Chantilly IT company names COO
Chantilly-based information technology company DirectViz Solutions LLC announced Wednesday that Chuck Thompson has been promoted to chief operating officer. With more than three decades of management experience, Thompson was most recently executive vice president of operations at the company. He succeeds Michael McHugh, who was promoted to CEO in mid-August. Before his time with DirectViz, [&helli[...]
Mitre Corp. names VP integration, operations
McLean-based The Mitre Corp. (MITRE) has hired Charles “Pete” Leroy as vice president of integration and operations within its public sector division, the McLean-based nonprofit research and development organization for the federal government announced Tuesday. With more than two decades of experience, Leroy most recently served as chief of staff, military and veterans’ health, for [&hel[...]
SEC charges Herndon-based tech company, CEO with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Thursday against Herndon-based Kelvin Boon LLC/Boon.Tech and its CEO, Rajesh Pavithran, for fraud and registration violations in connection with a $5 million initial coin offering of digital asset securities. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, Pavithran and his company agreed to settle the charges by consenting to [&helli[...]
Herndon company wins $27.8M Army contract
The U.S. Army awarded Herndon-based technology and management company Serco Inc. (a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group plc) a $27.8 million contract to provide civilian talent management, the company announced Tuesday. Through the contract, Serco will provide analytic, management and advisory services for the Army’s civilian workforce and provide talent management architecture fo[...]
MicroStrategy converts $250M cash holdings to bitcoin
Tysons-based business software company MicroStrategy Inc. announced Tuesday it has converted $250 million from its cash holdings into more than 21,000 bitcoins. The company will keep its bitcoin holdings on its corporate treasury reserve — which MicroStrategy CEO Michael J. Saylor said in a statement will be the the principal holding in its treasury reserve […]
General Dynamics wins $428.2M Army contract
The U.S. Army awarded Reston-based government contractor General Dynamics Corp.’s land systems division a five-year contract worth up to $428.2 million to perform maintenance work on the Army’s Stryker combat vehicles, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide equipment training, maintenance and fielding services, according to th[...]
Leidos lands $649M Army contract
The U.S. Army awarded Reston-based federal contractor Leidos a $649 million contract to provide operations and support services to the Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) Tactical Airborne Multi-Sensor Platforms mission, the company announced Monday. The one-year contract (with four one-year option periods) was awarded through the U.S. Army’s Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services[...]
PAE hires homeland security director
Guy Torres has joined Falls Church-based Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) as the director of its homeland security portfolio, according to reports. Torres was most recently a Department of Homeland Security account executive at Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. During his career, he has also served as director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s information […]
Chantilly IT company names CEO
Chantilly-based information technology company DirectViz Solutions LLC announced Friday that Michael McHugh has been promoted to CEO. McHugh was most recently the company’s chief operating officer, and has more than 25 years of experience working in the technology industry. Before his time with DirectViz, he served as president of the defense and national security division […]
Perspecta wins $112M Homeland Security contract
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded a contract worth up to $112 million to Perspecta Inc. to provide managed information technology services to the department’s data centers, the Chantilly-based federal contractor announced Thursday. “This award reinforces our standing as a premier provider of end-to-end next generation managed IT services,” Rocky Thurston, senior vice presi[...]
SAIC lands $40M TSA contract
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) awarded a $40 million contract to Reston-based defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to provide operational test and evaluation services, according to a System for Award Management (SAM) notice. Under the contract, SAIC will help the TSA plan, implement, analyze and report airport operations. Work on the contract will [...]
Capital One fined $80M for 2019 data breach
Federal bank regulator the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Thursday it has fined McLean-based Capital One Financial Corp $80 million for what it calls unsafe and unsound information technology practices tied to computing operations in its cloud environment. Capital One is the largest bank in Virginia, according to 2019 deposits. In 2019, […]