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VariQ, a Rockville, Md.-based provider of cloud, cybersecurity and DevSecOps services to federal, local and state government agencies, has acquired Reston, Va.-based design and systems integration firm Rivet Logic for an undisclosed sum.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 27, 2020 — Will Jones, a senior vice president at Carahsoft Technology, told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published May 5 that the company and its partners are working to manage scalability issues and disruptions in government information technology systems as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring challenges in remote work operations.

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, told Catherine Melquist, president of the Mobile Satellite User Association, in an interview published on MilsatMagazine that the U.S. government and industry are teaming up to leverage the opportunities of space by making changes to acquisition practices.

Yvonne Hodge, vice president of business innovation transformation and enterprise excellence at Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space business, will assume the role of senior VP of enterprise business transformation on June 15. Hodge will report to James Taiclet, the incoming president and CEO of Lockheed, and oversee the company’s enterprise information technology, enterprise transformation and digital transformation teams as well as the development and implementation of strategies and cross-functional platforms, Lockheed said Wednesday.

Shad Imam, director of solution engineering for federal region at MuleSoft, told Rob Stein, senior vice president for North America public sector at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), in an interview how government agencies can accelerate the delivery of services and improved experiences to citizens using application programming interfaces.

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) on Friday finalized its purchase of Unisys’ (NYSE: UIS) federal arm for approximately $1.2B in cash as part of efforts to expand the delivery of digital transformation support to the U.S. government.

The required waiting period for Science Applications International Corp.’s (NYSE: SAIC) proposed acquisition of the federal arm of Unisys (NYSE: UIS) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 expired Thursday, March 12, the companies said in a joint release published Friday.

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) has agreed to buy Vlocity, a San Francisco-based cloud and mobile software provider, for approximately $1.33B. The transaction is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of fiscal 2021, subject to the waiting period’s expiration under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and other customary closing conditions, Salesforce said Tuesday.

Kevin Phillips, president and CEO of ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said new business accounts for about 50 percent of the $2.9B in contract awards recorded in full fiscal year 2019 as the company continues to build on the government’s demand for digital transformation and cybersecurity technologies, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday.

Reston, Va.-based contractor Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has agreed to buy Unisys' (NYSE: UIS) federal arm for approximately $1.2B cash in a push to expand digital transformation technology and support offerings for the U.S. government. Nazzic Keene, CEO of SAIC and three-time Wash100 inductee, said the company aims to become a leading digitial transformation services provider to federal agencies through the acquisition.