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DOD bets on small businesses to improve industry competition

Part of the plan includes leaning in on other transaction agreements while increasing oversight of defense industry mergers and acquisitions.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Former Peraton business gets new CEO, name

Three months after being spun out with the name CTFV Acquisition Corp., the former Peraton systems engineering business has a new name and a new CEO.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Why Booz Allen sees spinouts as part of its strategy

Why would Booz Allen Hamilton let an internally-developed artificial intelligence product go out on its own rather than hold onto it? The government technology and consulting firm sees its spinout strategy as a natural progression.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Rocket Lab's latest acquisition focuses on solar panels

Rocket Lab is moving ahead on another acquisition to further diversify the space launch company’s portfolio of components that go onto its Electron platform.

  • By Ross Wilkers

ICF to acquire digital transformation, human-centered design specialist

ICF identifies a second acquisition in as many months to further expand the technology consulting firm’s IT modernization and digital transformation work with federal agencies.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Batsakis, Speigel return to start new adventure

Industry veteran George Bataskis and Phase One founder Jerad Speigel have joined forces with a private equity firm to buy Telesto Group, a company focused on enterprise resource planning and digital transformation.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Robotic Research gains financial firepower for commercial push

Self-driving technology company Robotic Research has completed a $228 million fundraising round to gain resources for its push beyond government and into commercial markets.

  • By Ross Wilkers

How BigBear landed a former IBM exec as its new COO

BigBear.AI has begun life as a publicly-traded company and here to tell us what's ahead for the company is Chief Operating Officer Sam Gordy, who once led billion-dollar business lines at IBM and Leidos.

  • By Nick Wakeman

SPA acquires space-focused systems engineering firm

With the backing of a new private equity owner, Systems Planning and Analysis makes an acquisition of its own to bolster the company’s presence on government advisory and assistance programs.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Tick tock: How PAE decided a sale to Amentum was the best path forward

PAE was on the public markets for only three months before its former private equity owner reached out with the idea of a reunion. A new regulatory filing takes us on PAE's journey toward a sale to Amentum.

  • By Ross Wilkers

TorchAI acquires data warehousing tech firm

Data processing software company Torch.AI makes an acquisition to add more products and expertise in warehousing, decision support and enterprise architectures.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Orolia to bring precision timing capabilities to new owner

Orolia -- a provider of resilient positioning, navigation and timing solutions -- is in talks to be acquired by a defense and aviation technology firm looking to expand its portfolio.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Cherokee Federal acquires intelligence services firm

Cherokee Federal is buying a Virginia small business that provides counter-terrorism solutions to intelligence agencies.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Deloitte acquires Oracle cloud integrator

Deloitte agrees to acquire a company that specializes in the deployment and integration of Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and application offerings.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Peraton makes its choice for new corporate headquarters

Peraton chooses a new home for the corporate headquarters to mark the company's first major decision in its physical facility footprint review.

  • By Ross Wilkers

With Carlyle's backing, CNSI aims high for next growth phase

CNSI has been acquired by the Carlyle Group and with that backing, CEO Todd Stottlemyer and team have an ambitious goal to hit $1 billion in annual revenue within five years.

  • By Nick Wakeman

ATS acquires cyber tech solutions provider

Acclaim Technical Services closes its third acquisition in two years and the latest transaction sees it buy a provider cyber technology solutions to the national security community.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Mercury acquires specialized semiconductor maker

Mercury Systems' fourth acquisition in the past 12 months sees them buy a company that makes radio frequency components, including a type of semiconductor often put in mobile phones.

  • By Ross Wilkers

BlueHalo continues its fast acquisition streak

The acquisition fires are burning hot over at BlueHalo as the private-equity backed national security tech firm completes its second purchase in a month and fifth within the past year.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Voyager Space purchases majority ownership of on-board electronics maker

Voyager Space is pursuing a strategy to become a vertically-integrated and publicly-traded company focused on exploration and infrastructure, and has made an acquisition to add key technologies into that portfolio.

  • By Ross Wilkers

PROJECT 38: How DMI sees private equity fueling its next phase of growth

Digital Management Inc. believes it has done just fine on its own for the last 19 years. But as founder and CEO Sunny Bajaj explains to Editor Nick Wakeman, an infusion of resources was needed as federal customers are increasingly buying the capabilities DMI has to offer.