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.

Leidos Closes $1.65B Dynetics Purchase; Roger Krone QuotedM&A Activity

Leidos Closes $1.65B Dynetics Purchase; Roger Krone Quoted

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) finalized its purchase of Huntsville, Ala.-based technology services contractor Dynetics for approximately $1.65B in cash a month after…
Accenture to Buy Sierra-Cedar’s Three Practices to Expand Offerings for Higher Education, Gov’t Clients; Ryan Gaetz QuotedM&A Activity

Accenture to Buy Sierra-Cedar’s Three Practices to Expand Offerings for Higher Education, Gov’t Clients; Ryan Gaetz Quoted

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Sierra-Cedar’s Workday, U.S. Mulesoft and Salesforce practices for an undisclosed sum in a push to…
PwC: Aerospace, Defense M&A Deal Value Hit $93.8B in 2019Financial Reports

PwC: Aerospace, Defense M&A Deal Value Hit $93.8B in 2019

A new PwC report says the value of mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense sector worldwide reached $93.8B in 2019,…
Arvind Krishna to Succeed Ginni Rometty as IBM CEO; Jim Whitehurst Named PresidentExecutive Moves

Arvind Krishna to Succeed Ginni Rometty as IBM CEO; Jim Whitehurst Named President

Arvind Krishna, senior vice president for cloud and cognitive software at IBM (NYSE: IBM), has been elected to serve as…
Raytheon Buys Vista’s Share of Forcepoint for $588MM&A Activity

Raytheon Buys Vista’s Share of Forcepoint for $588M

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) paid $588M to acquire Vista Equity Partners' minority interest in their cybersecurity joint venture Forcepoint during the fourth…
Jason Yaley Named ACT I Chief of Staff, Corporate Affairs Leader; Michael Niggel QuotedExecutive Moves

Jason Yaley Named ACT I Chief of Staff, Corporate Affairs Leader; Michael Niggel Quoted

Jason Yaley, former civil servant at the Department of Defense, has joined Advanced Concepts and Technologies International as corporate chief…
Comtech to Acquire Gilat in $532.5M Cash-and-Stock Deal; Fred Kornberg QuotedM&A Activity

Comtech to Acquire Gilat in $532.5M Cash-and-Stock Deal; Fred Kornberg Quoted

Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has agreed to buy Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT) for $10.25 per share or approximately $532.5M…
Greg Hayes: UTC Eyes Raytheon Merger Completion in AprilM&A Activity

Greg Hayes: UTC Eyes Raytheon Merger Completion in April

Greg Hayes, chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), said UTC hopes to close its potential $120B merger…
Ravi Ravichandran Named Intell & Security VP, CTO at BAE’s US Arm; Al Whitmore QuotedExecutive Moves

Ravi Ravichandran Named Intell & Security VP, CTO at BAE’s US Arm; Al Whitmore Quoted

Ravi Ravichandran, a technology industry veteran, has been appointed vice president and chief technology officer for the intelligence and security…
Air Force to Buy Boeing F-15EX Jets, GE F110 Engines Under Sole-Source ContractsContract Awards

Air Force to Buy Boeing F-15EX Jets, GE F110 Engines Under Sole-Source Contracts

The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to award two sole-source contracts to Boeing (NYSE: BA) and General Electric (NYSE:…