THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug 20, 2021 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) announced an 18 percent revenue growth to $3.4 billion during the second quarter of its fiscal year 2021 and retained its $13.7 billion to $14.1 billion sales outlook for the year, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 4.
John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI International and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss how the company is addressing the most challenging IT modernization and national security efforts, CACI’s recent major contract award wins and the recent spike in revenue and company growth.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has closed its $1.65 billion cash acquisition of Alion Science and Technology as part of a growth strategy to expand HII's technical service offerings in target markets. “Alion is a perfect complement to our existing capabilities in the technology-driven defense and federal solutions space," said Andy Green, president of HII’s Technical Solutions division and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient.
Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. For his latest piece, Brooks provided his commentary on the establishment of the “Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC).
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 23, 2021 — Peraton will help U.S. Central Command and its mission partners to plan, implement and assess operations under a potential five-year, $979 million task order, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 11.
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Ann Dunkin, chief information officer at the Department of Energy, will discuss initiatives to modernize and transform DOE information technology operations in a keynote address to a Sept. 1 virtual forum hosted by Executive Mosaic's flagship Government Contracting Wire. Visit the GovCon Wire Events page to register for this upcoming event.
Two Six Technologies, a high-growth, technology-focused provider of products and expertise for national security customers, announced on Tuesday that the company has officially acquired Trusted Concepts Inc. Trusted Concepts represents the first acquisition for Two Six Technologies since its inception in Feb. 2021. The official terms of the acquisition have yet to be disclosed.
Dr. Reggie Brothers, BigBear.ai’s CEO, 2021 Wash100 Award recipient and GovCon Expert, recently participated in the latest Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz to discuss an array of topics surrounding the federal and government contracting (GovCon) sectors. You can read the full Executive Spotlight interview with Dr. Reggie Brothers on ExecutiveBiz.com.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 23, 2021 — BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary developed an open architecture virtual system-of-systems testbed platform to help military customers assess technologies and data management processes intended for use in joint multidomain environments, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 6.
AT&T has partnered with Northern Virginia Community College to establish an information technology apprenticeship program intended to provide on-the-job IT training for NOVA students and set up a pool of talent for the company. Students who complete the program are expected to be equipped with technical and soft skills, lab work and other related skills through in-person and virtual training.