Alion taps former MacB chief Fuchs as COO

Alion Science and Technology names Sid Fuchs as chief operating officer seven months after the acquisition of MacAulay-Brown, which he led as CEO.

Schafer's private equity backers shift company across portfolio

Schafer Corp.'s private equity owners combined that government services contractor with another, similar business in the portfolio.

NewWave books $196M CMS modernization order

NewWave Telecom & Technologies takes a $196M IT and application modernization order with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Cubic makes deal for secure comm outfit Nuvotronics

Cubic Corp. buys Nuvotronics for $64 million in cash to further grow a portfolio of secure communications technology.

PE firm backs Sev1Tech

Private equity firm DFW Capital Partners acquires a controlling equity stake in Sev1Tech, a government and commercial IT services provider.

SAP NS2 partnership with Dassian expands ERP offerings

SAP National Security Solutions has formed a new partnership with Dassian Strategic Solutions to offer the latter’s enterprise resource planning products to customers in the U.S. government and highly-regulated industries.

Deloitte hires former Air Force surgeon general

Deloitte adds Air Force Surgeon General Mark Edinger to the leadership team in its government and public services practice.

CenturyLink fully cleared to proceed on EIS telecom vehicle

CenturyLink is the first carrier to get an authority-to-operate designation on GSA's massive EIS telecommunications contract. Now comes the part of winning the work and helping agencies make the move.

Army chooses QinetiQ NA to build small unmanned ground robot

The Army chooses QinetiQ North America to build a small unmanned ground robot for one of the branch's first "UGV" programs of record.

FLIR plans second headquarters in DC region

FLIR Systems will open a second corporate headquarters in the Washington, D.C., region so it can be closer to its federal customers.

Tyto Athene names IC vet exec advisory board chair

Tyto Athene -- the former Black Box federal arm -- names longtime intelligence community veteran Joanne Isham chair of its executive advisory board.

In-Q-Tel backs synthetic data platform outfit

Intelligence community investment arm In-Q-Tel partners with AI.Reverie to bring synthetic data platforms into government agencies.

Blackberry launches new federal arm

BlackBerry opens a new federal subsidiary headquartered in Washington, D.C. to guide the company's cloud computing products through the government market.

Jacobs scores another takeaway with $785M Army training win

Jacobs Engineering Group takes out another longtime incumbent for a big contract win, this time for a $785 million Army training services program.

Preferred Systems Solutions hires new CFO

Preferred Systems Solutions hires chief financial officer Dan Muse, a former CFO for both FCI Enterprises and Sevatec.

SAIC's Austin presence boosts connection to emerging tech

SAIC has opened an office inside the Austin, Texas accelerator Capital Factory bringing it closer to tech entrepreneurs as well as the Army's Futures Command.

SAIC hires Ritchie as software lead

Science Applications International Corp. hires a new software practice lead in Bob Ritchie, formerly of Capital One.

Parsons reportedly kicking IPO tires

Parsons reportedly is exploring an initial public offering and could be the first GovCon IPO since Booz Allen Hamilton's in 2010.

NTT Data books $60M NIH IT support contract

NTT Data books a $60 million contract for IT service desk support to a National Institutes of Health hub.

Tyto Athene appoints new CFO

Tyto Athene, the former Black Box federal arm, appoints MicroPact's former CFO to the same role.