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Maxar public sector receives $192M NGA contract
Maxar Technologies’ Herndon-based public sector division has received a five-year contract worth up to $192 million from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the company announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Maxar, which has its corporate headquarters in Colorado, will provide the U.S. Foreign Commercial Imagery Program, which includes multiple U.S. allies and partners with servic[...]
Health first
2023 BEST PLACES TO WORK — SMALL EMPLOYERS WINNER SmartEdge IT LLC, a Herndon-based business software development company, places a high premium on employee health and well-being. SmartEdge pays 100% of the premium for its health care package and provides $50,000 life insurance policies for all full-time employees, benefits that start on the day a […]
Reston contractor lands $235M extension for Iraq base support
A subsidiary of Reston-based federal contractor Acuity International LLC won a $235.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification to provide base support and security services for the Iraq F-16 program, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The modification adds 12 months to the previously awarded contract, bringing the cumulative value of the contract to $360.78 million. The […]
Rocket Lab launches first mission from U.S. soil
After more than a month’s delay, Rocket Lab USA’s first launch from U.S. soil at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Accomack County blasted off Tuesday evening. The mission, “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” lifted off around 6 p.m. EST from the company’s Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within the NASA facility, […[...]
Leidos wins $1.5B Social Security Administration contracts
Leidos Inc. won two Social Security Administration IT task orders with a combined potential value of $1.5 billion, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Monday. The task orders fall under the SSA’s IT Support Services Contract II. Under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task orders, Leidos will provide software systems and infrastructure support for the […]
Babel Street acquires text analysis platform
Reston-based web and social media monitoring company Babel Street Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of text analytics platform Rosette. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Babel Street first announced the acquisition in November 2022. The company completed its purchase of the platform from Massachusetts-based BasisTech LLC at the end of December […]
Pavion acquires Mo. video security company
Chantilly-based technology firm Pavion, formerly Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI), acquired Missouri-based Short Circuit Electronics Inc., Pavion announced last week. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Pavion is a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners. The acquisition is Pavion’s 11th since it was acquired by Wind Point in June[...]
10 Va. companies graduate VEDP export program
Ten Virginia companies are the latest to graduate from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program, which helps companies work on international export growth strategies, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced this week. The two-year VALET program helps Virginia companies that have established domestic operations use international exporting as a gro[...]
GTT Communications emerges from Chapter 11
McLean-based GTT Communications Inc. has completed its financial restructuring process and emerged from Chapter 11 cases, the telecommunications company announced Jan. 3. “The transformed company is repositioned to focus on providing customers with industry-leading managed network and cloud security services that leverage the company’s global Tier 1 IP network,” GTT wrote in a ne[...]
VW America CEO named Autos Drive America chair
Pablo Di Si, the Herndon-based president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, has been elected chairman of Autos Drive America, a trade association that represents 12 international automakers with presences in the United States, Volkswagen announced Tuesday. Previously executive chair of Volkswagen’s South America region, Di Si was named president and CEO of the […]
‘Inferiority complex’ no more
As recently as 30 years ago, few people would have imagined that Fairfax County would grow to contain one of the most robust technology ecosystems in the nation, with thousands of tech-fueled firms, fed with workers trained by some of the state’s top universities. Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of McLean-based federal tech contractor Maximus […]
Perspecta receives $342M TSA contract
Perspecta Enterprise Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Herndon-based government contractor Peraton, has received a contract worth up to $342.7 million to operate, maintain and improve the Transportation Security Administration’s IT equipment, services and processes, the company announced Wednesday. Chantilly-based Perspecta will support as many as 85,000 employees, contractors and support perso[...]
