Veritas Capital has agreed to acquire Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) in an all-cash deal worth $7.1 billion and plans to merge the latter with Peraton to establish a government technology platforms provider focused on delivering end-to-end information technology capabilities and mission support to U.S. government clients. Perspecta stockholders will get $29...
James Loeblein, formerly vice president of naval requirements and capabilities at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business, has been appointed to su Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as corporate VP of customer affairs. HII said Tuesday Loeblein succeeds the retiring Dan Holloway and will lead outreach work for ...
Lance Spencer, client executive vice president with AT&T Public Sector, moderated “The DoD Journey to 5G: Where We Are, Where Do We Need to Be, and What’s Next” Panel during Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit. The panelists addressed emerging programs, priorities and challenges within the integration process of the new 5G framework. The p...
A team comprised of AlphaSix CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and Attain will help the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health build a knowledge base under a potential five-year, $87 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. AlphaSix said Tuesday it has supported NIOSH over the past three years and will lead...
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to solicit research proposals for the potential $99 million Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development program. A notice posted Tuesday on the beta SAM website says AFRL’s multispectral sensing and detection division (RYM) plans to award at least two cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts under the ...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will continue to provide strategic and analytic services for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program under a potential five-year, $94 million blanket purchase agreement. The company said Monday it received a $5 million initial task order with one base year and three option years. “We look forward to apply...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has teamed up with Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and SRC to compete for a potential 10-year, $953M contract seeking new systems that would protect U.S. Air Force bases in Europe and Africa. The Parsons-led industry team will apply commercial and government off-the-shelf technologies to...
Jon Ramsey, chief technology officer of Secureworks (Nasdaq: SCWX), said information technology modernization initiatives provide government agencies an opportunity to take advantage of innovative ways to address cyber threats and one of those is network microsegmentation, which could help them reduce the attack surface. Network microsegmentation ...
Deloitte & Touche has acquired all the assets of Root9B for an undisclosed sum to add cybersecurity tools to the former’s managed threat detection and response service offering. Deloitte said Monday the deal seeks to further the professional services firm’s ability to help clients generate insights from threat intelligence and respon...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing (NYSE: BA) unveiled DEFIANT X, a helicopter the industry team plans to offer for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program. DEFIANT X features Sikorsky’s X2 Technology designed to provide soldiers greater maneuverability while flying the aircraft at low altitudes and...
