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Fairfax County senior living community begins $56.5M renovation
Fairfax County senior living community The Virginian has begun a $56.5 million renovation, aimed to be completed in phases through June 2022. The renovated seven-story, 367,000-square-foot building will include four wings featuring 155 independent living apartments, 56 assisted living apartments and 38 memory care residences. The Virginian also includes long-term nursing and skilled nursing care. [...]
Perspecta wins $202M defense contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. a $201.5 million contract to provide technical services in support of its Global Content Delivery Services (GCDS) II program, the company announced Thursday. Perspecta was the prime contractor for the GCDS I program, working with DISA in expanding the Defense Information Systems Network. [&helli[...]
Reston-based Comscore closes investment transactions
Reston-based media measurement and analytics company Comscore Inc. announced Thursday that it has closed its previously announced investment transactions with Connecticut-based Charter Communications Inc., Colorado-based Qurate Retail Inc. and an affiliate of New York-based Cerberus Capital Management LP. Each of the three companies made a cash investment in exchange for shares of convertible pref[...]
Serco Inc. wins $600M Navy contract
Herndon-based tech company Serco Inc. (a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group plc) has been awarded a potential eight-year, $600 million contract by the U.S. Navy to support its Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) Ashore Sustainment Program. With an initial delivery order worth $153 million, Serco will support the program by providing software, hardware and firmware maintenance [&hel[...]
Reston cybersecurity firm names chief cyber officer
Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday it has hired Norm Laudermilch as the company’s first chief cyber officer. Laudermilch most recently served as chief operating officer with software company Control Case. “As chief cyber officer, Norm will be collaborating with many of our team members as his role will be cross-functional, providing guidance across […[...]
Tysons risk analytics firm announces two acquisitions
Tysons-based risk analytics firm Qomplx Inc. announced Wednesday it would acquire Huntsville, Alabama-based cyber intelligence firm Sentar and London-based insurance software modeling firm RPC Tyche. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Qomplx announced earlier this month its plan to go public through a merger agreement with Tailwind Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisit[...]
SAIC hires space biz senior VP
Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Tuesday it has hired David Ray as the senior vice president of its space business unit. Most recently, Ray served as president of government and defense at Flir Systems. In his new role, he will lead the team focused on space programs such as […]
Avantus Federal names new board member
Avantus Federal, a McLean-based IT defense contractor, announced Tuesday it has appointed former Engility CEO Lynn Dugle to its board of directors. Dugle was chairman and CEO of Chantilly-based Engility before its 2019 acquisition by Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. During her career, she also served in several executive leadership positions with Raytheon. Dugle earned [&hel[...]
KeyBank parent company to buy McLean data firm
Cleveland, Ohio-based financial services company KeyCorp announced Tuesday it will acquire McLean-based AQN Strategies LLC, a data and analytics firm focused on financial services established by Ben Sabloff and Nigel Morris, co-founder of Capital One and fintech venture capital firm QED Investors. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Sabloff will serve as KeyCorp’s [&hellip[...]
Herndon tech company buys Vienna-based IT defense biz from AT&T
Herndon-based systems integrator Tyto Athene announced Wednesday it will acquire AT&T’s Vienna-based Department of Defense-focused IT professional services business, also known as Government Solutions Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Making up a small slice of AT&T’s federal business, the division acquired by Tyto provides IT professional services to [...]
Vienna systems integrator acquires Herndon software company
Vienna-based systems integrator Criterion Systems announced Tuesday it has acquired Herndon-based software company Realm Consulting. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Under the acquisition, Realm will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Criterion. Founded in 2005, Criterion provides cybersecurity, cloud/data center management, IT infrastructure operations and systems e[...]
Alion wins $89M Air Force task order
The U.S. Air Force awarded McLean-based defense contractor Alion Science and Technology Corp. an $89 million task order to provide engineering, research and development and test and evaluation services, the company announced Friday. Under the task order, Alion will focus on software and data integration, coordination, knowledge management and information sharing of systems and subsystems […[...]
