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.

Jessica Garascia Named AAR General CounselExecutive Moves

Jessica Garascia Named AAR General Counsel

Jessica Garascia, formerly deputy general counsel at building materials provider USG, has joined AAR (NYSE: AIR) as general counsel.
Three New Firms Added to $5B CMS RMADA 2 Analytic, Technical Support IDIQContract Awards

Three New Firms Added to $5B CMS RMADA 2 Analytic, Technical Support IDIQ

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has added Acumen, Customer Value Partners and Westat as awardees on a potential $5B…
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…