L3 & Harris restart antitrust process as part of merger

L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. withdraw and resubmit their merger notification to antitrust regulators.

VR firm Immersive Wisdom gets IC venture arm backing

Virtual reality company Immersive Wisdom gets an investment from In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm.

Speedcast deal for Globecomm clears foreign investment review

Speedcast International's acquisition of satellite communications rival Globecomm passes a Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. review.

Inside Caliburn's IPO filing

Rarely do we get to see the full story of a private equity-backed government services company and their growth strategy. But Caliburn's filing for an IPO lets us do just that.

DC Capital plans IPO for new government services firm

Caliburn International, created a few months ago by DC Capital Partners, has filed with the SEC for an initial public offering in hopes of raising $100 million.

Huntington Ingalls makes cyber deal to advance services strategy

Huntington Ingalls Industries adds a cyber company to move forward the shipbuilder's government services growth strategy.

Inside Wolf Den's spinoff strategy

Wolf Den Associates is taking its technical solutions business and creating an independent company. Here is the strategy behind the spin.

Mid-tier player scales up through merger

With its first deal since being acquired by a private equity firm, Sentinel has quickly made its own transformative merger to move deeper into the middle tier.

EverWatch makes first acquisition, grows intell work

EverWatch has made its first deal since it was created by Enlightenment Capital through a merger of four portfolio companies into one.

Maximus' federal arm breaks the $1B mark in GD call center deal

Maximus' deal to acquire a network of call centers formerly owned by General Dynamics is now closed. And as Maximus' CEO puts it, the deal takes the buyer past a key $1 billion scale mark.

Novetta buys Berico to grow cloud work, intell presence

Novetta purchases Berico Technologies to add cloud computing, data and IT modernization work for intelligence agencies.

Who are the market's most active buyers?

Acquisition experts Marc Marlin and Kate Troendle wrap up their four-part series that examines who is driving the resurgence in government market M&A with a look at what the most active buyer category is, and the answer might surprise.

Calibre picks up Spear

Calibre Systems purchases fellow government IT services company Spear Inc.

Analytic Services buys Domain X to grow defense, homeland security presence

Nonprofit institute Analytic Services Inc. acquires Domain X Technologies to increase footprints with the Defense and Homeland Security Departments.

Who's your nontraditional buyer?

Acquisition experts Marc Marlin and Kate Troendle continue their four-part series that examines who is driving the resurgence in government market M&A. Here in part three, they look at the "nontraditional" buyers coming into the arena.

Engility near growth as acquisition by SAIC gets closer

Engility looks poised to return to organic growth in 2019 just as it closes its $2.5 billion acquisition by SAIC.

IBM's Red Hat deal targets longer-term federal success

IBM isn't looking for a quick hit from its $34 billion Red Hat deal. But Big Blue is more focused on longer-term capabilities for the federal business.

Are we approaching the end of the line for market consolidation?

M&A deal volume in government services is down this year but transaction values are up. Does that mean market consolidation is near a finish line?

IBM makes big play for Red Hat

IBM's planned $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat will have a big impact across the entire technology market, public sector included, as the desire for hybrid cloud solutions accelerates.

In a hot M&A market, are there enough sellers?

Calendar year 2018 has been an active market for mergers and acquisitions, but are there are enough sellers to match all of the buyers?