ManTech International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gryphon Technologies for $350 million in a move that aims to expand the former’s advanced digital engineering capabilities. The Herndon, Virginia-based defense contractor said Monday it will add over 1,500 employees to its staff as part of the transaction, which involves purchase from AE Industrial Partners […] More

Gryphon Technologies has secured a $25.5 million contract to offer support services for the expeditionary systems unit of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City division. The company said Monday that it will evaluate, test and fabricate prototypes of NSWC PCD’s landing craft air cushion and naval assault craft units. Gryphon will also perform special studies and […] More

John Carty, former chief growth officer at Gryphon Technologies and a two-decade U.S. Navy veteran, has joined ManTech International as executive director of business development, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. He worked at ManTech from 2007 to 2009 and ran the company’s business focused on providing acoustic systems design, engineering and test and evaluation support to […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 27, 2021 — ManTech International has completed its $350 million cash acquisition of digital and systems engineering company Gryphon Technologies from private equity firm AE Industrial Partners and added new programs and professionals to its defense business, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 13. “The addition is highly complementary and builds upon our […] More

SRC Inc.‘s Gryphon Sensors subsidiary has partnered with Whitefox Defense Technologies to integrate drone threat mitigation and analytic tools with a radio frequency-based sensor system. Gryphon Sensors said Monday it seeks to equip the company’s Skylight system WhiteFox-made technologies in a push to offer an integrated platform designed to counter small unmanned aerial systems. Skylight employs radars and multispectral sensors built to […] More

Jerome Punderson, former director of contracts at the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Sea Systems Command, has joined Gryphon Technologies as chief operating officer at the Washington, D.C.-based professional and engineering services contractor. Gryphon said Tuesday Punderson will be responsible for managing and executing the company’s government contracts. “The defense sector is a heavily regulated industry and having […] More

Gryphon Technologies has won a potential seven-year, $57.7 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to support integration work on the Sea-Based X-Band Radar mission. The Defense Department said Thursday that Gryphon will provide communication operations and support services to MDA’s SBX strategic mission under the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. SBX Radar is built as part of the country’s Ballistic Missile Defense System and designed to help […] More

ManTech has initiated an all-cash deal to be purchased by investment firm Carlyle for approximately $4.2 billion in total enterprise value. The national security technology services provider said Monday that the acquisition, in which shareholders will receive $96.00 per share in cash, is estimated to close in the second half of the calendar year 2022. […] More

ManTech International has secured a five-year, $136 million task order to provide research and development support to the U.S. Marine Corps’ science and technology programs. The award under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s Multiple Award Contract covers support for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, Force Design 2030 and emerging capability development, the company said […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded General Atomics a $22.1 million contract to support the agency’s efforts to conduct a rocket test launch in cislunar orbit. General Atomics will perform Track A contract services as part of DARPA’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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John Song and Jean Stack, managing directors with Baird, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the organization’s recent efforts within mergers & acquisition (M&A), following the close of NuWave’s acquisition of BigBear and Jacobs’ recent purchase of The Buffalo Group. The two leaders also discussed current market trends, and provided insight into Baird's upcoming Government & Defense Conference.

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Seven companies have landed spots on a potential three-year, $43.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of supplies and services throughout the watercraft life cycle.

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