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GDIT names new chief growth officer
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology has named Paul Tartaglione as its new chief growth officer, the company, a subsidiary of Fortune 500 contractor General Dynamics, announced Monday. Tartaglione started in his new role Monday. He joined GDIT from McLean-based Fortune 500 management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, where he most recently served as senior vice […]
SAIC taps new chief innovation officer, chief of staff
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has hired a new chief innovation officer as well as a new chief of staff to incoming CEO Toni Townes-Whitley, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Thursday. Lauren Knausenberger, who will oversee the company’s innovation strategy across its solutions and services portfolio as chief innovation officer, comes from the [&helli[...]
ManTech completes Definitive Logic acquisition
Herndon-based ManTech International has completed its acquisition of Arlington County-based Definitive Logic. ManTech provides technology solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies. The company announced the completion of the deal, first announced Aug. 1, on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to add 330 employees to the […]
Rocket Lab, Leidos sign contract for 4 rocket launches
California-based Rocket Lab USA has signed a contract with Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos to launch four Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) missions, the launch company announced Tuesday. The suborbital testbed launch vehicle missions will lift off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Fligh[...]
SAIC lands $574M Space Force radar systems contract
Science Applications International Corp. will maintain and modify the U.S. Space Force’s ground-based radar sensor systems under a $574 million contract, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Monday. Under the Ground-Based Radar Maintenance and Sustainment Services (GMASS) contract, announced Aug. 29 by the Pentagon, SAIC will provide ongoing sustainment, modifications and improv[...]
Leidos receives $918M Homeland Security contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos has received a follow-on contract valued up to $918 million to support and enhance the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s networks, the company announced Thursday. The Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support (HEITS) contract was awarded Aug. 15. The cost-plus-award-fee, single-award contract has a one-year base and[...]
General Dynamics, HII subsidiaries receive $14.58B in Navy contracts
Reston-based General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary and Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding will construct Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers for the Navy during the next 10 years under contracts valued up to $14.58 billion. The Pentagon announced the contracts Aug. 1 but did not specify the total until Wednesday. The fixed-price ince[...]
Leidos lands $7.9B Army contract
Reston-based Leidos has won a 10-year, $7.9 billion contract from the Army, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Under the firm-fixed-price contract, Leidos will provide hardware systems, system management solutions, components, customizable sustainment strategies, non-personal service and continuous technology upgrades. Leidos was one of three bids received for the project. Work locations will be det[...]
Deltek names new CFO
Deltek has named Dean Tilsley its chief financial officer, the Herndon-based software company announced Thursday. Tilsley most recently served as CFO for Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin-based educational software-as-a-service and learning analytics company. In his new role, Tilsley will support growth across Deltek’s portfolio of solutions and help drive financial strategy and operational[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CRAIG P. ABOD
As president of Carahsoft, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider, Abod prefers staying out of the media spotlight. It’s enough that everyone in the government contracting industry knows him. A University of Maryland alumnus who founded Carahsoft in 2004, Abod previously worked for DLT Solutions and Falcon Systems. Carahsoft landed at No. 47 […]
Mitre hires chief information officer
The Mitre Corp., a McLean-based not-for-profit organization that manages federally funded research and development centers, has hired Deborah Youmans as its new chief information officer, it announced Monday. A Virginia Tech graduate who has an MBA from the University of Maryland, Youmans joins Mitre from McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton, where she was most recently vice […]
275 Va. companies make 2023 Inc. 5000 list
This year, 275 Virginia companies made the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies, which Inc. magazine released Tuesday. Ranking at No. 34 overall, Goldschmitt and Associates LLC was the highest-ranking Virginia companies on the list. Founded in 1998, the Leesburg-based information technology company specializes in computer programming, systems design a[...]
