IBM (NYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat under the deal that is expected to conclude in the latter half of next...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential four-year, $131.6M undefinitized contract to support sensor systems used by the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet combat jets. The delivery order comes after a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and tasks Boeing to procure and update weapon replaceable assemblies to suppo...
Textron (NYSE: TXT) is acquiring Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle manufacturer Howe & Howe Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand autonomous technology offerings across land, sea and air domains. The industrial conglomerate said Thursday Howe & Howe’s vehicles and applications will complemen...
Chris Usserman, principal security and threat intelligence adviser at Infoblox, has said countering cyber threats calls for agencies to further develop their cybersecurity programs through automation and orchestration. Usserman wrote that orchestration and automation could help agencies œembrace both the proactive and reactive functions of cybe...
Ashburn, Va.-based technology services contractor Applied Insight has bought Organizational Strategies Inc. for an undisclosed sum in a move to help government clients further missions with the firms’ collective offering. Both companies aim to combine analytics, cyber, sensor and cloud computing platforms with with their un...
Kevin Boyle, former senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Vencore, has joined Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) as its SVP, chief legal officer and general counsel. He succeeds Michele Tyler, who will stay in her SVP role to assist with the transition, Vectrus said Wednesday. Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus and a four-tim...
Darren Conner, a 33-year veteran of Dewberry, has been promoted to president of the Fairfax, Va.-based professional services contractor’s nationwide engineering practice. He succeeds Dan Pleasant, who will continue his role as chief operating officer at Dewberry, and will oversee 50 offices that offer environmental, civil, struc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 17, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will work to deliver technical services in support of the Defense Intelligence Agency‘s science and technology missions through its position on a previously awarded $500M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 27. The company said Sept. 26 the HELIOS indefinite-deliver...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a final solicitation for the potential 10-year, $6.52B Global Solutions Management-Operations follow-on contract for telecommunications and information technology services, Bloomberg Government reported Monday. GSM-O II is a single-award contract that covers IT support for the Department of Defense...
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that will establish the country™s sixth largest defense technology company serving government and industry clients across more than 100 countries. The combined company will operate as L3 Harris Technologies in Melbourne, Fla., upon the deal™s ...
