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Leidos wins $531M Air Force task order
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a potentially $531 million task order from the Air Combat Command (ACC) Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC), the company announced Monday. Under the single-award, firm-fixed price task order, Leidos will support ACC intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, providing subject matter expert[...]
ManTech to acquire D.C. tech firm for $350M
Herndon-based tech contractor ManTech International Corp. announced Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Washington, D.C.-based Gryphon Technologies from Boca Raton, Florida-based AE Industrial Partners for $350 million. Gryphon Technologies provides digital and systems engineering capabilities for U.S. Department of Defense agencies, including predictive analytics, data sci[...]
Amentum to acquire PAE for $1.9B
Falls Church-based government contractor PAE Inc. (Pacific Architects and Engineers) has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Germantown, Maryland, aerospace defense contractor Amentum in a $1.9 billion all-cash deal. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2022, at which time PAE will become a wholly owned […]
CGI Building in Fairfax sells for $55.3M
The CGI Building in Fairfax sold for $55.3 million on Oct. 5. Located at 12601 Fair Lakes Circle, the 10-story office building is 259,511 square feet and occupies 8.36 acres. It is 88% leased to four tenants, primarily government contractors, and anchored by CGI Federal Inc., part of CGI Inc. The property was recently renovated […]
Bowman Consulting Group acquires Denver engineering firm
Reston-based civil engineering company Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has acquired Denver-based building services engineering firm PCD Engineering Inc., it announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the acquisition was financed with a combination of cash, seller financing and stock. Bowman expects the company to initially contribute about $2.5 million of annual [&he[...]
Vienna tech company acquires Colorado software engineering company
Vienna-based cybersecurity and IT company Criterion Systems Inc. acquired Colorado-based government contractor SAGE Black Consulting and Contracting LLC, the company announced Sept. 28. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. SAGE Black provides software engineering services to the geospatial intelligence, space and cyber industries, with an artificial intelligence/machine learnin[...]
Spacelink to add 41 jobs with Fairfax expansion
McLean-based satellite telecommunications company SpaceLink Corp. will create 41 jobs by expanding in Fairfax County, allowing it to develop a satellite communications system that will provide data relay services, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. “SpaceLink’s expansion in Fairfax County will strengthen the commonwealth’s position as a leader in the aerospace industry,” Northa[...]
Reston domain registry appoints chief tech officer
Rick Wilhelm assumed the role of chief technology officer for the Reston-based nonprofit Public Interest Registry on Monday. Founded in 2002 by the Internet Society, a Reston-based nonprofit internet advocacy organization, PIR operates the .org top-level internet domain, which is responsible for more than 10.5 million domain names registered worldwide. “PIR believes that more and […]
Leidos nabs $300M NSA contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a National Security Agency contract with a ceiling of $300 million, the company announced Wednesday. Under the five-year single award contract, Leidos will provide development and modernization efforts to support the NSA’s Technical Signals Intelligence (TechSIGINT) mission. “We’re proud to continue our support o[...]
Caliburn International rebrands technology services units
Reston-based federal contractor Caliburn International Corp. has split the company and rebranded its technology services sectors as Acuity International, the company announced Monday. In April, Caliburn had announced that it would split into two companies: Acuity International and Valiance Humanitarian LLC, the latter of which took Caliburn’s migrant detention-related contracts. At the time,[...]
Herndon tech contractor names growth officer, new verticals leaders
Herndon-based tech contractor Valiant Integrated Services LLC appointed three executives who began on Oct. 1: John Hart as chief growth officer, Kent Smith as general manager and senior vice president of the mission support vertical and Hector Alvarez as general manager and senior vice president of the training and readiness vertical. “John, Kent and Hector […]
Parsons Corp. names connected communities business unit president
Peter Torrellas became president of Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp.’s connected communities business unit on Monday. Torrellas will be based in Centreville and will serve as a member of the company’s executive leadership team. He will report to Parsons President and CEO Carey Smith. “Peter is a recognized leader in delivering results at the intersection […]
