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Aery Aviation to add 211 jobs, expand Newport News HQ
Newport News-based defense contractor Aery Aviation LLC will add 211 jobs with the $15.3 million expansion of its headquarters in Newport News, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The aviation company will build a 60,000 square-foot hangar with access to the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport runway and an engineering technology center to provide maintenance and modification [&helli[...]
Citizant promotes senior VP to COO
David Romola has been promoted to chief operating officer of Chantilly-based government IT contractor Citizant Inc. the company announced Wednesday. Romola has served as Citizant’s senior vice president of operations since 2019. In his new role, he will oversee all customer delivery activities and spearhead the company’s focus on organic growth in targeted accounts. Before […]
Five Va. companies win spots on $556M Navy contract
Five Virginia companies have won spots on an estimated $556 million U.S. Navy multiple-award contract to compete for task orders to provide technical services to the Office of the Chief Naval Operations Information Technology Department Command Information Office. Three Fortune 500 contractors — McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Reston-based CACI International Inc. and Reston-based Scienc[...]
Vienna defense contractor wins $600M DISA contract
Vienna-based defense contractor Trace Systems Inc. won a contract worth up to $600 million from the Defense Information Systems Agency to support U.S. Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT), the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, Trace will acquire, integrate, install, operate and maintain communications systems to supp[...]
Alexandria firm secures $164M Air Force contract
Alexandria-based national security contractor DCS Corp. has won a $164 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate (AFLCMC/WA) and Bombers Directorate (AFLCMC/WB). “DCS is proud to support the United States Air Force global power through this significant award,” said Larry Egbert, DCS executive vice pres[...]
Noblis subsidiary wins $72M Navy contract
Reston-based Noblis subsidiary Noblis MSD (mission solutions for defense) won a potential $72 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division. Under the five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity multi-award contract, Philadelphia-based Noblis MSD, previously McKean Defense Group LLC, will work on system modernization and sustainment for naval surface ships. Th[...]
Taking shape
Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc., is overseeing the integration of two recently acquired businesses that marked some of Virginia’s most significant business deals in 2021. Shea has been included in both editions of Virginia Business’ annual Virginia 500 issue, a compilation of the state’s 500 most powerful […]
M.C. Dean wins $158M contract from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tysons-based electrical engineering firm M.C. Dean Inc. won a $158.77 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to upgrade a controls system at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the fixed-price contract, M.C. Dean will upgrade and refurbish the power-generation plant and supervisory control and data […]
Peraton company wins $2B Defense Health Agency contract
Chantilly-based federal IT contractor Perspecta Enterprise Solutions LLC won a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with a ceiling of $2 billion from the Defense Health Agency on Friday. Perspecta, which Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. acquired in May, will coordinate, integrate and manage the Defense Health Agency’s IT update and standardization for the Military Health [[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology
CRAIG P. ABOD PRESIDENT, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP., RESTON Abod has built Carahsoft into a $6 billion company over the past 17 years. With 1,900 employees, Abod has led Carahsoft to become a top-ranked General Services Administration schedule and NASA’s Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract holder that provides solutions to more than 3,000 prime contractors, […]
Arlington Capital Partners acquires McLean program management company
Maryland-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire McLean-based program management company MCR LLC, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. MCR’s senior management team has invested alongside Arlington Capital, according to a news release. “MCR has established itself as a preeminent provider [...]
Arlington tech contractor acquires Herndon software company
Arlington-based national security technology contractor Two Six Technologies announced Tuesday its first acquisition, of Herndon-based software and analytics company Trusted Concepts Inc. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. “I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome Trusted Concepts into the Two Six team,” Two Six Technologies CEO Joe Logue said in a statement. “Trusted C[...]
