More than a decade ago, Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding business to create Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). HII provides military ship building and professional services to federal and commercial customers on a global scale. It reported an FY2020 annual revenue of $9.4 billion, approximately 88% of which was generated from the U.S. Navy. Headquartered…
Raytheon…a GOVCON mega-competitor Just over a year ago, Raytheon and United Technologies Corporation (UTC) underwent a massive merger to create Raytheon Technologies. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Raytheon Technologies is one of the largest global aerospace and defense companies in the world. The company provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military, and government customers, specializing…
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…
Editor’s note: We have updated the organization with the major announcement from April 30, 2021 about the “new” Peraton organization. Also, as of May 6, 2021, this acquisition is now complete. Peraton has lit up the GovCon news feed with two major acquisitions in the past few months. In December 2020, the company announced the…
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…
