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Md.-based tech company opens NoVa lab
Greenbelt, Maryland-based tech company Paradyme Management Inc. announced Wednesday it has established an IT lab, Paradyme Labs, in Tysons. The lab will serve as a hub for team and customer collaboration and as an operations space for recruiting, training, sales and engineering. The expansion allows for more space for Paradyme, which has nearly doubled the […]
Reston cybersecurity company announces leadership changes
A day after selling its Cyveillance business unit to Baltimore-based cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX, Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday that its chairman of the board, Gilman Louie, has been named CEO. Louie is also a partner at San Francisco-based venture capital firm Alsop Louie Partners, which has invested in LookingGlass. LookingGlass provides attack surface [&helli[...]
Reston tech company names finance VP
Reston-based tech and network security company Electrosoft announced Tuesday it has hired Justin Lapington as vice president of finance. With more than 25 years of experience, Lapington most recently worked with government contractor Preferred Systems Solutions, where he accounted for more than $150 million in annual revenue. In his new position, he will manage Electrosoft’s […]
Reston cyber intelligence business acquired by Baltimore cybersecurity firm
Cyber intelligence company Cyveillance, a Reston-based business unit of LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc., has been acquired by Baltimore-based cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX, the companies announced Tuesday. Terms of the acquisition were not released. Under the acquisition, ZeroFOX will absorb Cyveillance’s more than 130 employees and more than 100 customers. “Our merger with the Cyveillanc[...]
Reston-based defense contractors win spots on $800M Army contract
Three Reston-based companies won spots on a potential three-year, $800 million U.S. Army contract to support the branch’s Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC), the Department of Defense announced Monday. Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics Corp., NCI Information Systems Inc. and Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will compe[...]
Charlottesville cybersecurity company names defense president
Charlottesville-based cybersecurity technology company Mission Secure Inc. announced Tuesday it has appointed Bob McAleer as president of Mission Secure Defense. A U.S. Army and industry veteran, McAleer most recently served as chief operating officer for Nashville, Tennessee-based Military System Group, which designs and manufactures weapons mounts. He also serves on the board of Utah-based therm[...]
DXC Technologies finalizes $5B spinoff of health, human services business
Tysons-based Fortune 500 IT services company DXC Technology has completed the sale of its U.S. State and Local Health and Human Services business to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $5 billion, the Fortune 500 company announced Monday. DXC Technology announced in March it would sell the business unit, which provides technology enabled, mission critical […]
Herndon AI tech firm names new CEO
Herndon-based artificial intelligence tech company Geospark Analytics announced Thursday that company President Amanda Brownfield has been promoted to CEO after being with Geospark for only six months. Brownfield succeeds Geospark founder and CEO Omar Balkinssoon, who will serve as executive chairman of the board and a strategic adviser to the company. “I look forward to […]
Atlanta health care research company buys Falls Church tech firm
Atlanta-based health care research company DLH Holdings Corp. announced Thursday it has acquired Falls Church-based health care technology provider Irving Burton Associates (IBA). DLH is a publicly traded health care research company focused on the federal government and IBA provides health care technology to the military. IBA employs approximately 115 people and its clients include […]
Herndon company to buy N.C. crowdsourcing platform
Herndon-based MBO Partners, a network of independent consultants and contractors, announced Thursday it has agreed to acquire Durham, North Carolina-based crowdsourcing platform MindSumo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. MindSumo’s platform allows businesses to crowdsource ideas and insights by posting market research, innovation surveys and product development plans to a com[...]
Fairfax tech firm to develop immigration identify verification platform
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has awarded Fairfax-based tech company Sevatec Inc. a $22.5 million task order to develop a modern authentication and identity proofing platform for mission delivery, the company announced Thursday. Under the Unrestricted GSA Alliant 2 task order, Sevatec will support mission delivery through a single platform that will provide secure […]
ODU launches School of Cybersecurity
Old Dominion University on Thursday became the first research university in the country to launch a cybersecurity school offering interdisciplinary degree programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. The university is expanding its existing Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research (CCSER) into the ODU School of Cybersecurity. The school will operate under ODU’s Office of [&h[...]
