Arlington Capital adds IC IT footprint with Xebec buy

Arlington Capital Partners adds an intelligence community IT presence to its portfolio with the acquisition of Xebec.

DOJ clears CenturyLink-Level 3 deal

The Justice Department clears CenturyLink's $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications as both companies eye closure in mid-to-late October.

Serco Inc. adds CMS vet Shields as healthcare lead

Serco Group's North American arm hires former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services executive Karen Shields as vice president of the health sector.

CGI books $68M USAID cloud contract

CGI's federal arm receives a five-year, $68.2 million contract for cloud services to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Harris receives $765M Navy portable radio contract

Harris Corp. will deliver portable radios and other related parts to the Navy under a new potential five-year, $765 million sole-source contract.

VA hands down $25B VECTOR services contract to 68 firms

The Veterans Affairs Department makes 68 awards on its potential 10-year, $25 billion VECTOR contract for general management and business support services to 68 service-disable, veteran-owned companies.

SAIC restructures business groups, offers 100 senior managers early retirement

Science Applications International Corp. is consolidating its business organizations and offered voluntary retirement to 100 senior managers after a challenging first half to its fiscal year.

Navy narrows 'Orca' underwater drone field to Boeing-HII, Lockheed

The Navy chooses a Boeing-Huntington Ingalls team and Lockheed Martin to proceed on the branch's "Orca" underwater drone development program.

MDA clears regulatory hurdle for $2.4B DigitalGlobe deal

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has cleared one of the final regulatory hurdles for its estimated $2.4 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe and now expects to close the deal by Oct. 6.

UT-Austin receives $1B Navy acoustics research contract

A University of Texas-Austin laboratory organization receives a potential five-year, $1.1 billion Navy contract to research acoustics for the U.S. military.

Obsidian wins $97M Marine Corps training development contract

Small business Obsidian Solutions Group takes a six-year, $97 million Marine Corps training exercise development contract.

iGov elevates Reiche to BD SVP

Systems integrator iGov moves company executive Chuck Reiche up to senior vice president of business development.

Air Force uses LPTA for $998M weapon systems research contract

The Air Force awards a potential 10-year, $998 million contract for weapon systems research and evaluation but on an LPTA basis.

Peraton adds Mazzocco as chief security officer

Peraton continues the construction of its executive team with the hire of Phillip Mazzocco as chief security officer.

Northrop names Warden COO, other senior appointments for 2018

Northrop Grumman will have a new chief operating officer in Kathy Warden and see several other executive transitions both at the end of this year.

General Dynamics promotes Guerry to IT COO

General Dynamics elevates Bernie Guerry to chief operating officer for the defense contractor's IT services division.

Versar finds buyer to take firm private

Against a mountain of debt, Versar finds a buyer to take the contractor private but at a major discount for shareholders.

Spalding Consulting wins $83M Navy, DOD IT logistics contract

Small business Spalding Consulting will continue its IT logistics systems support for the Navy and other defense agencies under a new five-year, $83 million contract.

Jacobs takes $480M DISA test, evaluation support contract

Jacobs Engineering Group beats out two other bidders for a potential six-and-a-half year, $480 million test and evaluation support contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency.

Accenture adds McClure to federal exec team

Accenture hires former GSA executive Dave McClure to the federal subsidiary's leadership team for a CIO modernization-focused position.