Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received from the Federal Trade Commission a second request for additional information as FTC continues to review its proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD). The latest request extends for another 30 days the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, Lockheed said Friday. In December, …
Read More »Leidos Gets Potential $162M Contract for FTC Consumer Reports Database IT Support
The Federal Trade Commission has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a potential $162.1M contract to provide information technology and system support services for the agency’s information-sharing platform for investigating consumer fraud reports.
Read More »Doug Natal: Sumo Logic Progresses on FedRAMP Moderate Certification
Doug Natal, general manager of Sumo Logic's U.S. public sector business, wrote in a blog post that the company has moved to the next stage of its application for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification. "We are very excited about the opportunity to work with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) toward Sumo Logic's full FedRAMP Moderate Authorization,” Natal said.
Read More »SAIC’s Unisys Federal Buy Inches Closer to Completion as Waiting Period Under Antitrust Law Ends
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.
Read More »Ellen Lord: DoD Sees ‘No Major Concerns’ With Proposed Raytheon-UTC Merger
Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said the Department of Defense sees “no major concerns” with the proposed merger of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Defense One reported Monday.
Read More »Cloudera Closes Merger With Hortonworks; Tom Reilly Quoted
Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) and Hortonworks have completed their merger to offer an enterprise data cloud platform designed to help organizations carry out data analytics and machine learning functions in hybrid and multicloud environments. Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly said in a statement published Thursday the combined entity will deliver a set of platforms to …
Read More »Leidos to Support FTC IT Modernization Under Potential $100M BPA; Angie Heise Quoted
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has landed a spot on a potential five-year, $100M blanket purchase agreement to help the Federal Trade Commission update the agency’s information technology systems and services. The company said Tuesday it plans to use agile and user-centric design processes to support FTC IT modernization efforts through the multiple-award IT …
Read More »FTC Clears Cloudera-Hortonworks Merger
The Federal Trade Commission has given Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) and Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP) antitrust approval to proceed with their plan to merge through an all-stock transaction. FTC released a notice of early termination of the required waiting period for the deal under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, the companies said in …
Read More »Report: CACI to Buy Former CSRA Systems Engineering Business From General Dynamics
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has agreed to purchase a General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit for approximately $80 million, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. Sources said the transaction involves CSRA’s former systems engineering and acquisition services unit that performed work for Naval Sea Systems Command and was acquired by General …
Read More »Northrop Closes Orbital ATK Purchase; Blake Larson Named Innovation Systems Sector President
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) wrapped up its approximately $9.2 billion purchase of Orbital ATK on Wednesday and will now run the newly acquired company as its fourth business sector called Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. Blake Larson, most recently chief operating officer at Orbital ATK, has been elected by the board as …
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