L3 adds undersea drone energy company Open Water Power

L3 Technologies continues its acquisition spree with the purchase of power generation company Open Water Power for the NYC contractor's second underwater drone-related purchase in a month.

Two cyber startups join forces

Two startups with technology in growing niches of the cyber world have joined forces.

STG buys more time to close PSS deal

With the deal on the brink of collapsing, STG has sweetened the pot and made a down payment to get more time to close its $199.8 million acquisition of PSS.

Hybrid cloud demand drove Equinix's $3.6B deal for Verizon data centers

Equinix has bet $3.6 billion on a hybrid cloud vision when it acquired 29 Verizon data centers that include many hubs focused solely on government users.

Is STG's $119.5M deal for PSS dead?

STG Group has run into trouble securing the financing for its $119.5 million acquisition of Preferred Systems Solutions. Now it seems the deal may never happen.

The not-so-hostile takeover of Robbins Gioia

What did Brad King do after he was fired as the CEO of Robbins Gioia? He went out, got the money and then bought the company. Here's the story about his return.

General Dynamics eyes cyber product growth through Advatech division buy

General Dynamics acquires a business unit of Advatech to add a pair of new cyber product lines for military users.

MTSI becomes newest full employee-owned contractor

MTSI joins the group of government services contractors under a full employee ownership model.

Equinix grows government footprint in $3B deal with Verizon

Equinix expands its data center footprint in the government market with the acquisition of 29 hubs from Verizon for $3.6 billion in cash.

Harris closes deal to sell IT services biz to Veritas Capital

Harris Corp. completes the $690 million sale of its now-former government IT business to Veritas Capital, which adds nearly $1.1 billion in sales through deal.

KeyW CEO on why Sotera was the right deal

KeyW scored a twofer when it bought Sotera Defense. It added significant scale but also increased its presence with its biggest customer set, the intelligence community.

ECS Federal busts through $500M barrier with InfoReliance deal

ECS Federal CEO George Wilson set an 'aggressive' goal in 2015 to hit $500 million mark in a few years. Now he's done it with a deal to acquire InfoReliance and he's transformed the business along the way.

Belcan uses acquisitions to build federal platform

Known as an engineering firm, Cincinnati-based Belcan has closed three deals in nine months to build a federal services platform around cyber, systems engineering, IT and professional services.

Opinion

Why it pays to be different in 2017

Today's M&A environment demands that if you want your company to be highly valued as an acquisition target, then you need to be highly differentiated.

Orbis, RSI combine in government and commercial info management push

Orbis Technologies and RSI Content Solutions have merged to create a new content and information management provider with government and commercial market footprints worldwide.

Buchanan & Edwards buys analytics services firm R2C

Buchanan & Edwards has added new analytics services for national security agencies through the purchase of R2C in BE's first-ever acquisition.

NCI revenue guidance signals tough path to growth in 2017

NCI Inc.'s revenue guidance for this year suggests little-to-no growth for company as new CEO eyes focus on organic sales and pipeline with door still open for M&A.

CSRA CEO forecasts new round of consolidation

CSRA's CEO Larry Prior believes that the recent round of mergers and acquisitions in the government market is a "prelude" to the next round of consolidation.

Belcan adds Schafer, forms new government services business

Cincinnati-based Belcan adds Schafer Corp. and forms new government services segment in third such acquisition over nine months.

L3 picks up underwater drone maker OceanServer

L3 Technologies buys OceanServer and becomes the latest large defense contractor to buy an underwater drone maker in past year.