General Dynamics not sweating protests, award delays

General Dynamics' third quarter saw large wins delayed by protests and decisions on awards pushed out further even as it touts the IT services segment's underlying metrics that signal growth.

LMI venture fund to back climate modeling software firm

LMI's venture capital fund has invested in an analytics firm specializing in climate risks and the deal includes a business partnership with LMI.

What two PE deals say about strategies, opportunities in the federal market

Two private equity firms have made moves this week that are slightly different in nature but arguably illustrate the kind of opportunities present in the federal market.

Cognosante appoints new growth chief

Cognosante brings on a former Optum and CSC executive to steer the health care IT company's growth strategies, both internal and external.

Vectrus looks ahead and up after clearing big hurdle

Vectrus has done its part in clearing the company's largest recompete and is already looking ahead on continuing its turnaround from a much different and difficult place a few years ago.

How SAIC helps vets boost their cyber career paths

Many companies put a value on hiring veterans and here's how SAIC is supporting veterans by using a scholarship to advance their cyber careers.

How balancing speed and cost works in fielding new space systems

Space is one of the most talked-about areas as agencies look to deploy new systems and capabilities faster, but sometimes there are trade-offs to emphasize speed.

SAIC stays dedicated to vehicle integration business

Science Applications International Corp. will have a military vehicle services business no matter the result of an Army competition to provide a lighter-weight truck, which SAIC has passed the gate to be in the running for.

Steampunk hires Salient CRGT, CSRA vet as new defense lead

Steampunk appoints former Salient CRGT and CSRA executive Nick Trczinski to the leadership team to help steer defense growth.

AWS appoints new public sector partner head

Amazon Web Services shifts one of its executives into a new position focused on the cloud provider's network of public sector market partners.

Where does Veritas Capital go from here with latest fund?

Veritas Capital nearly doubles the financial commitments for its latest fund compared to the one it raised three years ago. All eyes now on where those dollars go.

BAE wins $437M award for Army open-source work

BAE Systems' U.S. arm secures an estimated $437 million task order to help the Army manage open source data and build a cloud to host it.

Booz Allen lands Digital Soldier opportunity with open concept

Booz Allen Hamilton has won a $561 million Army contract to build a Digital Soldier system built on an open architecture that supports technologies from other companies.

AECOM finds buyers for government services business

AECOM is opting to sell its government services business to a pair of private equity firms for $2.4 billion rather than spin that unit off into a new public company. One of those buyers is not new to the market, while the other one is.

Guidehouse closes Navigant acquisition

Guidehouse closes its acquisition of Navigant Consulting to gain critical mass in services supporting highly regulated industries.

Shareholders approve Raytheon-UTC combination

Raytheon and United Technologies shareholders vote to approve their merger, which is getting close scrutiny by antitrust regulators.

HP wins hardware portion of NGEN recompete

The Navy awards the first piece of its multi-billion dollar NGEN recompete to HP Federal as it appears to be sticking with what it has on the hardware front.

Unisys adds $152M DISA contract to federal growth story

Unisys' federal business continues to help spur the company's comeback with an almost $152 million Defense Information Systems Agency contract now part of that story.

Steampunk builds out civilian leadership team

Launched earlier this year, Steampunk makes a suite of appointments to its executive team including a leader of the company's civilian business.

Battelle sells its UAS tech to Dedrone

Battelle has sold its portfolio of hardware and software developed for unmanned aircraft to Dedrone, which will created a new defense unit.