Contracts

Army adds 8th company to $610M training support vehicle

Seven originally won seats on the program over the summer, while the newest awardee successfully got a re-evaluation of its bid.

Companies

Enlightenment Capital backs data protection company

The investment firm makes another move in the intelligence and cyber domain.

Companies

RTX promotes its next tech chief from within

RTX will start 2024 with a new chief technology officer as it also prepares for the next CEO to move up as well.

Contracts

DHA starts 'Reboot' for planned application development contract

The Defense Health Agency is ready to share some of the intended evaluation criteria after a long pause in announcements.

Companies

DecisionPoint brings in new operations chief

The service-disabled veteran-owned small business makes a key hire in support of its push to enter the market's middle tier.

Companies

CISA changes plan for operations support recompete

The Homeland Security Department's cyber agency goes in a different direction for how it plans to award this upcoming task order.

Companies

HawkEye 360 adds pair of satellites via acquisition

HawkEye 360 is also bringing in a database of radio frequency data through its purchase of a now-former Maxar business unit.

Opinion

GovCon's public company universe is poised for growth in numbers and profile

The pending emergence of at least one new publicly-traded government contractor, and maybe more, means the conversation about this market will increasingly be in the open and executives will have less control over that narrative.

Companies

L3Harris shares the plan for its other major integration

L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of a secure communication product business from Viasat put the buyer on an information sharing network for the U.S. military and NATO, which is in need of continuous hardware and software updates.

Opinion

RTX's CEO transition follows three years of change and turbulence

Both the company and Greg Hayes' tenure started amid the coronavirus pandemic and essentially a pause in air travel. Chris Calio will move up to CEO in the spring amid rising demand for defense products.

Companies

Leidos' board adds former DISA director

Nancy Norton led the Defense Department's main IT agency for three years until her retirement in 2021.

Companies

Bain Capital closes $5.3B deal, takes over Guidehouse

The transaction value includes debt as the company gains a more global owner and senior executives stay in place.

Companies

Alteryx unveils new public sector division

The data science and analytics software company also brings in a familiar government market name to oversee the partnerships key for growth.

Companies

Agile Defense brings in new growth chief

The digital transformation company makes this key hire on the heels of a needle-moving win to shape its outlook.

Opinion

First CHIPS Act award signals start of U.S. semiconductor push

The Commerce Department chose a major defense hardware maker as recipient number one of CHIPS For America grant money, which certainly will go across multiple industries that are of importance to public sector.

Podcasts

WT 360: An initial glimpse at 2024's GovCon budget and policy landscape

David Berteau, CEO of the Professional Services Council, highlights key signposts for government contractors to watch with 2024 just around the corner. Those include upcoming federal funding deadlines and the emerging CMMC cyber standard poised to change the entire GovCon ecosystem.

Companies

SAIC unveils new business unit structure

Science Applications International Corp. will take on a different alignment in this iteration of the strategy, which its new CEO told investors is mostly about the organic growth engine.

Companies

Peraton hires former DXC CFO as new finance chief

The retiring John Kavanaugh has worked in the CFO role since Perspecta joined the fold of Peraton in 2021.

Companies

Concept Plus brings in new lead growth exec

The Blue Delta-backed company makes a key leadership hire for this phase of its strategy.

Companies

L3Harris to review its business after pact with major shareholder

The multinational hedge fund involved in this agreement will also be represented on the board of directors of L3Harris Technologies.