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Leidos wins $306M follow-on Army contract
The U.S. Army awarded Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. a $306 million follow-on contract to help the branch operate and maintain the Saturn Arch aerial platform, the company announced Monday. The Saturn Arch aerial platform works to neutralize improvised explosive devices. Under the contract, Leidos will provide ground and flight operations for […]
PAE to acquire Mass.-based tech company for $208M
Falls Church-based defense and government services contractor Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) announced Monday plans to acquire Burlington, Massachusetts-based Centra Technology Inc. for $208 million in cash. “By acquiring Centra, PAE realizes a significant milestone in the execution of our strategic growth plan to be a provider of innovative, higher margin, knowledge-based offerings in a[...]
Herndon tech contractor announces leadership appointments
Herndon-based tech contractor Valiant Integrated Services LLC announced Friday that Chief Financial Officer Mike Pilon has been promoted as the company’s first enterprise chief operating officer in a string of new leadership appointments. Dan Corbett will succeed Pilon, who had served as CFO since 2017. In his new role, Pilon will oversee operations, engineering and […]
Excella wins $20B federal contract for IT services
Arlington-based software and information technology management company Excella announced Wednesday it was awarded a contract worth up to $20 billion from the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). “We pride ourselves on our industry-leading expertise in modernizing IT across the federal government,” Excella co-founder and CEO Bu[...]
Leidos subsidiary tapped to develop lunar landing system
Dynetics, a wholly owned aerospace subsidiary of Reston-based defense contractor Leidos, is one of three prime contractors awarded contracts by NASA to design the human lunar landing system that will take the first woman and next man to the moon’s surface by 2024. The other two aerospace companies are Amazon.com Inc. President and CEO Jeff […]
