Arlington Capital teams with management on new deal
Arlington Capital adds J&J Worldwide Services to its portfolio in a deal that includes a partnership with the company's management team.
Software firm closes seed funding round to further government tech search tool
Arlington, Virginia-based Second Front Systems closes a seed funding round from investors to support the continued development of its flagship platform used by government agencies to search for commercially-available technologies.
Sagewind Capital enters new government market investment
Private equity firm Sagewind Capital enters its second major investment in a company operating in the government market.
Financial data intell firm gets IC venture arm's support
Financial data intelligence firm Sayari Labs gets additional capital in a fundraising round that brought the intelligence community’s venture capital arm on board as a new backer.
What's driving Maxar's takeover of analytics venture
Maxar Technologies’ move to take full ownership a data and analytics-focused joint venture once held with Saab comes during a pivotal period for the acquirer, which views this deal as key to the future of Earth intelligence.
ComSovereign completes deal for equipment maker
5G technology consortium ComSovereign closes its acquisition of a mobile and fixed broadband communication equipment manufacturer.
New international development firm launches after deal with SAIC
A new government services company led by former Engility CEO Tony Smeraglinolo buys the international development portfolio of Science Applications International Corp.
MorganFranklin finds new home for public sector shop
One year after being acquired itself, MorganFranklin decides to focus exclusively on commercial clients and finds a buyer for the public sector arm.
2 transactions show at least some private equity deals are getting done
The Carlyle Group has re-acquired a firm it owned over a decade ago and a second private equity backed firm has made a divestiture to improve its market focus.
M&A considerations beyond COVID-19
The coronavirus has slowed down the closing of mergers and acquisitions in the government market but other considerations are also coming to mind for buyers and sellers.
Maxar takes full position of 3D joint venture
Maxar Technologies is acquiring the remainder of a joint venture held with Saab and sees this deal as meeting customer demand for a lot of data about the Earth as soon as it can be taken in.
AE Industrial Partners-backed space tech firm makes first deal
Backed by AE Industrial Partners, Redwire has made its first acquisition since the space technology company formally launched in June.
With M&A sluggish, what will drive & shape the market's landscape?
Credit analysts at Moody's Investors Service view the last decade's mergers and acquisitions as helping build a more resilient group of companies, but they are looking at other factors as ones to shape the market amid the pandemic's pressure on deal activity.
AE Industrial Partners enters new government IT investment
AE Industrial Partners details its second deal in less than a month by acquiring majority ownership of a nearly two-decade old government technology services company.
Lockheed's ventures arm backs quantum computing and training tech firms
Lockheed Martin Ventures has made a pair of investments that highlight the company's interest in quantum computing and cutting edge training technology.
SOS International buys stake in language translation tech firm
A frequent acquirer, SOS International has this time taken a non-controlling interest in a firm to gain the right to provide a speech recognition and language translation product line to government agencies.
Kratos to acquire satellite antenna biz
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is acquiring a satellite antenna maker that was made available to the market by the antitrust regulatory process.
Novetta makes deal for WaveStrike, creates new division
Novetta has acquired WaveStrike to create a new division focused on analytics capabilities.
Activist investor takes large stake in Perspecta
Rarely do activist investors make their way into the government market, but Jana Partners has done so for a third time with its newly-disclosed stake in Perspecta.
E3/Sentinel's fifth acquisition to pave way for rebrand
E3/Sentinel's fifth acquisition in the less than two years since E3 and Sentinel merged paves the way for a rebranding.
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