Recent Articles from Katherine Schulte
Leidos wins $1.5B Social Security Administration contracts
Leidos Inc. won two Social Security Administration IT task orders with a combined potential value of $1.5 billion, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Monday. The task orders fall under the SSA’s IT Support Services Contract II. Under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task orders, Leidos will provide software systems and infrastructure support for the […]
Navy awards Boeing subsidiary $463M contract
Fairfax-based Argon ST Inc. has received a $463 million Navy contract to procure and produce sensor components for fielding in manned and unmanned aircraft, the Pentagon announced Friday. Argon ST is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arlington-based aerospace contractor Boeing Co. Under the contract, Argon ST will procure various Multi-Intelligence Sensor Development (MISD) Sensor Suite […]
Va. bill aims to reduce mental health stigma for health care workers
This story has been updated to include the House of Delegates Health, Welfare and Institutions committee meeting on Tuesday. On April 1, 2020, Dr. Lorna Breen returned to work, with COVID but fever-free. It was the first wave of the U.S. pandemic, and New York was on its way to becoming an epicenter. Nearly 1,400 […]
Babel Street acquires text analysis platform
Reston-based web and social media monitoring company Babel Street Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of text analytics platform Rosette. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Babel Street first announced the acquisition in November 2022. The company completed its purchase of the platform from Massachusetts-based BasisTech LLC at the end of December […]
Pavion acquires Mo. video security company
Chantilly-based technology firm Pavion, formerly Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI), acquired Missouri-based Short Circuit Electronics Inc., Pavion announced last week. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Pavion is a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners. The acquisition is Pavion’s 11th since it was acquired by Wind Point in June[...]
21 Va. industrial sites awarded $90M for development
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced $90 million in grants for the development of 21 industrial sites across the state Monday, helping localities get shovel-ready for big economic development projects. The two biggest winners are Chesterfield and Henry counties, which received $25 million and $22.2 million respectively from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program (VBRSP), which […]
ODU hires associate VP for innovation, commercialization
Kevin Leslie will be Old Dominion University’s first associate vice president for innovation and commercialization, the Norfolk-based university announced Friday. Leslie will improve ODU’s technology transfer operation to better identify, develop and market faculty, staff and student intellectual property and startups. He also will lead federal and other grant applications related to i[...]
Fredericksburg medical building sells for $6.85M
A medical office building in Fredericksburg sold for $6.85 million, Charlotte, North Carolina-based outpatient health care real estate firm Flagship Healthcare Properties LLC announced Wednesday. Built in 2007, the 16,483-square-foot medical office building is located at 1071 Care Way, adjacent to the 450-bed Mary Washington Hospital. The building is 100% leased to the Rappahannock Women’s [[...]
10 Va. companies graduate VEDP export program
Ten Virginia companies are the latest to graduate from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program, which helps companies work on international export growth strategies, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced this week. The two-year VALET program helps Virginia companies that have established domestic operations use international exporting as a gro[...]
Arko CFO to retire this year
Arko Corp. Chief Financial Officer Don Bassell will retire by the end of 2023, the Fortune 500 holding company for Henrico County-based convenience store chain GPM Investments LLC announced Tuesday. “It has been an honor to work alongside our dynamic executive team and employees to grow the company into the leader it is today through […]