Cubic closes divestiture of defense services biz

Cubic Corp. completes the sale of its global defense services business to Valiant Integrated Services in a continuation of a portfolio reshaping.

What you need to know as Perspecta opens for business

We've done extensive coverage of the DXC U.S. government-Vencore-KeyPoint combination to create the new company 'Perspecta.' Here's a roundup of our coverage to date.

CoVant, Madison Dearborn make another deal

CoVant Management and Madison Dearborn have done another deal together, this time for space system provider LinQuest Corp.

DynCorp International's owners seeking sale, report says

DynCorp International's private equity owner is reportedly seeking offers for the defense services contractor and its price tag could be nearly $1.3 billion.

Parsons buys Polaris Alpha to scale up in space & cyber

Parsons Corp. buys defense and intelligence community IT company Polaris Alpha to grow complex technology services in areas such as space and cybersecurity.

SAP NS2 buys intelligence IT firm TMA

SAP National Security Services acquires intelligence community IT contractor Technology Management Associates to add new work in “C4ISR” and engineering services.

Maximus sounds ready to buy, if the price is right

Maximus is seeing an acquisition environment full of businesses it sees as selling at "lofty valuations." But that has not stopped them from looking at deals.

The future 'Perspecta' sets its launch date

DXC Technology unveils the date when its U.S. public sector business will separate and merge with two other government IT contractors to form what is becoming the new "Perspecta."

Inside CACI's post-CSRA growth strategy

CACI International was not able to wrestle CSRA away from General Dynamics but is still ready to buy even as organic growth continues to be a success story.

Veritas closes deal for PwC U.S. public sector arm

Veritas Capital closes its acquisition of the now-former PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S. public sector business that will eventually take on a new name.

L3 finds buyer for Vertex to continue "sixth prime" transformation

L3 Technologies is divesting its Vertex Aerospace business to continue a larger effort to become the defense sector's "nontraditional sixth prime."

In SGT deal, KBR further transforms its government services business

The $355 million acquisition of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies is just the latest move by KBR to transform its government services business.

Peraton makes first post-Harris acquisition in deal for SRI

Peraton -- the former Harris Corp. IT services business -- makes its first acquisition as the independent company in a deal for Strategic Resources International.

Embedded IT firm gets IC venture arm backing

Embedded IT company Red Balloon Security has received an investment from intelligence community venture capital organization In-Q-Tel.

People drive success of M&A

Yes, there are cost and revenue synergies but a successful M&A deal often comes down to people and culture.

Three trends shaping the rest of 2018

Three trends -- budget, JEDI and M&A -- will shape the market for the rest of the year and beyond. And one other trend should keep you awake at night.

Cubic the latest prime to part with defense services biz

Cubic Corp. is selling its defense services business as part of a portfolio reshaping to gain greater focus on core technology offerings.

Mercury the latest contractor to face activist investor

Mercury Systems is facing scrutiny from an activist investor that also put Kratos under the microscope earlier this year. What happens when companies face this pressure?

Polaris Alpha continues buying run in Fourth Dimension deal

Polaris Alpha extends its profile as an active acquirer through its latest purchase of cyber and hardware services outfit Fourth Dimension Engineering.

How the SOSi-STG deal came to be

SEC filings provide a look at how SOS International came to make its $83 million deal for STG.