L3 finds buyer for Vertex to continue "sixth prime" transformation

L3 Technologies is divesting its Vertex Aerospace business to continue a larger effort to become the defense sector's "nontraditional sixth prime."

DOD sets date to discuss $8B cloud email effort with industry

Amid speculation and controversy surrounding its massive “JEDI” effort, the Defense Department schedules an event to discuss its second large cloud initiative for email and calendar services.

Belcan government arm adds Dr. Mark Brown as advanced engineering CTO

Belcan's government services segment hires Dr. Mark Brown as chief technology officer of advanced engineering.

SAIC hires CSRA vet Walsh to head IT segment

Science Applications International Corp. hires former CSRA executive John F. Walsh III to lead the information technology solutions business segment.

ICF wins $51M in Air Force cyberspace work

ICF takes a $51.7 million contract to carry out cyberspace support services for the Air Force’s Air Combat Command.

Raytheon's space pipeline grows behind closed doors

Raytheon sees space as a growth area, but the highly classified nature of the work means they can't say much about it.

L3 adds Melanie Heitkamp as HR lead

L3 Technologies hires former Leidos human resources executive Melanie Heitkamp as senior vice president and chief HR officer.

Harris appoints Bailey to board

Harris Corp. has appointed a new member of its board of directors in Louisiana-Pacific CFO Sallie Bailey.

Northrop sees more synergy between services, rest of company

Northrop Grumman is seeing more synergies between its services business and the rest of the company. They also see that as helping keep segment margins high.

Siemens names federal lead Humpton as U.S. CEO

Siemens Corp. appoints federal business leader Barbara Humpton as chief executive for the industrial conglomerate’s U.S. business in a move to take effect June 1.

In SGT deal, KBR further transforms its government services business

The $355 million acquisition of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies is just the latest move by KBR to transform its government services business.

With CSRA in tow, GD watches how JEDI 'shapes out'

General Dynamics is still in the early days of its takeover of CSRA but it is taking a close look at DOD's massive JEDI cloud contract.

CACI books $145M Army intelligence services order

CACI International books a $145 million task order to help research and evaluate intelligence information for the Army to combat insurgent activities and builds it lead as top prime on the $7.2 billion Global Intelligence Support Services contract.

Lockheed CEO encouraged by budget but warns of sequestration

Even with higher defense spending and some more budget certainty, Lockheed Martin’s chief executive likes to remind anyone who will listen that one headwind remains: sequestration.

ECS adds David West as corporate development lead

ECS hires former Wolf Den Associates executive and federal market consultant David West as vice president of corporate development.

Peraton makes first post-Harris acquisition in deal for SRI

Peraton -- the former Harris Corp. IT services business -- makes its first acquisition as the independent company in a deal for Strategic Resources International.

Army extends ADMC-2 for two years

The Army has extended the current Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-2 contract for hardware, software and related services as the legal battle for ADMC-3 drags on.

Serco's Americas arm hires Watson as federal services lead

Serco Group’s Americas arm adds former Science Applications International Corp. executive Tom Watson as senior vice president of federal services.

Raytheon forms cyber partnership with Virsec

Raytheon forms an alliance with Silicon Valley-based commercial cyber company Virsec to bring new network defense products to global government and critical infrastructure entities.

Embedded IT firm gets IC venture arm backing

Embedded IT company Red Balloon Security has received an investment from intelligence community venture capital organization In-Q-Tel.