batsakis

1901 Group adds to its executive team George Batsakis, an industry veteran most recently at Accenture's federal arm.

ICF makes $255M acquisition to bolster its tech implementation skills

ICF has long touted its subject matter expertise as a plus in the federal technology arena and sees the $255 million acquisition of ITG as adding to its implementation chops.

Lockheed hires former DARPA chief as CTO

Lockheed Martin hires DARPA's most recent director to be the company's next chief technology officer and its current CTO moves into a new position.

Dovel appoints new growth chief

Dovel Technologies hires a new chief growth officer as the company aims to further climb the food chain of the market's middle tier.

ComSovereign names new finance chief

ComSovereign names a new chief financial officer in the wake of its merger with Drone Aviation.

AECOM adds $192M Army contract as government biz sale nears

AECOM's government services arm secures a $192 million Army network logistics contract as that business prepares to be acquired.

AWS, VMware cloud specialist makes deal for public sector growth

Effectual, a provider of AWS and VMware cloud managed services, acquires a small business to gain more of a footprint in the public sector that includes key vehicles

IT services firm acquires biomedical, public health contractor

IT services provider BRMi purchases a contractor that supports agencies in the biomedical research and public health arenas.

Army awards $5B comms system support recompete

The Army makes almost two dozen awards on its $5.1 billion global communications network support contract.