Recent Articles from Jason Roop
Strategic Alliance Solutions awarded potential $215M MDA contract
Fairfax-based Strategic Alliance Solutions LLC has won a three-year contract from the Missile Defense Agency for a potential $215.59 million, the Department of Defense announced Monday. The contract, which has a three-year base value of $51.42 million, covers warfighter operational integration advisory and assistance services. In fiscal year 2021, the company will receive $5,675,000 for […]
Kongsberg wins Army contract extension worth $499M
The U.S. Army has awarded a $499.17 million contract modification to weapon stations provider Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS, a Norwegian company with its U.S. headquarters based in Alexandria. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, the U.S. Department of Defense announced, estimating completion in September 2023. The contract for production, system […]
Reston-based Bowman Consulting Group raises $51.7M in IPO
Reston-based civil engineering company Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has raised $51.73 million in its initial public offering that closed Tuesday, selling 3.69 million shares at $14 a share since Friday. Sold under the symbol BWMN on the Nasdaq Global Market, shares traded between $12.60 and $14.90 as of Tuesday afternoon. After closing its sale of […]
Smith-Midland Corp. hires VP of operations for Va. plant
Fauquier County-based precast concrete manufacturer Smith-Midland Corp. has named Kevin Corbett as its vice president of operations at the company’s Virginia plant, it announced May 7. Corbett, a native of Syracuse, New York, will oversee production, delivery and installation at the plant, located in Fauquier’s Midland area. He brings five years of plant management experience […[...]
The Lester Group names new executive
The Lester Group has tapped Kevin Silveira to lead its building supply group and Fredericksburg-based Fortress Door Co., the Martinsville-based real estate and building materials company announced May 6. Silveira leaves a 19-year career at National Lumber Co., where he started as account manager and most recently served as vice president of sales. As vice […]
Intelligent Waves announces new senior vice president
Reston-based federal information technology contractor Intelligent Waves LLC has named Kathy Barlow as its senior vice president of contracts and pricing, it announced May 6. Barlow spent more than 10 years with government contractor IntelliDyne LLC, where she served as senior director of contracts. She also held roles overseeing contracts at QinetiQ and Horne International. […]
Arlington County names new planning director
Arlington County has promoted Anthony Fusarelli Jr., a 15-year veteran planning employee, to planning director effective in early June, the county announced May 6. Fusarelli started as a principal planner with the county in 2006. Most recently he served as assistant director of the county Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development. Fusarelli was chosen […]
Atlantic Broadband announces $7.2 million partnership
Atlantic Broadband has announced a $7.2 million partnership to deliver broadband to more than 1,200 homes and businesses in Caroline, Mathews, Lancaster and Middlesex counties. A $4.2 million grant from the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative pays for the bulk of the project, with $1.5 million coming from Atlantic Broadband and the remaining $1.5 contributed by the […]
Parsons lands $618M GSA contract
Centreville-based Parsons Corp. has won a $618 million contract with the U.S. General Services Administration, it announced this week, bringing the company’s total contracts won since the end of the first quarter to approximately $1 billion. The new contract covers professional services that advance the intelligence community’s global cyber and intelligence technologies for C5ISR, the [&he[...]
UPDATED: Peraton completes $7.1B Perspecta acquisition
UPDATED MAY 7, 8:20 A.M. Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. completed its $7.1 billion, all-cash acquisition of Chantilly-based federal IT contractor Perspecta Inc. on Thursday, according to a news release from Peraton’s parent company, New York-based private investment firm Veritas Capital. The combined companies will be known as Peraton and will be overseen by [&hellip[...]