Northern Virginia focuses on strengths amid federal cuts
Northern Virginia's economy adapts to federal job cuts in 2025 by expanding defense tech, aerospace, AI, and data centers across Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William.
Alexandria-based SPA names chief legal officer
Systems Planning & Analysis, an Alexandria-based national security data company, announced Doug Coleman will be its chief legal officer.
Defense contractor bucks retrenchment trend
While the effects of the Trump administration’s cuts in the federal workforce and contracts reverberate throughout Northern Virginia and beyond, Alexandria-based Systems Planning & Analysis grabbed headlines in September 2025 when it announced it would spend $46.9 million and add 1,200 jobs across the city and in Fairfax County. SPA President Terry Benedict uses the […]
Systems Planning & Analysis acquires Vienna analytics firm
Systems Planning & Analysis (SPA) announced that it has acquired Vienna-based data science and defense analytics and defense firm Group W.F
Government contractor to add 1,200 jobs in Alexandria and Fairfax
Systems Planning & Analysis (SPA) announced Thursday it plans to expand its headquarters, increase its presence in Fairfax County and create more than 1,200 jobs.
Two NoVa companies receive $1.5B DOD tech contract
Two Northern Virginia-based federal contractors have received a five-year contract valued up to $1.5 billion to provide analytic and technical support services to the Department of Defense’s administrative and management organization. Falls Church-based Analytic Services, known as ANSER, and Alexandria-based Systems Planning & Analysis, known as SPA, will provide acquisition and sustain[...]













