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Chantilly cell tower B2B biz acquired by California company
Chantilly-based SmallCellSite.com has been acquired by California’s Digital Locations Inc., a developer of 5G cell tower sites. The completed acquisition was announced on March 2. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition means that Digital Locations now has 80,000 prequalified wireless cell sites. SmallCellSite has nonexclusive agreements with site owners all ov[...]
Herndon government contractor hires business development SVP
Herndon-based government contractor Unissant Inc. has rehired Macon Hardy as its senior vice president of business development, the company announced on Monday. Hardy previously worked for Unissant; in her role, she will focus on developing the firm’s work with the Defense Health Agency and Veterans Affairs. “We’re very excited to have Macon back,” said Unissant […]
General Dynamics lands $210M contract for Stryker vehicles
The U.S. State Department has named General Dynamics Corp.’s land systems business as the prime contractor on a potential $210 million foreign military sale of Stryker armored fighting vehicles to North Macedonia through a government-to-government transaction. On Tuesday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale. The[...]
PAE Inc. president and CEO resigns
PAE Inc., a Falls Church-based government contractor, has appointed Charles Peiffer as its interim president and CEO starting Friday, March 19, following the resignation this week of John Heller, who had led the company since 2013. Peiffer is PAE’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Heller, who joined PAE from Engility Corp., resigned as […]
McLean software company appoints two VPs
Logi Analytics, a McLean-based embedded software analytics firm, announced last week it has hired Vijay Pendyala as senior vice president of engineering and Jeff Seifert as vice president of alliances and channels. Pendyala was most recently senior vice president of engineering at Guavus and has held other leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and People […]
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 […]
