Inside the biggest M&A deals of 2011

Last year saw a slight drop in the number of completed deals, but the power of mergers and acquisitions to transform companies remains strong.

BAE to upgrade Navy shipboard, airborne communications systems

The work covers shore systems, mobile and airborne communications testing and certification.

5 win $900M anti-IED contract

Contractors will vie for task orders to support the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization in its battle against roadside bombs and other explosive devices.

Contractors donate more to Joint Strike Fighter Caucus members, reports says

A new report finds the House caucus for the much delayed Joint Strike Fighter program receives notably more contributions from the program's prime contractors.

BAE moves intell and security VP to SpecTal unit

Brian Sheridan will now lead the SpecTal business unit that BAE purchased earlier this year.

CSC, BAE re-up 17-year IT outsourcing agreement

The new agreement replaces the one due to expire next April and calls for CSC to deliver a full range of IT services to the UK-based defense contractor.

BAE continues to anchor Navy’s worldwide C4ISR services

The three-year C4ISR task order calls for BAE to provide maintenance, upgrades, logistics, training and sustainment support to ships, boats and vehicles.

21 firms share $5B Connections II prize

GSA's 10-year contract includes both large and small businesses. Who made the final cut?

BAE to lay off almost 3,000 in Britain

BAE Systems today announced nearly 3,000 potential job cuts in its Military Air and Information and Shared Services businesses and at its headquarters at Farnborough, England.

BAE to boost Navy's onboard communications systems

BAE Systems Inc. has won an $18 million communications contract from the Navy, the Defense Department announced Sept. 15.

BAE provides computer, software upgrades for AF transports

BAE Systems Inc. will design and test computers for 37 C-130 aircraft under an Air Force Materiel Command contract worth approximately $23 million.

6 contractors share $210M DOD information assurance awards

Six government contractors have each won a Defense Department contract worth more than $40 million to provide a range of support services to the Navy and other DOD and federal agencies, according to a September 8 DOD announcement.

BAE milks tank-cloaking technology

New Adaptiv technology can make a vehicle invisible in the infrared spectrum or make it look like something else, even Bessie the cow.

SAIC protests $850M Army contracts, defense publication reports

Science Applications International Corp. filed a protest Aug. 26 against the Army's award of Ground Combat Vehicle technology development contracts to two teams led by BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems.

Contractors share $900M prize to develop the Army's smart combat vehicle

Two teams of contractors, one led by BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman and another by General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin Corp., share a $900 million contract to develop the technology for the Army's smart combat vehicle.

BAE names replacement for retiring government relations chief

BAE Systems Inc. has named Erin Moseley as senior vice president for government relations succeeding Bob Fitch, who is retiring.

Contractors face their own cloud demons

More companies are turning to the cloud for infrastructure and applications, what can their transition teach the rest of us?

Finmeccanica battles American defense giants for Air Force contract

Competition heats up for a U.S. Air Force contract to build jet trainers.

Restructured BAE targets expansion

BAE Systems is focusing on growing segments of the market with its reorganized business unit.

BAE Systems sells off aerospace components company

BAE Systems has reached an agreement to sell its Composite Structures business to EnCore Composites Holdings Inc. Financial terms were not reported.