Throughout the first half of federal fiscal year 2021, several government contractors have engaged in M&A actions to expand their corporate capabilities and deepen their customer knowledge. Select highlights out of the acquisition newsreel are highlighted below. Peraton Peraton had a rapid succession of large-scale acquisitions over just the last four months in the form…
You may know the name Palantir from headlines in recent years, but what is Palantir and what do they actually do? Palantir Technologies (“Palantir”) is a software company based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2003, Palantir builds environment-agnostic enterprise data platforms to help customers with complex and sensitive data environments. Palantir exclusively sells its software…
CGI Federal is the U.S. Government-focused subsidiary of CGI Group, a global IT and business consulting firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada. CGI Federal provides support in advanced engineering and technology, application management, business process management, systems integration and consulting, and technology management. What is CGI Federal? CGI Federal employs approximately 7,000 personnel, with offices located…
Peraton has lit up the GovCon news feed with two major acquisitions in the past few months. In December 2020, the company announced the $3.4 billion acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s the federal IT and mission support services business. The acquisition was closed in February 2021. This was followed shortly by the January 2021 announcement that…
We open the year with a new competitor highlight on an less known, but significant GOVCON competitor – NTT DATA. The company is among the likes of BAE Systems and Deloitte as an internationally headquartered business with a separate U.S. business. NTT DATA is an IT services provider and systems integrator headquartered in Tokyo, Japan….
This blog is a follow up to our original September 2018 ManTech blog. ManTech continues to provide many of the same services as described in the 2018 blog but has positioned itself to be more competitive in the intelligence community (IC) customer base and cyber security services. The company also realigned its organization with Matt…
FY2021 is upon us so this is as good a time as any to recap some of the wins and losses that ended FY2020. Knowing these contract wins is not only key for situational awareness, but to keep current with what past performance and success stories your competitors may use in the future. Let’s take…
PAE, rides along the line of more traditional government contractor with providing services along logistics, construction, and facilities management. The company is best known for their embassy support with the U.S. Department of State. However, like many of its peers, PAE has been transitioning away from their traditional work around logistics and base operations and…
Parsons is a diverse contractor with work spanning from engineering, construction, and facilities management to information technology, cybersecurity, and intelligence work. Parsons has made several acquisitions to diversify its portfolio of services and customers that will be discussed shortly. This blog will also explore Parsons’ major contracts, tools and their efforts to diversify their work…
This is a blog to follow-up from our May 2019 blog on KBR’s U.S. Government business. In May 2019, KBR rebranded their U.S. based government services business as “KBR Government Solutions” after retiring the very short lived KBRwyle brand Also changing in KBR’s business is their announcement moving three-segment business model to a two-segment model,…
