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CACI wins $496M Air Force contract
Arlington-based Fortune 500 federal contractor CACI Innovations Inc. has won a nine-year contract potentially worth $496 million with the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center. Under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Air Force Automated Test System Sustainment Initiative II contract, CACI will support the mission of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex in Utah. The contractor will […]
KLDiscovery appoints first COO from within
KLDiscovery Inc. has appointed Danny Zambito to the firm’s newly created chief operating officer position, the McLean-based software company announced Monday. Zambito, who has been with KLDiscovery since 2008, most recently served as the company’s executive vice president of global legal technologies and client services. He will now oversee operations, client services and human resources, [...]
REI Systems secures $400M FDA contract
Sterling-based IT company REI Systems secured a five-year, $400 million contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company announced Tuesday. Under the single-award Criminal Investigations, Imports and Systems Inspection Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement contract, REI will support the FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs in the development and operations of mission-critical syste[...]
Arlington supply chain tech company joins unicorn club
Following its $100 million Series C financing round, Arlington-based supply chain management technology company Interos Inc. has been valued at $1 billion, reaching coveted unicorn status. Led by CEO Jennifer Bisceglie, Interos is one of 74 female-led unicorns, according to Crunchbase. Worldwide, there are more than 770 unicorn companies. Interos’ cloud platform uses artificial intelligence [&he[...]
Arlington federal contractor acquires Alexandria tech firm
Arlington-based IT services federal contractor Planned Systems International Inc. acquired Alexandria-based technology company ProSphere Tek Inc., it announced Thursday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2006, federal contractor ProSphere designs and maintains mission-critical systems, supports data center operations and migrates business services to public clouds[...]
Arlington defense contractor wins $105M Army contract
Arlington-based defense contractor Leonardo DRS Inc., a subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, has won a $105 million U.S. Army mission command computing systems delivery order contract, it announced Wednesday. The military defense company will complete the delivery order for the Mounted Family of Computer Systems II. The MFCoS II is a family of […]
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[...]
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 [...]
HII names new CIO for Newport News Shipbuilding
Jason K. Sutton has been promoted to chief information officer for Newport News Shipbuilding, parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries announced last week. Sutton, who joined the company in 2018 as director of operations integration and is currently program director for steel fabrication and assembly, will be responsible for all aspects of information technology and lead […]
Parsons to purchase BlackHorse Solutions for $203M
Centreville-based Parsons Corp. announced Thursday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Herndon-headquartered BlackHorse Solutions Inc. for $203 million. The transaction is expected to close in July. BlackHorse, founded in 2018, works in the areas of cyber, digital operations, artificial intelligence, machine learning and full-spectrum operations, and Parsons plans to integrate th[...]
Canon Virginia CEO retires after 41 years
Toru Nishizawa, president and CEO of Newport News-based Canon Virginia Inc. and Canon Environmental Technologies Inc., retired June 1 after 41 years with the multinational corporation known for its optical and imaging products such as lenses, cameras and scanners. Canon has tapped Shingo Shigeta as his successor. Nishizawa, who is returning home to Japan for […]
SAIC to acquire Arlington-based tech contractor
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arlington-based Halfaker and Associates LLC, a technology solutions provider to the federal government’s health, intelligence, defense and security sectors. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The addition of Halfaker’s pro[...]
