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Northern Va. Year-in-Review: Back to the cookie jar
Feb 28, 2024

Northern Va. Year-in-Review: Back to the cookie jar

Data centers continued to dominate, define and, in some cases, shape the arc of Northern Virginia‘s 2023 economic story. Amazon Web Services cleared its hurdle in Stafford County, and although Prince William County’s controversial Digital Gateway project faced major public backlash, supervisors ultimately voted to approve the 1,200-acre project’s rezoning applications in December[...]

The Independence variant littoral combat ships USS Tulsa (right), USS Manchester (center) and USS Independence sail in formation in the eastern Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe
Feb 28, 2024

Amentum secures $591.6M Navy contract

Chantilly-based federal contractor Amentum Services has won a $591.6 million contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to support eligible allied naval forces, the company announced Tuesday. Under the contract from the NAVSEA International Fleet Support Program Office, Amentum will provide life-cycle support and follow-on technical solutions — including system upgrades; systems i[...]

Finance | Insurance 2023: MARY McDUFFIE
Feb 21, 2024

Navy Federal Credit Union CEO McDuffie to retire

Mary McDuffie, president and CEO of Vienna-based Navy Federal Credit Union, the nation’s largest credit union with $168.4 billion in assets and more than 13 million members, is retiring as of the end of February, and Chief Operating Officer Dietrich Kuhlmann will succeed her starting March 1, the credit union announced Wednesday. According to the […]

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Feb 19, 2024

Leidos wins $143M DIA contract

Reston-based Leidos won a contract worth an estimated $143 million from the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Fortune 500 contractor announced Thursday. Under the single award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from DIA’s Science and Technology Directorate, Leidos will design and implement a tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) system for the[...]

Feb 8, 2024

Peraton lands $2.8B IT defense contract

Reston-based technology contractor Peraton received a $2.8 billion Special Operations Forces IT Contract (SITEC) 3 Enterprise Operations and Maintenance task order, the contractor announced Wednesday. The task order is to provide IT platform and network services to the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), including its component commands, its theater special operations commands, deployed for[...]

Derrick Pledger
Jan 31, 2024

Maximus hires chief digital and information officer

Maximus has hired Derrick Pledger as chief digital and information officer, the Tysons-based federal tech contractor announced Tuesday. Pledger joins Maximus from Leidos, where he oversaw a global team as the contractor’s chief digital and information officer. At Maximus, his responsibilities will include leading the company’s technology modernization and IT strategies along with focus[...]

McLean mixed-use project, Mars expansion approved
Jan 30, 2024

McLean mixed-use project, Mars expansion approved

As the third wealthiest community in the U.S., McLean is known for its luxurious mansions and classic suburban feel. That’s starting to change. In June 2021, Fairfax County supervisors adopted a plan, known as the McLean Community Business Center, to redevelop the town’s 230-acre downtown, bounded by Old Dominion Drive and Chain Bridge Road, to […]

No dice: Richmond casino referendum fails by large margin
Jan 23, 2024

Fairfax, Petersburg could hold casino referendums

Two pending Virginia State Senate bills would change the list of locations eligible to host a casino, adding Petersburg and Fairfax County to the mix and removing Richmond. On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology’s gaming subcommittee met to discuss these and other measures regarding skill games, sports betting and horse racing. […]

A C-12 Huron airplane assigned to Detachment 1, Company B, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve, Fort Novosel, Alabama, parked at Cairns Army Airfield Jan. 31, 2024. U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Andy Thaggard
Jan 19, 2024

Amentum lands $946M Army contract

Chantilly-based federal contractor Amentum Services won a $946 million contract for maintenance of a U.S. Army aircraft fleet, the company announced Monday. Under the hybrid firm-fixed price contract, Amentum will complete system maintenance and modernization for the Army’s fixed-wing transport aircraft fleet, providing life-cycle services like sustainment and logistics for a combined fleet [...]

L to R: ARG Vice Chairman Steve Praske, President James Larsen, CEO Mike Shonholz and Chairman Greg Praske. Photo courtesy ARG
Jan 16, 2024

McLean-based ARG announces new president, CEO

McLean-based IT consulting firm ARG has made several changes to its executive leadership, as its president and CEO retire and move to board memberships. ARG co-owner and former CEO Greg Praske is now chairman of the 2024-25 board of directors, and Steve Praske, ARG co-owner and former president, is vice chairman of the board, according […]

Jan 9, 2024

SAIC lands $375M Navy contract

Science Applications International Corp. has won a $375 million U.S Navy contract supporting the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Tuesday. Under the five-year contract, SAIC will provide Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) fielding and integration on land-based vehic[...]

Rick Schult. Photo courtesy Amyx
Jan 8, 2024

Amyx announces new COO

Amyx has appointed Rick Schult as its new chief operating officer, the Reston-based federal contractor announced Monday. Schult will manage more than 600 employees. He succeeds John Selman, who served as COO since 2021. Amyx announced Selman’s retirement on Thursday. Schult joins Amyx from QinetiQ US, where he was most recently executive vice president for […]

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