Deloitte Corporate Finance has bought McColl Partners for an undisclosed sum in a move aimed at growing Deloitte’s middle-market merger-and-acquisition services and investment banking advisory portfolio. Nearly 70 McColl Partners members, including 13 managing directors, will join the Deloitte team through the transaction, the company said Monday. The... 

Bill Bratton, a two-decade international law enforcement veteran and former chief of police for three of the U.S.’ largest cities, has been elected to the board of directors at consulting firm SST Inc. His appointment took effect April 12 and he currently leads The Bratton Group LLC and Bratton Technologies as CEO, SST said Wednesday. Pascal Levensohn,... 

BAE Systems has won an $85 million contract extension to continue researching and engineering missile defense methods and technologies for the U.S. Army. The two-year extension falls under the Concepts and Operations for Space and Missile Defense Integration Capabilities contract vehicle with the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command, BAE said... 

Rene Mathieu Rene Mathieu, a 30-year veteran of the energy and infrastructure markets, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as a vice president and general manager in its Avondale Industries subsidiary. His appointment took effect Monday and he reports to Chris Kastner, corporate vice president and general manager of corporate development,... 

Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRMInformation Resource Management) has acquired three records management businesses from the Information Storage Consolidation Company for an undisclosed amount, aiming to grow its storage rental portfolio. The acquisition is intended to give Iron Mountain 1,000 more customers in three states, the company said Tuesday. Safe Records... 

Jenny Murillo, a former human resources director at a DRS Technologies division, has joined NJVC as the company’s new HR director. She will oversee compensation, benefits and HR information systems and work with company management to implement best practices and use data to make decisions, NJVC said Wednesday. Murillo holds CCP, GRP and Six Sigma... 

ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a $6.1 million contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order: A written order, signed byBudget Year the CO, directing that the contractor to make a change authorized byBudget Year the "changes" clause. Not... 

Steven Cortese Steven Cortese, senior vice president for government relations and corporate communications at ATK (NYSE: ATK) since 2011, will leave the aerospace and defense company May 1. The 20-year legislative affairs veteran is pursuing a new career opportunity after seven years at ATK, the company said Tuesday. He serves as the company’s lead... 

Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) has won a position on a potential five-year $217 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with information management tools and services that would help carry out its missions. Work for the agency’s Chief Information Office includes the creation of a joint information environment that would modernize... 

Blackstone Management Partners LLC has withdrawn its bid to acquire Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) following its due diligence process. Dell’s special committee received the notice through Boulder Acquisition Corp., a partner in the Blackstone-led group that submitted a takeover offer in late March, Dell said Friday. Blackstone and its partners offered to...