What is not in CACI's product play

CACI International's product play puts it more into the hardware domain and the company is glad to be there:, up to a certain point.

General Dynamics sees contract delays as slowing IT growth

General Dynamics IT saw its revenue growth hampered somewhat in 2019 due to protests and award delays, but 2020 does start with bookings success and maybe more if large awards such as NGEN and the DEOS redo go their way.

UTC moves forward on pre-Raytheon merger agenda

United Technologies updates investors on how the company is moving on its to-do list before the megadeal with Raytheon closes, including the sale of one business. More divestitures sound likely after the future Raytheon Technologies opens for business.

Join the discussion: How M&A is reshaping the GovCon market

Our Feb. 7 WT Power Breakfast on the mergers and acquisitions landscape will present views from multiple dealmakers at large, small and mid-sized firms. The bankers and backers helping them are coming too.

ECS adds Blackstone Federal to expand DHS business

ECS Federal and its parent ASGN Inc. have closed an $85 million deal to acquire the federal division of Blackstone Technology Group.

Don't buy the consolidation hype

Wolf Den Associates offers a contrarian view of all the M&A activity in the market and its message is clear: Bigger isn't always better.

BAE makes big bet to ride GPS upgrade wave

BAE Systems is spending almost $2 billion to acquire a military GPS business ahead of a required mandate on those systems to use a new type of encryption.

Another private equity firm enters GovCon's middle tier

OceanSound Partners becomes the latest private equity firm to enter the government contracting market's middle tier and makes two investments to get started.

WBB makes second deal with private equity backing

Whitney, Bradley & Brown has made its second acquisition as a private equity-backed contractor looking to climb up the middle market's food chain.

ICF makes $255M acquisition to bolster its tech implementation skills

ICF has long touted its subject matter expertise as a plus in the federal technology arena and sees the $255 million acquisition of ITG as adding to its implementation chops.

Podcasts

PODCAST: What 2019 meant and what's ahead in 2020

Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers review the major events of 2019 and discuss what they see ahead.

AWS, VMware cloud specialist makes deal for public sector growth

Effectual, a provider of AWS and VMware cloud managed services, acquires a small business to gain more of a footprint in the public sector that includes key vehicles

IT services firm acquires biomedical, public health contractor

IT services provider BRMi purchases a contractor that supports agencies in the biomedical research and public health arenas.

GAO pushes back on SBA interpretation of novation rules

GAO says SBA incorrectly interpreted its own rules when it allowed a Phase III SBIR grant to go to American Systems Corp. There are possible implications to mergers and acquisitions across the market.

Woman-owned small firm acquires consulting outfit

Woman-owned small business Quotient acquires a consulting firm to complement the technology services being provided to agencies.

Gryphon adds cloud, enterprise tech capabilities with Omnitec deal

Gryphon Technologies has acquired Omnitec Solutions in a deal that adds enterprise technology, cloud, analytics and other advisory services.

2020 has plenty to expect. Here's what we're watching.

2020 has the potential to be an active year and full budgets should create plenty of opportunity. Here's some of what we are watching in 2020.

2020 starts with plenty of 'ifs' hanging over the market

It is near time to turn the page on 2019 and look ahead to 2020, but not before walking through the possible paths that next year presents for the market.

PAE signs off on divestiture before it goes public

PAE has signed a deal to sell its unmanned systems business as part of a larger deal that will see the company go to the public markets.

NTT Data makes deal to expand in federal health

NTT Data is buying a company that focuses on digital transformation and design services in the federal health market.