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Northrop Grumman appoints global biz development officer
Stephen O’Bryan will become corporate vice president and global business development officer for Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. on Feb. 6. Northrop Grumman announced that the board of directors elected O’Bryan on Monday. O’Bryan will lead business development organization and contribute to international growth. He succeeds David Perry, [...]
HII taps former DOD chief of staff as EVP
Eric Chewning, who was chief of staff for two acting defense secretaries in the Trump White House, became Newport News-based Fortune 500 shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s executive vice president of strategy and development on Monday. Chewning will guide corporate strategy and identify opportunities for growth, cross-division collaboration and potential investment. He reports [...]
SHARON SMOOT
Smoot is a unicorn — a Black woman overseeing 4,700 employees in the highly technical field of manufacturing components for nuclear reactors. Named last summer as head of the Lynchburg-based federal contractor’s nuclear division, Smoot spent 30 years as a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy, ultimately serving as executive director for logistics, maintenance and […]
KEVIN M. WIDEMAN
In just over four years, Wideman has quintupled the annual revenues of his Fairfax County-based government contracting agency from $100 million to $500 million, expanding its workforce from 130 to more than 2,100 employees, and landing it multiple times on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing U.S. private companies. A Temple University electrical engineering […]
Reston contractor lands $235M extension for Iraq base support
A subsidiary of Reston-based federal contractor Acuity International LLC won a $235.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification to provide base support and security services for the Iraq F-16 program, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The modification adds 12 months to the previously awarded contract, bringing the cumulative value of the contract to $360.78 million. The […]
Leidos wins $1.5B Social Security Administration contracts
Leidos Inc. won two Social Security Administration IT task orders with a combined potential value of $1.5 billion, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Monday. The task orders fall under the SSA’s IT Support Services Contract II. Under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task orders, Leidos will provide software systems and infrastructure support for the […]
Navy awards Boeing subsidiary $463M contract
Fairfax-based Argon ST Inc. has received a $463 million Navy contract to procure and produce sensor components for fielding in manned and unmanned aircraft, the Pentagon announced Friday. Argon ST is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arlington-based aerospace contractor Boeing Co. Under the contract, Argon ST will procure various Multi-Intelligence Sensor Development (MISD) Sensor Suite […]
SAIC wins $171M IT contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Science Applications International Corp. has received an IT contract valued up to $151 million from the U.S. Transportation Command, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Under the contract, SAIC will manage and support operations and modernization of the command’s IT systems and applications. The work includes classified and unclassified programs on multiple [...]
Noblis defense unit receives $187M Navy contract
A subsidiary of Reston-based Noblis Inc. has received a contract worth up to $187 million to provide command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance engineering services to the Navy, according to a news release. Noblis’ mission solutions for defense subsidiary will provide end-to-end engineering services to the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacif[...]
Technomics to add 150 jobs in Arlington
Government contracting firm Technomics Inc. is investing $1.7 million to expand its Arlington headquarters and add 150 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. Technomics is an employee-owned consulting firm that specializes offers a variety of analytics services for federal and international government clients. The company will lease an additional 10,000 square feet at 1225 South […]
ARDX to invest $2.4M to relocate, expand in Norfolk
Health care management and IT consulting firm ARDX will invest $2.4 million to relocate and expand within Norfolk, a project expected to create at least 15 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. ARDX will move from Lake Wright Drive to 500 W. 21st St. to hire more staff and establish a division of health equity […]
LookingGlass appoints former CIA officer to advisory board
Reston-based cybersecurity contractor LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced Monday that it appointed former CIA officer William T. “Terry” Burruss to its advisory board. Burruss is a retired senior intelligence service officer and was most recently deputy chief of the Center for Cyber Intelligence in the CIA’s Directorate of Digital Innovation. He oversaw intelligence collection, analy[...]
