Textron goes to ground with unmanned acquisition
Textron is acquiring an unmanned ground vehicle maker to try and take a share of anticipated growth in longer-term programs of record.
Who's your public 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 two, they look at why the public companies have become "somewhat of a unicorn" in the buyer universe.
Cloud security firm Fugue gets backing from IC investor In-Q-Tel
Cloud security outfit Fugue receives an investment from the intelligence community’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel.
General Dynamics' CEO explains call center business exit
General Dynamics CEO Phebe Nokavovic explains to Wall Street why the company decided to "re-home" a call center business to Maximus and why she sees that match as a better fit.
SAIC-Engility deal clears antitrust hurdle
Science Applications International Corp. gets federal antitrust clearance to go forward with its acquisition of Engility.
Inside Hitachi's deal for REAN Cloud
Hitachi Vantara has closed its deal for REAN Cloud. Here is the inside story on how why this was so important to the buyer's federal arm and where they go next.
Mercury's dealmaking is only one part of the story
Mercury Systems has been one of the defense market's busiest buyers in recent years but those acquisition moves are only one part of its story.
Applied Insight makes move to reach middle tier
Applied Insight is buying Organizational Strategies Inc. to push closer to cracking the mid-tier portion of the market.
Anatomy of how SAIC and Engility came together
In a new regulatory filing, SAIC and Engility describe their courtship and other suitors that all showed at least some interest in making deal of their own.
Who's your private equity buyer?
The government market has seen a resurgence of M&A in the past two years with one large deal after another. But who the most active and aggressive buyers are might surprise after reading this first piece in a four-part series by acquisition experts Marc Marlin and Kate Troendle.
An early glimpse at the L3-Harris plan of attack
L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. believe they are better together to pursue the growing defense market but there are some significant civilian opportunities on the horizon as well.
Enlightenment Capital creates new intell player
Enlightenment Capital has created a new player in the intelligence market by merging four of its portfolio companies to create Everwatch Solutions.
The path that led to L3-Harris combo might explain some next steps
Now that L3 and Harris are joining forces, it is useful to look at how they got here as a way to see what could be next for them.
Impact of L3-Harris combo ripples far and wide
The megadeal to combine L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. certainly puts its defense prime peers on notice. But government IT, systems integration and other services players also have to pay attention given mutual areas of interest.
How small businesses can think through megadeal trend
The mega deals get all the attention and involve the biggest players in the market but small businesses have plenty to think about as the market is reshaped.
Maximus-GD deal scores on multiple fronts
As more details emerge involving Maximus' $400 million acquisition of General Dynamics's citizen engagement and call center business, it looks like Maximus landed a winning deal on multiple fronts.
GD divests call center biz to Maximus
In a $400 million cash deal, Maximus is buying General Dynamics call center business to create the leading provider in the federal market.
Evolver, eVigilant merge to create managed security services firm
A pair of Virginia-based secure IT companies have come together in a deal which reminds that the ongoing consolidation wave in the government technology services landscape is not limited to large-tier players.
PE firm HIG Capital adds Iron Bow to government market investments
Miami-based private equity firm H.I.G. Capital has made another deal in the government market through taking a majority stake in federal IT reseller and integrator Iron Bow Technologies.
Boeing closes buy of small sat company Millennium Space Systems
Boeing closes its buy of small satellite maker Millennium Space Systems as part of a larger push for more agile technologies.
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