Australian firm makes deal to grow US defense footprint
Codan, an Australia-headquartered communications equipment maker, acquires a wireless technology company to expand the buyer's U.S. defense market presence and add more mesh networking capabilities.
Raytheon raises concerns about Lockheed's Aerojet deal
Raytheon is raising some concerns about Lockheed Martin's $4.4 billion acquisition and its impact on the independence of suppliers.
Applied Insight's latest acquisition adds intell firm
Applied Insight has acquired a company that specializes in cross-domain network solutions for the intelligence community.
Enlightenment Capital invests in firm as part of SBA loan program
Enlightenment Capital invests in data management and professional services firm Artlin Consulting to help that company through its next phase of growth. The investment is part of a Small Business Administration loan program.
Palantir details new phase of federal strategy
Palantir was not shy in its ambition to take on traditional competitors and wrestle away market share in the government market, but the next phase of the software company's federal strategy will see more teamwork with others.
Serco's US subsidiary further builds defense business with $295M acquisition
Serco Inc. is buying Whitney, Bradley & Brown for $295 billion in a deal that pushes the acquirer closer to its goal of $2 billion in annual revenue.
Peraton CEO previews the coming merger with Perspecta
During an investor conference, Peraton CEO Stu Shea explained the rationale behind its deals to combine with the Northrop Grumman IT business and Perspecta. Plus how the new, bigger Peraton plans to position itself in the market.
How these 3 companies are looking ahead to 2021
Huntington Ingalls Industries, ECS Federal's parent company and Cerner all reported to Wall Street their financial results from a challenging 2020 and gave some initial glimpses at how they see 2021.
Tyler Technologies eyeing all corners of its public sector strategy in largest-ever acquisition
Tyler Technologies makes a $2.3 billion deal for NIC that expands its federal revenue by nearly 50 percent and adds new capabilities.
QuantiTech completes third deal with private equity backing
QuantiTech completes a third transaction with the backing of its private equity owner that represents a next and larger step for the government services company.
Veritas teaming with activist hedge fund on Cubic acquisition
Veritas Capital and the activist hedge fund led by noted investor Paul Singer have teamed up to acquire Cubic Corp., whose board of directors has now accepted the offer.
Huntington Ingalls divests oil & gas business
Huntington Ingalls Industries completes the sale of its business focused on the oil and gas sector to a private equity firm.
Perspecta CEO plans to retire after close of Peraton deal
In a letter to employees, Perspecta Chairman and CEO Mac Curtis announced his intent to retire when that company's acquisition by Peraton closes later this year.
Inside Alion's journey from Navy-centric to $1.1B broad-based tech provider
Alion's CEO Steve Schorer describes how the company has changed since he was installed as CEO in 2017 and where that journey is headed now.
February opens with more closed M&A deals
The strong pace of mergers and acquisitions continues as February opens with a flurry of closed deals and the creation of a new M&A platform.
Veritas completes $3.4B Northrop IT acquisition
Veritas Capital closes the first of two acquisitions that will grow the size of its portfolio company Peraton by roughly 7 times.
Booz Allen, L3Harris see opportunities ahead but plenty of challenges too
Booz Allen Hamilton and L3Harris Technologies released their quarterly results and the narrative from companies is that they see opportunities but they also face challenges that are familiar across the market.
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PROJECT 38: A mega-deal, new Biden initiatives and CMMC drive the news cycle
The editorial teams from Washington Technology and FCW (virtually) gather to discuss the biggest news of January: news: megadeals, the new Biden Administration and what's happening with CMMC.
AE Industrial Partners picks up unmanned aircraft maker
One of the government market’s more serial private equity buyers purchases an unmanned aircraft maker that will be the firm's platform for further investments in that market.
CACI, Northrop talk M&A and scale
This notable buyer and this notable seller in the government market were all asked about the importance of scale. The answers depend on who is asked and how.
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