Arlington joint venture secures $100M Army Corps of Engineers contract
An Arlington-based joint venture between Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Kansas-based Black & Veatch Holding Co. won a $100 million contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for work in Fort Meade, Maryland, the Department of Defense reported Wednesday. Under the firm-fixed-price contract, Jacobs/B&V will provide design and construction services for the completion [&hel[...]
Fluence files plans for IPO
Fluence Energy Inc., an Arlington-based energy storage and digital application company owned by Siemens and AES Corp., announced this week it has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares and price range for the proposed offering have not […]
VPM president and CEO elected to PBS board
Jayme Swain, VPM and Virginia Foundation for Public Media president and CEO, was elected to serve a three-year term as a professional director on the Public Broadcasting Service Board, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger announced Wednesday. Swain oversees VPM, which is a Richmond-based network of PBS and NPR stations across Central Virginia and the […]
U.Va. opens Northern Virginia campus
The University of Virginia announced Wednesday it has opened a campus in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, with plans to expand to other sites in the region. The campus in Northern Virginia will be called UVA|NOVA. “UVA|NOVA will be the center point of our efforts to better serve the commonwealth by bringing new academic programming […]
AES promotes investment chair to CFO
Arlington-based Fortune 500 energy company The AES Corp. announced Tuesday it had promoted Stephen Coughlin to executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 15. Coughlin most recently led AES’ corporate strategy and financial planning groups and served as chair of the company’s investment committee. Before that, he was the CEO of Fluence, AES’ […]
Five Va. companies win spots on $556M Navy contract
Five Virginia companies have won spots on an estimated $556 million U.S. Navy multiple-award contract to compete for task orders to provide technical services to the Office of the Chief Naval Operations Information Technology Department Command Information Office. Three Fortune 500 contractors — McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Reston-based CACI International Inc. and Reston-based Scienc[...]
Spok reviewing options for potential sale of company
Arlington-based health care communications tech company Spok Holdings Inc. announced Friday that it is conducting a strategic review of its options, which may include selling the publicly traded company. California-based Acacia Research Corp. and its partner, New York-based Starboard Value LP, publicly expressed interest in acquiring Spok and have accumulated more than 5% of Spok’s […[...]
Amazon has hired 3,000+ HQ2 workers so far
So far, Amazon.com Inc. has hired more than 3,000 of the 25,000 employees it plans to recruit by 2030 for its multibillion-dollar HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington, the global online retailer announced Wednesday. In 2019, the Virginia General Assembly passed an incentive package that would pay Amazon up to $550 million in grants for […]
Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives names chair-elect
The Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (VACCE) announced that Arlington Chamber president and CEO Kate Bates is its 2021-22 chair-elect. “I’m honored to be assuming the role of chair-elect for VACCE, following a line of tremendous leaders,” Bates said in a statement. “During the pandemic, VACCE convened the chambers of commerce throughout the […]
BAE Systems appoints Gina Haspel, Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson to board
Former CIA director Gina Haspel and retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson have been appointed to Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc.’s board of directors, the company announced Friday. Their terms will run through April 2024. “We are extremely fortunate to have Stephen and Gina join our board,” Michael Chertoff, chairman of the […]
Arlington tech contractor acquires Herndon software company
Arlington-based national security technology contractor Two Six Technologies announced Tuesday its first acquisition, of Herndon-based software and analytics company Trusted Concepts Inc. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. “I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome Trusted Concepts into the Two Six team,” Two Six Technologies CEO Joe Logue said in a statement. “Trusted C[...]
Arlington tech contractor names VP architect
Arlington-based national security technology contractor Two Six Technologies named Daniel J. “Rags” Ragsdale its vice president – architect on Aug. 4. “I’m beyond excited to have the opportunity to work closely with the deeply passionate and well-respected experts who comprise the Two Six Technologies team,” Ragsdale said in a statement. “I’m very confident that collectivel[...]