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Bechtel promotes exec to president of nuclear, security, environmental unit
Reston-based global engineering and construction company Bechtel Corp. has promoted John Howanitz to president of Bechtel Nuclear, Security & Environmental Inc. He will begin Sept. 1. Craig Albert, Bechtel president and chief operating officer, said in a statement, “John’s experience in delivery of energy, environmental, national security and mission-critical projects combined with his lon[...]
PAE wins $74.2M contract to support Marine base in Japan
Falls Church-based defense and government services contractor Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. (PAE) was awarded a potential $74.2 million contact to run base operating support services at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, providing maintenance and repair services for base facilities, grounds and family housing, including custodial services and wastewater operations. The contract [...]
Arlington federal contractor acquires Alexandria tech firm
Arlington-based IT services federal contractor Planned Systems International Inc. acquired Alexandria-based technology company ProSphere Tek Inc., it announced Thursday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2006, federal contractor ProSphere designs and maintains mission-critical systems, supports data center operations and migrates business services to public clouds[...]
Northrop Grumman names chief sustainability officer
Northrop Grumman Corp. has named Michael Witt its vice president and chief sustainability officer. He will assume the role on Aug. 9, according to the Falls-Church based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor. Witt will lead Northrop Grumman’s sustainability initiatives, creating business practices for carbon reduction, resource efficiency and materials management. Witt previously held lea[...]
Shield AI acquires Alexandria-based defense contractor
Alexandria-based defense contractor Heron Systems Inc. was acquired by San Diego-based technology company Shield AI, according to announcement Thursday from Shield AI. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The companies will work on the deployment of artificial intelligent pilots for military aircraft. Shield AI is applying self-driving car technologies to military aircraft, acc[...]
CACI wins $1.4B DOD contract
Arlington-based Fortune 500 federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. was awarded a potential $1.4 billion task order by the U.S. Department of Defense to continue supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Decisive Action Task. Under the single-award task order, CACI will provide analysis and technology to the DTRA to help counter and deter weapons of […]
Avantus Federal acquires Reston-based software company
Avantus Federal, a McLean-based IT defense contractor and NewSpring Holdings company, has acquired Reston-based software company Occam’s Razor Technologies LLC, it announced Thursday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Avantus CEO Andy Maner said in a statement, “For more than 10 years, Occam’s Razor Technologies has built a company committed to developing innovative [&[...]
ASGN buys Reston’s IndraSoft
Henrico County-based Fortune 1000 professional services company ASGN Inc. has acquired Reston-based software company IndraSoft Inc., it announced Friday. IndraSoft’s 220 consultants will join the Missions Solutions business unit at ECS, ASGN’s Fairfax-based federal contracting subsidiary. Acquired by ASGN in 2018, ECS delivers tech solutions in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, ma[...]
Ashburn-based Telos Corp. names new CFO
Ashburn-based cybersecurity firm Telos Corp. has appointed Mark Bendza as executive vice president and chief financial officer, the company announced Monday. Bendza was previously the vice president of investor relations at software industrial company Honeywell International Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Telos went public [&h[...]
Accenture Federal Services hires infrastructure cyber lead
Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services announced Wednesday that it has hired Rick Driggers as its critical infrastructure cyber lead, a role in which he will help develop cybersecurity solutions to protect critical infrastructure. Driggers, who has already started in his new role, was the assistant director for the Integrated Operations Division at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure [&hellip[...]
Booz Allen Hamilton hires senior VP to lead AI practice for DOD
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has hired Matt Tarascio as a senior vice president in its Strategic Innovation Group, it announced Wednesday. Tarascio will lead the analytics and artificial intelligence business to support the Department of Defense. Tarascio was previously Lockheed Martin Corp.’s vice president of AI, and its […]
Intrepid Solutions acquires defense contractor Darkblade Systems
Herndon-based intelligence contractor Intrepid Solutions and Services LLC has acquired Darkblade Systems Corp., a Winchester-based federal defense contractor, it announced Wednesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Intrepid CEO Ryan Hebert said in a statement: “Welcoming Darkblade Systems into the Intrepid family is a transformative moment for us, and one that will great[...]
