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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: BILL MONET
With more than 9,500 worldwide employees, 24% of whom are veterans, Akima is an Alaska Native corporation that handles federal contracts for the for-profit NANA Regional business owned by Indigenous Iñupiat shareholders. Monet, who serves as chief operating officer of NANA in addition to his duties as CEO and president of subsidiary Akima, has more […]
Steampunk wins pregnancy discrimination lawsuit
A federal jury ruled on Friday that a McLean-based IT federal contractor did not discriminate against a former employee on the basis of pregnancy or retaliate against her. The eight-person jury’s decision was unanimously in favor of Steampunk Holdings and its subsidiary, Steampunk Inc., after a five-day trial in the U.S. District Court for the […]
Parsons acquires Md. federal contractor for $200M
Centreville-based Fortune 1000 defense contractor Parsons has acquired Maryland-based contractor Sealing Technologies in a deal valued at $200 million. Parsons announced the deal Wednesday. The acquisition expands Parsons’ customer bases across the Department of Defense’s intelligence community and enhances its capabilities in defense cyber operations, integrated mission-solutions powe[...]
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 […]
HII’s Mission Technologies names new chief growth officer
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division has hired Ahmed Ayad to serve as chief growth officer. Ayad joins the organization from Herndon-based ManTech, where he served as vice president and growth lead for the defense sector since 2019. In his new role, Ayad will be responsible for shaping and developing Mission Technologies’ growth strategy […]
Leidos awarded $197M CMS contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos has won a new task order from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with an estimated total value of $197 million, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Monday. Under the hybrid firm-fixed-price, time and materials order, Leidos will provide IT support to the agency through its Office of […]
8 Va. companies make 2023 Fortune Global 500
Eight Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 34th Global 500 list, released Tuesday, notably including the newly renamed RTX and Boeing Co. as Virginia’s second and third highest-ranking companies, both of which are also newcomers to the state, having moved their headquarters to Arlington County last year. Freddie Mac remained Virginia’s top-ranked company, at No. 133,[...]
ManTech to acquire Definitive Logic
ManTech International Corp. on Tuesday signed an agreement to acquire Arlington County-based Definitive Logic in a deal that will add 330 employees to the Herndon-based federal contractor’s workforce. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Definitive Logic provides digital transformation consulting services and technology to defense, Homeland Security and federal civilian agencies. [...]
Microsoft Federal sees leadership change
Microsoft Corp.’s federal arm has new leadership, after its former president, Rick Wagner, left the company to pursue “new opportunities.” Wagner had run Microsoft Federal, now based in Rosslyn, since 2020. Candice Ling announced in a LinkedIn post this week that she had accepted his former job. Microsoft’s federal team works with the civilian and […]
Amentum-led team receives $5.87B nuke cleanup contract
A team led by Chantilly-based federal contractor Amentum Services Inc. will manage the decontamination and decommissioning of a Cold War-era nuclear weapons complex under a $5.87 billion, 10-year contract announced by the U.S. Department of Energy Thursday. Southern Ohio Cleanup Company LLC, based in Aiken, South Carolina, is a joint venture led by Amentum Environment […]
After protests, CACI prevails on $5.7B Air Force IT contract
After rounds of protest from other bidders, Reston-based CACI International Inc. announced Tuesday that it will transform the Air Force‘s IT service delivery for more than 800,000 airmen and Space Force guardians under a $5.7 billion contract. Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS) Wave 1, an Air Force initiative, includes transforming the Air Force’s […]
SAIC receives $1.3B Treasury contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will provide the U.S. Department of the Treasury with a range of cloud and professional services under a seven-year, $1.3 billion contract, the company announced Thursday. Dubbed “T-Cloud,” SAIC will deliver a shared-service cloud infrastructure model providing enterprise-wise efficiencies in access, c[...]
