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Herndon satellite company names chief strategy officer
Herndon-based satellite company HawkEye 360 Inc. announced Wednesday it has hired Kari A. Bingen, a former deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, as its chief strategy officer. Bingen held her role with the Department of Defense from May 2017 through January 2020. In her new role, she will focus on space policy as […]
Fairfax and Prince William federal contractors launch joint venture
Herndon-based systems integration company Tyto Athene LLC and Veterans First Initiative (VFI) LLC of Prince William County have launched a joint venture: Haymarket-based Optima Government Solutions LLC. Optima will provide IT services including engineering and systems integration to the U.S. federal government and U.S. Department of Defense. The joint venture is a service-disabled veteran-owned[...]
Va. joint venture lands $1B Dept. of Energy contract
The Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded Herndon-based joint venture SRS Critical Infrastructure Security LLC (SCIS) a 10-year, potential $1 billion contract to provide security services, the Department of Energy announced Friday. The goal of the contract is to provide security for special nuclear materials under the Safeguards and Security (S&S) program. SCIS includes Securitas [&h[...]
Serco. Inc. to acquire Reston contractor for $295M
Herndon-based tech company Serco Inc. (a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group plc) announced Tuesday it will acquire Reston-based H.I.G. Capital affiliate Whitney, Bradley & Brown for $295 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close during the second quarter of 2021,will increase Serco’s program management services for the Department of Defense, according to a [&hellip[...]
Perspecta CEO Mac Curtis retiring; Peraton CEO Stu Shea taking reins
Mac Curtis, the president, chairman and CEO of Chantilly-based federal IT contractor Perspecta Inc., plans to retire this year and will be replaced by the head of Peraton Inc., the Herndon-based national security contractor that is acquiring Perspecta, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In an undated letter to employees, […]
Perspecta wins $201.5M defense contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. a $201.5 million contract to provide content delivery services, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Under the contract, Perspecta will perform work at government data centers both in the United States and worldwide. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization received four of[...]
Stride selects 47 recipients for new scholarship program
Herndon-based online education provider Stride Inc. (formerly K12 Inc.) announced last week it has selected 47 recipients for the first round of its $10 million investment to provide education options for underserved Black students. The funding was disbursed through Stride’s We Stand Together Scholarships program, which was first announced in September 2020. The first cohort […]
Calif.-based contractor buys Herndon spacecraft developer
San Diego-based energy and defense contractor General Atomics announced last week it has acquired Herndon-based spacecraft and space system developer Tiger Innovations Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Tiger Innovations will become part of General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems (GA-EMS) group. Founded in 1997, Tiger Innovations develops specialty software,[...]
Herndon tech company names COO, sales VP
Herndon-based cloud service provider ViON Corp. announced Wednesday it has promoted Rob Davies to chief operations officer and David Kushner to senior vice president of sales. Davies joined the company in 2014 and served as the vice president in charge of all cloud and as-a-service contracts and programs for the company. “Rob’s ability to lead […]
Peraton announces business sectors, leadership appointments
On the heels of major acquisitions, Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton is dividing the company into four business sectors and has made a slate of leadership appointments. A subsidiary of New York-based private equity firm Veritas Capital, Peraton announced in January it is acquiring Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. for $7.1 billion. And on Feb. […]
Stride, formerly K12, names new CEO
Herndon-based online education provider Stride Inc., formerly K12 Inc., announced Tuesday that Nathaniel A. “Nate” Davis is retiring from his role as CEO and will be succeeded by James J. Rhyu. Davis joined the K12 board of directors in 2009 and was named chairman in 2012 and CEO in February 2018. He will remain with […]
Herndon franchise software firm buys Canadian tech platform
Herndon-based franchise management software company FranConnect announced Tuesday it has acquired Quebec, Canada-based FranchiseBlast. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The FranConnect platform assists with sales, operations and marketing for more than 800 brands worldwide. FranchiseBlast is a developer of a software platform for the franchise industry which works to streaml[...]
