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Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) has agreed to purchase Slack Technologies (NYSE: WORK) for approximately $27.7B in a strategy to create a unified technology platform for enterprise collaboration and communication. Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce, said the combination seeks to “shape the future of enterprise software and transform the way everyone works in the all-digital, work-from-anywhere world.”

Private equity firm DC Capital Partners has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Huntsville, Alabama-based system engineering company Hill Technical Solutions Inc. aimed at helping expand the latter's customer base and support work in the government sector.

Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD) has agreed to acquire Xilinx (Nasdaq: XLNX) in an all-stock deal worth approximately $35B as part of AMD’s efforts to expand its data center business and portfolio of technology products. The boards of directors of the two companies unanimously cleared the transaction, which is expected to be completed by the end of calendar year 2021.

Digital Force Technologies has signed a strategic partnership with DC Capital Partners, allowing the private equity investment firm to run DFT as a platform company within its portfolio of businesses.

The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) has acquired Unison, a Dulles, Va.-based provider of contract management, supply chain and procurement software to federal agencies and contractors, from private equity investment firm Abry Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Veritas Capital has agreed to buy DXC Technology’s (NYSE: DXC) U.S. state and local health and human services business for $5B in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed by December, subject to regulatory approvals, receipt of third-party consents and other customary closing conditions, DXC said Tuesday.

Titan Acquisition Holdings has agreed to acquire Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) San Diego shipyard for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand its ship repair capabilities to better meet the needs of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and other defense customers. The transaction will give HII a minority stake in Titan and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.

Pattonair, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, and Wesco Aircraft Holdings have merged through an approximately $1.9B deal in a move to grow customer base and footprint in the global supply chain management services market.

Funds advised by Apax Partners have agreed to buy cybersecurity assessment and consulting services provider Coalfire from The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) and The Chertoff Group for an undisclosed sum.

Perspecta has begun to trade under the ticker symbol “PRSP” on the New York Stock Exchange after it finalized its separation from DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) and subsequent merger with Vencore and KeyPoint Government Solutions. The independent publicly traded combined company has 14,000 employees and $4.2 billion in pro-forma revenues, Perspecta said Friday. …