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Aug 4, 2020

Reston federal contractor acquires Md. IT company

Reston-based government contractor EverWatch (which operates under private investment firm Enlightenment Capital) announced Monday it has acquired Columbia, Maryland-based information technology contractor BrainTrust Holdings.  A transaction amount was not disclosed, but this marks EverWatch’s seventh and largest acquisition, according to a statement from Chevy Chase, Maryland-based Enlight[...]

Jun 22, 2020

Gannett’s Rugged Races subsidiary to host virtual runs during pandemic

While large events have been canceled amid the pandemic, Rugged Races, a subsidiary of McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc. (the nation’s largest newspaper publisher), announced Monday it has signed a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. to produce virtual runs with superhero and comic book characters.  “Unlike a traditional road race where thousands of people […]

Jun 19, 2020

Gannett eliminates CEO position for operating company

McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc., the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, announced Friday that its board of directors has decided to eliminate the CEO position for Gannett Media Corp., its operating company. The decision results in the departure of Paul Bascobert, who had joined the company in August 2019. Gannett Chairman and CEO Michael Reed has assumed […]

Jun 17, 2020

Virginia gets new digits

On Wednesday, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced that the North American Numbering Plan Administrator has assigned a new area code, 826, to relieve future exhaustion of the 540 area code, which is expected to occur in 2022. Residents and businesses in the affected region will not lose their existing 540 phone numbers under […]

Jun 15, 2020

Activist hedge fund buys 5.9% stake in Perspecta

New York City-based activist hedge fund Jana Partners LLC has acquired 5.9% (9.4 million shares) of the stock of Chantilly-based government contractor Perspecta, according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documentation. According to a Reuters report, Jana Partners is expected to encourage Perspecta to pursue a sale or merger. Jana intends to push Perspecta stock […]

21005 Ashburn Crossing Drive. Photo courtesy St. John Properties
Jun 12, 2020

Generator Supercenter signs lease in Ashburn, its first Va. location

Houston-based national generator franchise Generator Supercenter announced Friday it has signed the lease for a 6,000-square-foot space at the Ashburn Crossing business park in Loudoun County, its first location in Virginia. The company plans to eventually have six locations in the commonwealth. The lease amount has not been disclosed. Generator Supercenter provides emergency generators for [&hell[...]

Rendering of HALO module. Courtesy Northrop Grumman
Jun 8, 2020

Orbital Sciences Corp. wins $187M NASA contract

Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corp., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp., has been awarded a $187 million NASA contract to design living quarters for the Lunar Gateway mini space station.  The Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) design will be inspired by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, which delivers supplies, equipment and experiments to the International Space Station. […[...]

Jun 4, 2020

Arlington tech company wins $1.5B contract

Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. announced Thursday it has won a $1.5 billion contract to provide networking and cybersecurity services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). “This record award demonstrates CACI is delivering on its strategy to win larger, more enduring contracts,” CACI President and CEO John Mengucci said in a statement. �[...]

Gov, Ralph Northam speaking on June 2 about Phase Two reopening plans
Jun 2, 2020

Much of Virginia to enter Phase Two reopening Friday

Much of Virginia will enter Phase Two of Gov. Ralph Northam’s “Forward Virginia” reopening plan on Friday, with restaurants and gyms able to offer limited indoor service, the governor announced during his Tuesday news briefing. Northern Virginia and Richmond will remain at Phase One, however, Northam said, adding, “We need more time to monitor their […]

Jun 2, 2020

Texas company starts building second data center in Ashburn

Plano, Texas-based data center infrastructure company Aligned Energy LLC has started construction on its second data center in Loudoun County’s Ashburn area, the company announced Tuesday.  Aligned finished construction on its first 370,000-square-foot, 60-megawatt data in 2019. The new data center will add 513,000 square feet and 120 megawatts to the existing campus. “The first […[...]

May 27, 2020

Microsoft to invest $64M in Fairfax County expansion, create 1,500 jobs

Microsoft Corp. will invest $64 million to expand its presence in Reston Town Center in western Fairfax County, creating 1,500 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday.  The software giant will occupy 400,000 square feet in the Reston Town Center, which will include a software development and research hub, as well as retail space. The project […]

May 22, 2020

McLean-based Cvent lays off, furloughs 10% of workforce

As the hospitality industry has taken one of the biggest COVID-19 hits of all, McLean-based event software company Cvent Inc. confirmed Friday it is laying off or furloughing 10% of its global workforce due to business impacts from the pandemic. “Meetings and events boost the global GDP by more than $1.5 trillion and impact nearly […]

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