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First National Bank to expand in NoVa, Richmond
FNB Corp., parent company of First National Bank, announced Wednesday it will expand its presence in Virginia, particularly in the Northern Virginia area. According to a news release, FNB expects to add four branches in Reston and Arlington by 2024, in addition to seven currently operating in the greater Washington, D.C., area. Also, FNB plans […]
Acuity International receives $127M Air Force contract
Reston-based Acuity International LLC has received a $127 million Air Force contract to provide base operational and security support for Iraq’s F-16 program, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the contract, work will be performed at Iraq’s Martyr Brigadier General Ali Flaih Air Base and is expected to be completed by Jan. 30, 2023. […]
Leidos receives $291M Navy contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos has received a $291 million follow-on contract for work with the Navy’s Program Executive Offices’ Integrated Warfare Systems directorate, according to a news release. The single award, cost-plus-fixed-free contract includes a one-year base period with a four additional one-year option periods. Under the contract, Leidos is expected to perform[...]
EY names eight Virginians mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year
Eight leaders from six Virginia businesses have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2022. The winners, named in early July by the Big Four multinational professional services company, include: 10Pearls | Imran Aftab, co-founder and CEO, Vienna Aireon LLC | Don Thoma, founder and CEO, McLean ID.me […]
Bowman hires longtime client as Leesburg manager
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has named Gary VanAlstyne as the company’s branch manager and principal at its Leesburg office. VanAlstyne brings more than 30 years of experience in construction and development to Bowman, with which he had worked closely as a client since 2000. He previously served as vice president of Fairfax-based Davis Utility Consulting […]
Silver lining
As the long-delayed phase two opening of Metro’s Silver Line extension is set for later this year in western Fairfax and Loudoun counties, a development boom is following on the train’s wheels. Reston and Herndon, as well as eastern Loudoun, have already attracted big corporate tenants to millions of square feet of office space, retail […]
Amyx CFO to retire; new CFO named
Reston-based federal contractor Amyx Inc. has announced its chief financial officer Rosalind Kadasi will retire on July 1 and Ryan Marsden, her successor, will join the company June 13. Kadasi has been Amyx’s CFO since 2017 but has more than 20 years of executive experience leading finance, accounting and administration for small, medium and large […]
Winmar Construction moves HQ to Reston
Winmar Construction has moved its corporate headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Reston, signing a 7,000-square-foot lease at 2100 Reston Center Parkway. The general contractor has 40 employees in the seven-story building in Reston but will still have a presence in Washington, D.C., at 1010 Wisconsin Ave. The company also has regional offices in Miami and […]
Bowman Consulting Group acquires Fla. firm
Reston-based civil engineering company Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has acquired Pensacola, Florida-based Fabre Engineering Inc., the company announced Monday. Bowman financed the acquisition with a combination of cash and seller financing but did not disclose the financial details. “Frank and the extended Fabre team have a long history in the Gulf Coast,” Bowman CEO Gary […]
Reston’s Trucker Tools names COO
Reston-based Trucker Tools, a software company that provides a digital freight management platform for the transportation industry, announced last week it had appointed Rohit Bezewada as chief operating officer. Bezewada succeeds Kary Jablonski, who became CEO of Trucker Tools earlier this year. “Rohit is an accomplished executive who brings over 10 years of cross-functional experience […[...]
Leidos receives Navy undersea warfare contract
Leidos Inc., the Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor, has received a nearly $24 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command to install, integrate and maintain the Navy’s AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare combat systems, according to a Department of Defense announcement last week. The contract includes options that could bring the total award to nearly […]
Parsons to acquire Xator for $400M
Parsons Corp., a Centreville-based federal contractor specializing in technology-focused defense, intelligence, security and infrastructure engineering, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Reston-based Xator Corp. for $400 million, the company announced Monday. Founded in 1944, Parsons is a publicly traded Fortune 1000 corporation with more than 16,000 employees working in 24 nation[...]
