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Weekly Roundup October 9 – October 13 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Top Five Systems Integration CEOs and Companies This past week the GovCon community experienced a number of high-profile occurrences, such as a significant merger and executive moves, that …

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) has agreed to merge its U.S. public sector business with Vencore and KeyPoint Government Solutions to establish a “top five” independent, publicly traded contractor within the government information technology services sector. All three companies expect to complete the merger by the end of March 2018, subject to regulatory approvals …

Laurie Foglesong, a 20-year human resources professional, has been appointed chief HR officer at Herndon, Virginia-based communications and technology services contractor Peraton. She previously served as director of HR at Harris (NYSE: HRS), Peraton said Friday. “I can think of no better person to lead Peraton’s human resources strategy – …

Phillip Mazzocco, former vice president of sector security at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined Peraton as chief security officer at the Herndon, Virginia-based communications, space and technology services contractor. He previously led security operations for Leidos’ national security programs and a security team that supported the Defense Healthcare Management System modernization project, Peraton said Wednesday. “Phil …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 21, 2017 — Peraton CEO Stu Shea has said the company will work to reaffirm its position in the space, intelligence, cyber/SIGINT, homeland security, defense and communications markets with its emergence from the sale of Harris‘ (NYSE: HRS) former government services unit to Veritas Capital. The business temporarily operated under …

Weekly Roundup July 31 – August 04 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Over the past two months there have been a considerable number of female executive moves in the GovCon industry. These changes in leadership will stand to have a lasting …

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has agreed to buy Airbus’ communications business through the acquisition of the latter’s Plant Holdings subsidiary for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand 911 software offerings. Airbus DS Communications operates under Plant Holdings and provides command center software platforms that work to field emergency calls, Motorola …

The former government services business of Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) that private equity firm Veritas Capital acquired in April has adopted the name Peraton after temporarily operating as MHVC Acquisition Corp. Peraton said Friday its new name derives from the concept that the company supports government customer missions that are critical to national …

John Pitsenberger, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sotera Defense Solutions, has been appointed CFO of MHVC Acquisition Corp. — previously known as the government information technology services division of Harris (NYSE: HRS). MHVC CEO Stu Shea said in a statement released Tuesday Pitsenberger’s government contracting industry experience will …

Vencore on Wednesday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering to raise as much as $250 million. Chantilly, Virginia-based Vencore is led by Mac Curtis and provides cybersecurity, data management and systems support to U.S. federal civilian, intelligence and defense agencies. Curtis, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for …