Elbit Systems, Anduril detail their latest acquisitions
Two new acquisitions in the defense technology market come courtesy of Elbit Systems and Anduril Industries as they look to expand both their product portfolios and market shares.
Cubic accepts increased bid from Veritas & activist hedge fund
Cubic Corp.’s board of directors accepts an increased offer from Veritas Capital and the latter's activist hedge fund partner for this deal that ends a bidding war against Singapore Technologies Engineering.
Opinion
5 public relations strategies for mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions are rampant in the market so don't overlook the significant role marketing and public relations can play to make your deal distinct from your competitors and better understood by your employees and customers.
Heat turns up in the fight to acquire Cubic
Singapore Technologies Engineering has twice raised its offer to acquire Cubic Corp., which is in the midst of a bidding war between STE and a team of Veritas and Elliott Management.
Time for cyber teams, not stovepipes: Telos' CEO tells Wall Street
Telos Corp. is starting to tell its story to Wall Street just as cybersecurity is once again at or near the top of the agenda for federal agencies after two recent and significant compromises.
Space infrastructure firm finds partner to take it public
Redwire, the space infrastructure company backed by AE Industrial Partners, is merging with a blank check firm to become publicly-traded amid continued hot investor and customer interest in space.
Leonardo DRS' parent postpones IPO
Leonardo DRS' parent company is postponing the planned initial public offering of the defense electronics outfit but says it could eventually pick back up where it left off.
ECS founder Kapani buys new GovCon platform
Roy Kapani has acquired Seacorp with a plan to grow the Navy contractor, including through making more acquisitions.
Podcasts
What will drive the deals in 2021?
In this episode of Project 38, Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers discuss how they see little ahead to slow the pace of mergers and acquisitions in the federal market as buyers of all types continue to make big deals.
Cubic to consider second acquisition offer
Cubic Corp. will look at an unsolicited proposal to acquire the company by Singapore Technologies Engineering, whose bid has come over the top of what Veritas Capital and its activist hedge fund partner agreed to pay.
Peraton revels in hidden gems its Northrop and Perspecta deals bring in
Peraton is not going to be a large platform builder or try its luck at commercial markets after adding the former Northrop Grumman IT business and later its pending deal for Perspecta, but it is talking up the added product and patent content through both deals.
Podcasts
PROJECT 38: What investor concerns say about the federal market
This wide-ranging discussion has Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers talk with Jon Raviv, an equity research analyst, and venture capitalist Mark Frantz about how investors are weighing federal budgets, mergers and acquisitions, and other factors driving the market.
KBR moving ahead with Centauri now fully in the fold
KBR's acquisition of Centauri late last year was the largest and most transformational in the buyer's own words. With the integration done, KBR's focus is now focused on further growing its government market share.
Podcasts
PROJECT 38: BlueHalo's strategy for transforming modern warfare
BlueHalo hit the market hard with six acquisitions in 2020 and as CEO Jonathan Moneymaker explains to Editor Nick Wakeman, this latest platform of Arlington Capital Partners is pursuing opportunities around the transformation of modern warfare.
Leonardo DRS sets its IPO size & specs
Leonardo DRS reveals the stake it is offering investors through an initial public offering that sees the Italy-based parent retain both effective control of the business and a presence in the U.S. defense market.
Cyber firm IronNet finds buyer to take it public
IronNet, the cybersecurity firm founded and led by retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, will become a publicly-traded entity by merging with a blank check firm that includes two L3 Technologies founders in its leadership ranks.
Parsons lays out its three-year blueprint
Parsons Corp. showed more of its hand on the growth strategy and continued evolution of the business when it returned to the public markets two years ago. Here is how the company recently took investors through its blueprint for the next three years.
CACI signs off on $500M stock buyback
CACI International is the lone publicly-traded government technology services company that tells investors upfront to not expect dividends on the stock, but it is pulling the lever on share repurchases with this $500 million buyback.
PAE sees its second year of being public looking much like the first
PAE's first year of being a publicly-traded government services company began a mere handful of weeks before the coronavirus pandemic was declared and their outlook for 2021 sees some of those effects carrying over.
How L3Harris is balancing internal focus & external pursuits
L3Harris Technologies as we know it is 20 months old, which puts the self-touted Sixth Prime roughly halfway through the effort to make its two big pieces into one and company executives further detailed where they are in that process to investors.
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