Calif.-based contractor buys Herndon spacecraft developer
San Diego-based energy and defense contractor General Atomics announced last week it has acquired Herndon-based spacecraft and space system developer Tiger Innovations Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Tiger Innovations will become part of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems (GA-EMS) group. Founded in 1997, Tiger Innovations develops specialty software,[...]
Leidos lands $2B contract to provide military counseling
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday it has received a $2 billion contract to provide nonmedical counseling to military service members and their families through the Department of Defense‘s Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program. Under the contract, Leidos will provide face-to-face nonmedical counseling, consultation and outreach [...]
Carlyle Group buys two Va. tech companies; forms Two Six Technologies
An affiliate of Washington, D.C.-based global investment firm The Carlyle Group has acquired Virginia tech companies IST Research and Two Six Labs to form Two Six Technologies Inc., which will provide tech services to the intelligence community, the Department of Defense and other national security customers. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed, but […]
Reston tech company names chief growth officer
Reston-based tech company TekSynap announced last week it has hired Pete Brady as chief growth officer. With more than 35 years of experience in military operations, growth, business development and technology, he was most recently the chief growth officer with BlueWater Federal, which was acquired by Tetra Tech. Brady served in the U.S. Army as […]
Arlington company names chief technology officer
Arlington-based Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES) announced last week it has hired David Young as its chief technology officer. Young most recently served as vice president of advanced program development at Lockheed Martin Space. In his new role, he will work with the company’s four operating divisions on the technical roadmap and business strategies. He […]
McLean analytics company names emerging technologies VP
McLean-based advanced analytics company Novetta announced Thursday that it has hired Todd Massengill as vice president of emerging technologies in the company’s information exploitation division. Massengill, a combat veteran with 28 years of military experience, most recently served as the senior military assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security, where he [[...]
CACI wins $376.4M National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency contract
Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. was awarded a potential $376.4 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to improve its structured observation management (SOM) storage and production capabilities, according to a federal System for Award Management (SAM) notice. CACI will develop and deploy a software environment allowing the agency and [...]
CACI wins $96M Army task order
The U.S. Army awarded Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. a $96 million task order to provide engineering and logistics services for the U.S. Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Program, the company announced Tuesday. Under the task order, CACI will help the Army to integrate, test, train, deploy and sustain electronic […]
McLean tech company names president, chief delivery officer
Avantus Federal, a McLean-based IT defense contractor, announced Tuesday it has hired Luanne Pavco as president of Avantus Services and chief delivery officer. Pavco most recently served as regional general manager with Seattle-based consulting firm Slalom and also served on Avantus’ board of advisers. In her new role, she will oversee delivery and integrated talent […]
McLean contractor lands $87M Navy task order
McLean-based defense contractor Alion Science and Technology Corp. announced Monday it has received an $87 million task order to help the Naval Surface Warfare Center develop a vertical launching system and training equipment for the naval base in Port Hueneme, California. Under the potential five-year task order, Alion will perform research, development, test and evaluation […]
Northrop Grumman lands $155M Missile Defense Agency contract
The Missile Defense Agency awarded a subsidiary of Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. a $155 million contract to work on space-based sensor technology for defending against hypersonic weapons, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. will perform on-orbit demonstration, launch and initial orbit testing work, according to the DOD. [&hel[...]
Falls Church consultancy names executive chairman, vice chairman
Falls Church-based consultancy PACEM Solutions International and PACEM Defense LLC announced Friday the appointment of Cory Mills as executive chairman and Rana Al Saadi as executive vice chairman of its board of directors, effective immediately. Mills and Saadi are both co-founders of PACEM Solutions International and PACEM Defense LLC. Mills is a combat veteran and […]