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 Strikes $1.65B Cash Deal for Dynetics; Roger Krone QuotedM&A Activity

Leidos Strikes $1.65B Cash Deal for Dynetics; Roger Krone Quoted

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has agreed to acquire Huntsville, Ala.-based technology services contractor Dynetics for approximately $1.65B in cash to further…
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Bode Technology Partner to Expedite Forensic DNA Investigations; Haywood Talcove QuotedNews

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Bode Technology Partner to Expedite Forensic DNA Investigations; Haywood Talcove Quoted

LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Bode Technology have partnered to help law enforcement agencies speed up DNA-based police investigations.
AECOM-Fluor-Atkins JV Gets $10B DOE Hanford Cleanup Support IDIQ; John Vollmer QuotedContract Awards

AECOM-Fluor-Atkins JV Gets $10B DOE Hanford Cleanup Support IDIQ; John Vollmer Quoted

A team composed of AECOM (NYSE: ACM), Fluor (NYSE: FLR) and Atkins has received a potential 10-year, $10B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract…
Qualtrics’ Stephanie Thum: Comprehensive CX Mgmt Strategy Requires Operational, Experience DataNews

Qualtrics’ Stephanie Thum: Comprehensive CX Mgmt Strategy Requires Operational, Experience Data

Stephanie Thum, chief adviser of federal customer experience at Qualtrics, has said government agencies need both experience data and operational…
Greg Dixon Joins EverWatch as Computer Network Ops Practice PresidentExecutive Moves

Greg Dixon Joins EverWatch as Computer Network Ops Practice President

Greg Dixon, a retired Navy lieutenant commander, has been named president of computer network operations practice at Ashburn, Va.-based government…
Palantir Lands $111M Army Other Transaction AgreementContract Awards

Palantir Lands $111M Army Other Transaction Agreement

Palantir USG has received a potential four-year, $110.8M other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army. Bloomberg reported the company will offer software…
Apax Funds to Buy Coalfire in Cybersecurity Growth PushM&A Activity

Apax Funds to Buy Coalfire in Cybersecurity Growth Push

Funds advised by Apax Partners have agreed to buy cybersecurity assessment and consulting services provider Coalfire from The Carlyle Group…
Northrop Submits Bid for Air Force’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent ProgramContract Awards

Northrop Submits Bid for Air Force’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Program

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) had submitted its bid for the U.S. Air Force’s potential $85B Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinentinal ballistic missile…
FireEye’s Tom Topping: Threat Intelligence Could Help Agencies Defend Against Most Likely AttackersNews

FireEye’s Tom Topping: Threat Intelligence Could Help Agencies Defend Against Most Likely Attackers

Tom Topping, senior director of strategic programs at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has said threat intelligence and continuous visibility into their…
Senate, House Lawmakers Reach Compromise on FY 2020 Defense Authorization BillNews

Senate, House Lawmakers Reach Compromise on FY 2020 Defense Authorization Bill

Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Senate and House lawmakers have reached an agreement…