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Reston-based IndraSoft wins $43M Army contract
Reston-based software company IndraSoft Inc. has been granted a $43 million contract from the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) to enable data sharing and DevSecOps system integration, the company announced Monday. This contract will support the Army’s Maintenance of Enterprise Technologies and Applications (META) program. DevOps is a set of practices that automates [&hell[...]
Herndon automotive tech company hires Google exec as CEO
Herndon-based automotive tech and consulting company Foundation Direct has named Peter Leto as CEO, the company announced Monday. Leto previously worked as head of industry for Google LLC’s Automotive Retail Sales and General Motors business units. Based in Detroit, Leto will work on expanding Foundation Direct’s footprint there. Leto was with Google for 11 years. […]
MorganFranklin Consulting names managing director of IAM service
McLean-based finance and technology advisory firm MorganFranklin Consulting LLC named Jason Berland as the managing director of its identity and access management (IAM) service offering, the company announced Monday. Identity and access management services ensure that the proper people in a business have the appropriate access to its technology resources. In his new role, Berland […]
DXC Technology elects former Pfizer CEO as board chairman
DXC Technology‘s board of directors elected Ian Read as its new chairman, which will be effective March 16, the Tysons-based IT company announced Thursday. Read is the former chairman and CEO of New York City-based multinational pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer Inc., known for medications such as Lipitor, which treats high cholesterol. Read succeeds DXC Technology’s current […]
Ashburn data center company announces $2B European expansion
Santa Clara, California-based data center campus company Vantage Data Centers, which opened an Ashburn location in 2019, will expand in Europe through a $2 billion investment, the company announced Monday. Vantage will acquire data center company Etix Everywhere SA, which has a data center campus in Frankfurt, Germany. Vantage will develop data center campuses in […]
Accenture Federal Services wins $11.3M Navy contract
Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services has been granted an $11.3 million, 12-month contract to improve the Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) maritime model-based product support (MBPS) family of integrated systems, the company announced Monday. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Dublin, Ireland-based consultancy Accenture, Accenture Federal Services (AFS) will develop a prototype to execute[...]
Fairfax tech firm names new CTO
Fairfax-based business and technology consulting company Customer Value Partners Inc. (CVP) named Keith Kapp as its chief technology officer, the company announced Thursday. As CTO, Kapp will oversee business transformation, technology modernization, data science, engineering and cybersecurity at the company. Kapp most recently served as chief information officer and vice president of informat[...]
Leidos wins $7.7B Navy contract
Reston-based defense contractor Leidos has been awarded a $7.7 billion contract by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) to operate and maintain shore-based networks and data management for several departments of the Navy, the company announced last week. NAVWAR is the Navy’s technical authority and acquisition command for its business IT and space systems. […]
SAIC set to acquire Unisys Federal for $1.2B
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will acquire Unisys Federal for $1.2 billion, SAIC announced Thursday. Both companies are Reston-based, publicly traded federal contractors specializing in IT services. The transaction was approved by SAIC’s board of directors and the transaction is expected to close by May 1. Unisys Federal is an operating unit of Blue Bell, […]
Virginia Tech Innovation Campus names Cornell dean as executive director
Lance R. Collins, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at Cornell University, has been selected as the first vice president and executive director of Virginia Tech‘s $1 billion Innovation Campus, which is set to open in Alexandria’s North Potomac Yard area in the fall. He will join Virginia Tech as of Aug. 1. The Innovation […]
Artificial intelligence firm opens U.S. headquarters in McLean
Belgium-based artificial intelligence platform developer and educator Omina Technologies has opened its new U.S. headquarters in McLean. Financial terms of the headquarters have not been released. Founded in 2016, Omina currently has an office in Miami. North America CEO Brian Alexander said in a statement that the company decided to locate its North America headquarters […]
Va.’s data center industry provided $4.5B in economic output in 2018
In 2018, Virginia’s data center industry directly provided approximately $4.5 billion in economic output and employed more than 14,000 people, according to a study released Wednesday commissioned by the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Data Center and Cloud Committee. Despite the economic impact, however, Virginia’s data center incentive structure is one of the most restric[...]
