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GDIT receives $383M Navy contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. will help train more than 100,000 U.S. Navy and allied sailors on surface combat systems under a $383 million contract announced June 15. The contract, awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren on behalf of the service’s Surface Combat Systems Training Command, has a one-year base and […]
HII Mission Technology promotes two execs
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s McLean-based Mission Technologies division has promoted Garry Schwartz, formerly a group president, to chief operating officer on June 1. At the same time, the company also promoted Todd Gentry to president of the division’s C5ISR (command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) [...]
CNSI-Kepro rebrands as Acentra Health
The health services tech company that formed from last year’s merger of McLean-based health care IT provider CNSI and Nashville, Tennessee-based health care management tech company Kepro is now branding itself as Acentra Health. The company announced the rebranding Tuesday. “Our new company name and brand represent a new era and a transformational new company,” […]
Leidos hires former NSA official as chief security officer
Reston-based Leidos has named a former national security official as its senior vice president and chief security officer, the Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Monday. Amy Davis most recently served as deputy chief for the National Security Agency’s Office of Security and Counterintelligence, where she led a team responsible for protecting civilian, military and contractor personnel[...]
36 Va. companies make 2023 Fortune 1000 list
Thirty-six Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 69th annual Fortune 1000 list, notably including newcomers to the commonwealth Raytheon Technologies Corp. and Boeing Co. as Virginia’s second and third highest-ranking companies. Freddie Mac remained Virginia’s top-ranked company, at No. 45, and 24 Virginia companies made this year’s elite Fortune 500 list. Released Monda[...]
Virginia 500 Spotlight: JENNIFER CHRONIS
FIRST JOB: Retail salesperson at The Fashion Factory in Burke HOBBY: Exercise in any form —walking, hiking, biking, swimming PERSON I ADMIRE: Abraham Lincoln, for leading our country through one of its darkest times, ending the Civil War and signing the Emancipation Proclamation WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Stay calm and keep everything in perspective. WHAT MAKES […]
Valiant wins $748M language services task order
Herndon-based defense contractor Valiant Integrated Services LLC will provide linguist and translation support to the U.S. Central Command under a $748 million task order with a ceiling value of up to $1.4 billion, the government contractor announced Thursday. Under the contract, Valiant will provide comprehensive linguist and translation support in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility, a [&hell[...]
SAIC lands $249M Navy air warfare contract
Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. will continue servicing combat instrumentation platforms used by the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division for training and test evaluation under a potential $249 million contract, the Fortune 500 contractor announced Tuesday. Under the contract, SAIC will perform systems design and integration, hardware and software upgrades and modificati[...]
IT contractor to add 90 jobs in Fairfax
Reston-based Dev Technology Group will invest $366,000 to expand in Fairfax County, adding 90 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The investment includes 10,000 square feet of additional office space. Founded in 1998, Dev Technology Group provides IT services to the federal government, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, multiple [&helli[...]
HII’s Mission Technologies receives $995M contract
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s Mission Technologies division has received a $995 million contract to advise and assist the U.S Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, the company announced Wednesday. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, multiple-award contract has a one-year base and four one-year option periods. Under the contract, HII’s McLean-based [...]
SAIC wins $889M defense contract
Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has won an $889 million contract to develop and implement an information technology solution for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s systems, SAIC announced Tuesday. As the prime contractor, SAIC will develop One IT, an enterprise IT solution with an adaptable infrastructure and customer support. The company’s work [...]
Hampton Roads shipyards receive nearly $1B in Navy contracts
The Pentagon has announced nearly $1 billion in Navy contracts for work on vessels in Hampton Roads. Under one contract, valued at $847 million, Reston-based General Dynamics Corp.’s Norfolk-based shipyards will support emergent work, continuous maintenance, pre-refueling complex overhaul availabilities, ship terminal offload program availability and scheduled work on aircraft carriers in th[...]
