Jane Edwards

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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic covering mergers and acquisitions, contract awards, contracting opportunities and executive moves in the government contracting space for GovCon Wire.

TransDigm Strikes $965M Cash Deal for Cobham Aero Connectivity; Kevin Stein QuotedM&A Activity

TransDigm Strikes $965M Cash Deal for Cobham Aero Connectivity; Kevin Stein Quoted

TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has agreed to acquire a Cobham subsidiary focused on providing antennas and radio systems for the aerospace…
Centrify’s David McNeely: Privileged Access Mgmt Could Help Agencies Secure Cloud-Based InfrastructureNews

Centrify’s David McNeely: Privileged Access Mgmt Could Help Agencies Secure Cloud-Based Infrastructure

David McNeely, chief strategy officer at Centrify, said government agencies looking to secure cloud-based information technology systems from adversaries amid rapid shift…
GSA Chief Emily Murphy Moves to Make Federal Resources Available to Biden Transition TeamNews

GSA Chief Emily Murphy Moves to Make Federal Resources Available to Biden Transition Team

The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden through a letter that GSA will now make federal resources and…
PAE Wraps Up Metis Solutions Purchase; John Heller QuotedM&A Activity

PAE Wraps Up Metis Solutions Purchase; John Heller Quoted

PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) has closed its $92M cash acquisition of Metis Solutions as part of efforts to expand its offerings and…
Air Force Eyes Northrop for Follow-On E-8C Joint STARS Sustainment Support ContractContract Awards

Air Force Eyes Northrop for Follow-On E-8C Joint STARS Sustainment Support Contract

The U.S. Air Force intends to award a potential 10-year, sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to provide sustainment…
Klas Telecom Rebrands as Klas Government; Chris Ericksen QuotedNews

Klas Telecom Rebrands as Klas Government; Chris Ericksen Quoted

Klas Telecom has changed its name to Klas Government to mark the company’s efforts to expand capabilities in support of military programs…
Kratos Buys UAS Software Engineering Firm 5-D Systems; Eric DeMarco QuotedM&A Activity

Kratos Buys UAS Software Engineering Firm 5-D Systems; Eric DeMarco Quoted

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has acquired software engineering company 5-D Systems for an undisclosed sum as part of…
Leonardo Eyes Public Listing for DRS SubsidiaryFinancial Reports

Leonardo Eyes Public Listing for DRS Subsidiary

Italy-based Leonardo said it intends to maintain control of U.S. defense subsidiary DRS even if the latter goes public, Reuters reported…
Gunnison Buys Federal IT Service Management Firm G2SF; Gil Dussek QuotedM&A Activity

Gunnison Buys Federal IT Service Management Firm G2SF; Gil Dussek Quoted

Gunnison Consulting Group has acquired Global Solutions & Services Frameworks for an undisclosed sum to expand its information technology service management, mobile…
FireEye Announces $400M Blackstone-Led Strategic Investment, Buys Respond Software in $186M Cash-and-Stock DealM&A Activity

FireEye Announces $400M Blackstone-Led Strategic Investment, Buys Respond Software in $186M Cash-and-Stock Deal

FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) announced that it will receive a strategic investment worth $400M from investment firm Blackstone and venture capital…