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Bechtel promotes exec to president of nuclear, security, environmental unit
Reston-based global engineering and construction company Bechtel Corp. has promoted John Howanitz to president of Bechtel Nuclear, Security & Environmental Inc. He will begin Sept. 1. Craig Albert, Bechtel president and chief operating officer, said in a statement, “John’s experience in delivery of energy, environmental, national security and mission-critical projects combined with his[...]
Avantus Federal acquires Reston-based software company
Avantus Federal, a McLean-based IT defense contractor and NewSpring Holdings company, has acquired Reston-based software company Occam’s Razor Technologies LLC, it announced Thursday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Avantus CEO Andy Maner said in a statement, “For more than 10 years, Occam’s Razor Technologies has built a company committed to developing innov[...]
ASGN buys Reston’s IndraSoft
Henrico County-based Fortune 1000 professional services company ASGN Inc. has acquired Reston-based software company IndraSoft Inc., it announced Friday. IndraSoft’s 220 consultants will join the Missions Solutions business unit at ECS, ASGN’s Fairfax-based federal contracting subsidiary. Acquired by ASGN in 2018, ECS delivers tech solutions in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intellig[...]
Biden will nominate SAIC senior VP as Army under secretary
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his intent to nominate Gabe Camarillo, a senior vice president at Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp., for under secretary of the U.S. Army. Camarillo is SAIC’s senior vice president of its army business unit and previously held other leadership positions within SAIC. He also has worked […]
SAIC appoints three initial members to new advisory board
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has formed a new Strategic Advisory Board, the company announced Tuesday, and the first three board members include former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist. Norquist, who served in federal government from 1989 to 2021, served as acting secretary of defense in the two-day […]
Octo acquires Volant Associates, creating new division
Reston-based government contractor Octo Consulting Group has acquired Volant Associates, a Chantilly-based defense software development company, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Volant has contracts supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency and other U.S. intelligence community agencies and created the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise Commo[...]
SAIC makes three new leadership appointments
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has appointed two new senior vice presidents and a new corporate controller, the company announced Friday. SAIC appointed Heather Wilson as senior vice president of human resources, a role in which she will serve as the HR business partner to SAIC’s Defense and Civilian Sector. Previously, […]
SAIC lands $90M Air Force contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a $90 million contract to help protect Department of Defense Combatant Commands from small unmanned aircraft systems. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force and its Life Cycle and Management Center, Force Protection Division, the company announced in a Tuesday news […]
Reston’s Trucker Tools acquired by Calif. tech firm
Reston-based Trucker Tools, a software company that provides a digital freight management platform for the transportation industry, has been acquired by Walnut Creek, California-based software company ASG. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2013, Trucker Tools offers a software suite with capacity management, predictive freight matching, automated booking, real-tim[...]
Reston’s LookingGlass Cyber Solutions acquires Texas tech firm
Reston-based cybersecurity contractor LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. has acquired Austin, Texas-based AlphaWave Inc., a cloud-native tech company that provides attack surface management services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. In a news release, LookingGlass said the transaction will complement the Reston company’s existing cybersecurity services for federal and [...]
Leidos subsidiary wins nearly $1B health care contract
A subsidiary company of Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a U.S. Army contract potentially worth nearly $1 billion to provide commercial health services to all U.S. military reserve forces, Leidos announced this week. Leidos acquired QTC Management Inc., which is based in San Dimos, California, in 2016. The $999 million contract […]
Reston-based Ellucian to be acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners
Investment firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners have reached an agreement to acquire Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian, according to an announcement from the companies released Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York-based Blackstone and Texas-based Vista Equity are acquiring Ellucian from Texas-based TPG Capital and Los Angeles-based Leonard Gr[...]
