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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[...]
Reston-based LookingGlass acquires Next5
Reston-based cyber intelligence firm LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. will acquire Washington, D.C.-based technology consulting firm Next5, the company announced May 11. As part of the acquisition, Next5 CEO and founder Bryan Ware was named CEO of LookingGlass. He is replacing Gilman Louie as CEO, who has moved to the role of executive chairman, LookingGlass spokesperson […]
Bowman Consulting Group acquires Pa. firm for $18M
Reston-based Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has closed its $18.5 million acquisition of Pennsylvania-based transportation engineering and planning firm McMahon Associates Inc., the company announced May 5. The sale was financed through a combination of cash, seller notes and common stock, Bowman spokesperson Carolyn Artman said. McMahon focuses on transportation projects and has more than 200 [&hell[...]
GDIT awarded $661M EPA contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. has received a $661.6 million contract to modernize and manage IT services for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The award, announced April 28, includes developing and operating the EPA’s enterprise IT infrastructure and applications. Services include cloud computing, platform management, network operations, enterprise i[...]
Ellucian closes acquisition of CampusLogic
Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian Inc. has completed its acquisition of Chandler, Arizona-based financial aid software provider CampusLogic Inc, Ellucian announced Tuesday. The deal was first announced in January. Financial details were not disclosed. Campus Logic is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that provides financial aid tools and platforms for colleges and univer[...]
Reston-based Babel Street names new CEO, CFO
Reston-based Babel Street Inc., a web and social media monitoring company, has named a new CEO and chief financial officer, according to a news release. Michael Southworth succeeds Babel Street founder and CEO Jeff Chapman, who has been named vice chairman of the company’s board of directors. Brian Daum has joined the company as CFO. “I […]
Booz Allen to acquire Reston-based cyber firm
McLean-based global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to acquire EverWatch, a Reston-based government solutions contractor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal will allow Booz Allen to speed delivery of classified software development and analytics capabilities for national security clients and complements its artificial intelligence and c[...]
U.K. cybersecurity firm opens U.S. division in Reston
United Kingdom-based cybersecurity artificial intelligence firm Darktrace has formed a new American division, headquartered in Reston, to serve the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, federal agencies and national infrastructure, the company announced March 1. Darktrace Federal will be led by Sally Kenyon Grant, vice president of federal affairs. “There is little doubt that [[...]
Leidos wins $545M biomedical research contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a potential $545 million contract to support biomedical research for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the company announced Wednesday. Under the seven-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, Leidos will provide services including chemistry manufacturing and control, non-clinic[...]
Google to buy Reston cybersecurity firm for $5.4B
Reston-based cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc. has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Google LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at $5.4 billion, Mandiant and Google announced Tuesday. Google will pay $23 per share for Mandiant, and when the deal closes, Mandiant will join Google Cloud. The deal is expected to close later this […]
Leidos names new chief HR officer
Leidos has named Maureen Waterston as its new chief human resources officer, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Tuesday. Waterston most recently served in the same position at Pratt & Whitney, a Connecticut-based subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies. At Leidos, Waterston will be responsible for implementing and enhancing human capital strategy for its 43,000-employee work[...]
