By Light Professional IT Services was founded in 2002 as a small family business and has since expanded to a large organization with more than 2,000 employees. By Light serves government customers in the Defense, Intelligence and Federal Health sectors and provides solutions in artificial intelligence (AI); cloud and managed services; communications; cyberspace operations; IT…
We first examined Palantir in April 2021, outlining the company’s history, products, and core U.S. government customers. Included below are updates on their financials, work with top customers, and several noteworthy company developments. Developments over 2020 and 2021 According to their 2021 annual report, Palantir’s government business continued to constitute the majority of their business,…
Leidos is eating ALL the candy. Read on if you want to know more.
Historically, antitrust enforcement has not been a significant factor in the government contracting (GOVCON) industry. However, the GOVCON industry has seen a recent increase in antitrust activity with involvement from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Are these isolated incidents or the beginning of a new trend? In February 2022,…
This is a follow up to our December 2020 update of ManTech. Since we last looked at ManTech, the company was bought by The Carlyle Group in an all-cash transaction with a value of approximately $4.2 billion. There were some interesting potential buyers when the journey to sell ManTech started. However, the classic private equity…
Headquartered in Alexandria, VA; Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA) provides knowledge-based technical, operational, programmatic, policy and business solutions to support national security objectives. The company’s core capabilities include operations research, modeling and simulation (M&S), risk assessment, geospatial analysis, data science, wargaming, synthetic training environments and 3D modeling. Customer landscape Since SPA’s genesis, the U.S. Department…
Transferring into the latter half of FY2022, we look back at some of the major contract wins that jumpstarted 2022. Highlighting some of these wins can give insight into the implications for your current and future competitors. Noteworthy DISA Win – In late February 2022, it was first announced that Leidos was awarded a 10-year,…
We introduced Accenture Federal Services (AFS) in our November 2018 blog to examine its service offerings and noteworthy contracts that define the business. Since then, the company has experienced changes in its U.S. Government customer portfolio, showcased interesting evaluation trends, and made significant acquisitions. Portfolio changes and noteworthy wins Over the last few years, Accenture’s…
We last examined Booz Allen Hamilton in August 2020. At the time, the company was experiencing steady business growth (which we also noted in our August 2018 blog) and continues to maintain that steady growth now. The company announced at the end of its fiscal year 2022 that it earned $8.4 billion in revenue, up…
Amentum has recently made headlines for its acquisition of PAE and DynCorp in their short two year history. As we all observe the substantial investment of private equity in the U.S. Government contracting market, let’s examine who and what Amentum is today. The true core of Amentum comes from URS Corporation’s legacy Federal Services business…
