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Md. cybersecurity company acquires Fairfax company’s product line
Columbia, Maryland-based cybersecurity company Owl Cyber Defense Solutions LLC announced Tuesday it has acquired Fairfax-based Trident’s Assured Collaboration Systems (ACS) product line. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The ACS product line includes voice over IP, video teleconference, cross domain solution and full-motion video filtering capabilities. The acquisition adds [...]
La.-based health care company buys two Va. practices
Shreveport, Louisiana-based Seaside Healthcare LLC announced Tuesday it has acquired two Virginia mental health care practices: Chesterfield-based Simple Intervention and Hopewell-based Second Chances Comprehensive Services LLC. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. Both transactions were part of Seaside Healthcare’s plan to expand in Virginia. Brandon and Kenra Hudson, co-foun[...]
Herndon company awarded intelligence contract
Herndon- and Seattle-based global monitoring company BlackSky announced Wednesday it was awarded a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). The company declined to release the amount awarded from the contract. The IARPA leads research programs for the U.S. Intelligence community. BlackSky will work to develop IARPA’s Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Te[...]
Reston firm sells off federal projects division
Reston-based civil engineering and surveying firm Wiles Mensch Corp. announced Tuesday that it has sold off its federal projects division, which now operates as an independent company, Sorba Engineering. Sorba Engineering, a Reston-based woman-owned small business, employs 12 engineers and technical specialists and has 40 active projects in the Washington, D.C. area. Meredith McComas will [&hellip[...]
Dominion names economic development strategy VP
Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. announced Wednesday that Felicia Howard has been promoted to the newly created position of vice president of economic development strategy, effective Jan. 1. Howard most recently served as vice president of gas operations for Dominion Energy South Carolina, but will be based in Richmond for her new role. She will oversee […]
Dominion announces $10M scholarship program for minority students
Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. announced Wednesday a six-year, $10 million initiative to provide scholarships to minority students who reside in the company’s service area, which includes Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina. This year, Dominion will award $500,000 in scholarships among 60 recipients through its Educational Equity Scholarship Program. “As we witness our[...]
Estes Express Lines, family commit $2M to Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
The Children’s Hospital Foundation announced Wednesday that Richmond-based Estes Express Lines donated $150,000 — with another $1.85 million committed from the Estes family — to support the construction of the Wonder Tower at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. The 16-story Wonder Tower will be home to the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU’s […]
Manassas company lands $124.1M Navy contract
The U.S. Navy awarded Manassas-based government contractor LTM Inc. a potential five-year, $124.1 million contract to work with the branch’s Naval Aviation Enterprise group, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Under the contract, LTM will help the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East integrate maintenance and supply functions. It will also perform logistical, technical and [&he[...]
Va. Beach health care consultancy hires chief strategy officer
Virginia Beach-based health care consulting company Divurgent announced Wednesday it has hired Sam Hanna as its chief strategy officer and executive vice president of innovation and consulting . Hanna joins the firm with experience as an executive adviser to Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and several medical device and artificial intelligence startups. “Having Sam join our […]
PBMares names new CEO
Newport News-based accounting and consulting firm PBMares LLP announced Tuesday that Harvey L. Johnson has been promoted as CEO, effective Jan. 1. Johnson, a partner and cybersecurity and control risk services practice leader, will serve as the company’s second CEO in the firm’s 58-year history. He succeeds Alan S. Witt, who became CEO in 1979. […]
