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Serco fights to keep Navy work Serco Inc. doubled its work with the Navy almost two years ago when the company paid $225 million to acquire the Alion Science & Technology naval engineering business. Executives at Serco Group's U.S. subsidiary have often mentioned that deal as a critical component of its transformation into becoming a larger provider of end-to-end design and sustainment work for the Defense Department. Then it comes as no surprise that Serco is protesting a recompete decision that, for now, has taken away one of those prized Navy contracts. Serco is protesting the Navy’s d...

Serco to buy consulting firm WBB 17 February 2021 by Marc Selinger UK-based government services provider Serco Group has agreed to purchase American consulting business Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB) for USD295 million to expand its presence in the large US defence market, Serco announced on 16 February. WBB supports several US Air Force programmes, including the F-35, shown here. (Credit: US Air Force) The deal will boost Serco’s annual North American defence revenue by 20% to USD1.1 billion, diversify its customer base, and bolster its expertise in such high-demand technology areas as adv...

By Ross Wilkers Feb 11, 2021 BlueHalo, a private equity-backed defense technology services company unveiled last year, has hired a new chief operating officer in nearly two-decade market veteran Katie Selbe. She will be responsible for day-to-day program execution and organic growth across the company, BlueHalo said Thursday. Most recently, Selbe was a senior vice president and general manager at Alion Science and Technology. She is also a 15-year veteran of Northrop Grumman. Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners created BlueHalo through a combination of five other companies, startin...

By Ross Wilkers Jan 27, 2021 The government IT and services market apparently wanted to get 2021 started with a true megadeal that involves one of the largest publicly-traded companies and a notable investor in that business. Perspecta said Wednesday it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Veritas Capital for $7.1 billion in cash, or $29.35 per share. Veritas Capital already held 14.5 percent of Perspecta’s stock and earlier this month revealed that both parties had started some discussions about a potential transaction. The deal is anticipated to close in the first half of this...

Share: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alion Science and Technology announced today that it has been awarded an $87 million task order with a 60-month period of performance to provide Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) of Vertical Launching System (VLS); Interface Test Set (ITS); In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) of the Future; and Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Development for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD). Alion was awarded this contract under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center's (DoD IAC) multiple-aw...