Peraton lands $130M DOD contract
Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. has received a five-year contract worth up to $130 million to assist the Department of Defense with modernizing computer applications to determine benefits eligibility, it announced Thursday. Under the Entitlements and Benefits Application Modernization and Sustainment program, Peraton will help the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) upgrade[...]
Noblis rebrands subsidiary to encompass defense portfolio
Reston-based Noblis is rebranding its McKean Defense Group subsidiary as Noblis MSD (mission solutions for defense), the not-for-profit federal contractor announced Wednesday. Noblis closed its acquisition of Philadelphia-based McKean Defense Group and its affiliates on April 30, creating a wholly owned subsidiary. Cabrillo Technologies will remain part of the subsidiary now called Noblis MSD, whi[...]
KLDiscovery appoints first COO from within
KLDiscovery Inc. has appointed Danny Zambito to the firm’s newly created chief operating officer position, the McLean-based software company announced Monday. Zambito, who has been with KLDiscovery since 2008, most recently served as the company’s executive vice president of global legal technologies and client services. He will now oversee operations, client services and human resourc[...]
REI Systems secures $400M FDA contract
Sterling-based IT company REI Systems secured a five-year, $400 million contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company announced Tuesday. Under the single-award Criminal Investigations, Imports and Systems Inspection Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement contract, REI will support the FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs in the development and operations of mission-critical s[...]
LMI acquires Falls Church solutions consulting company
Tysons-based government and defense contractor LMI acquired Falls Church-based Suntiva, it announced Tuesday. Suntiva is a technology-enabled solutions company focused in the public health and defense markets. The acquisition provides LMI with new customer access, particularly the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Defense Informat[...]
Bechtel promotes exec to president of nuclear, security, environmental unit
Reston-based global engineering and construction company Bechtel Corp. has promoted John Howanitz to president of Bechtel Nuclear, Security & Environmental Inc. He will begin Sept. 1. Craig Albert, Bechtel president and chief operating officer, said in a statement, “John’s experience in delivery of energy, environmental, national security and mission-critical projects combined with his[...]
PAE wins $74.2M contract to support Marine base in Japan
Falls Church-based defense and government services contractor Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. (PAE) was awarded a potential $74.2 million contact to run base operating support services at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, providing maintenance and repair services for base facilities, grounds and family housing, including custodial services and wastewater operations. The contract [...]
Northrop Grumman names chief sustainability officer
Northrop Grumman Corp. has named Michael Witt its vice president and chief sustainability officer. He will assume the role on Aug. 9, according to the Falls-Church based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor. Witt will lead Northrop Grumman’s sustainability initiatives, creating business practices for carbon reduction, resource efficiency and materials management. Witt previously held[...]
DISYS names CFO and treasurer
McLean-based staffing firm Digital Intelligence Systems LLC named Philip Monti as its chief financial officer and treasurer of the combined enterprise of DISYS and Signature Consultants, DISYS announced Wednesday. He will oversee financial operations and management of the enterprise, building on his former position at Signature Consultants, a Florida-based IT staffing firm that DISYS acquired [&he[...]
George Mason hires chief diversity officer
Sharnnia Artis will be George Mason University’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, beginning Sept. 1. Artis currently serves as the assistant dean for access and inclusion in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. George Mason […]
ASGN buys Reston’s IndraSoft
Henrico County-based Fortune 1000 professional services company ASGN Inc. has acquired Reston-based software company IndraSoft Inc., it announced Friday. IndraSoft’s 220 consultants will join the Missions Solutions business unit at ECS, ASGN’s Fairfax-based federal contracting subsidiary. Acquired by ASGN in 2018, ECS delivers tech solutions in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intellig[...]
Biden will nominate SAIC senior VP as Army under secretary
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his intent to nominate Gabe Camarillo, a senior vice president at Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp., for under secretary of the U.S. Army. Camarillo is SAIC’s senior vice president of its army business unit and previously held other leadership positions within SAIC. He also has worked […]