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Leidos lands $7.9B Army contract
Reston-based Leidos has won a 10-year, $7.9 billion contract from the Army, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Under the firm-fixed-price contract, Leidos will provide hardware systems, system management solutions, components, customizable sustainment strategies, non-personal service and continuous technology upgrades. Leidos was one of three bids received for the project. Work locations will be det[...]
Deltek names new CFO
Deltek has named Dean Tilsley its chief financial officer, the Herndon-based software company announced Thursday. Tilsley most recently served as CFO for Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin-based educational software-as-a-service and learning analytics company. In his new role, Tilsley will support growth across Deltek’s portfolio of solutions and help drive financial strategy and operational[...]
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[...]
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 […]
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 […]
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,” […]
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’[...]
ASRC Federal buys Manassas defense contractor
Reston-based ASRC Federal Holding Co. has acquired Manassas-based defense contractor Broadleaf Inc., ASRC announced Monday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, Broadleaf is a U.S. Small Business Administration Certified Native Hawaiian Organization. The company provides information technology services and professional services. Broadleaf was No. 977 on the 202[...]
