Raytheon wins $5B Army contract
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX, a roughly $5 billion contract to supply its Coyote Missile System.
Arlington drone software firm raises $130M in Series B funding
Auterion, an Arlington-based provider of drone software, announced it has raised $130 million in a Series B funding round.
General Dynamics Information Technology wins $1.5B contract
General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a $1.5 billion contract to modernize U.S. Strategic Command’s enterprise IT systems.
American Systems acquires Epsilon, adds 400 employees
Chantilly-based government IT contractor American Systems announced that it has acquired North Carolina-based cybersecurity company Epsilon.
SAIC names chief growth officer
SAIC promotes Bob Ritchie to chief growth officer, uniting technology and business development.
$1.64B CACI defense contract paused after Accenture protest
Following a protest by Accenture Federal Services, the Government Accountability Office has paused a $1.64 billion defense contract awarded to Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor CACI International. On Aug. 11, the Department of Defense — which President Trump recently rebranded as the Department of War by executive[...]
HII promotes exec to new maritime systems post
HII announced Thursday that it has promoted Eric Chewning to executive vice president of maritime systems and corporate strategy.
Boeing wins $883M Army cargo support contract
Boeing has been awarded a $883.1 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide cargo engineering and logistics support services.
Leidos secures $128M FBI contract
Leidos announced that it has been awarded a $128 million task order by the FBI to modernize the Next Generation Identification system.
Fredericksburg weighs impact of federal job cuts
Northern Virginia politicians, all Democrats, started sounding the alarm immediately about federal job cuts and slashing of federal agencies’ budgets at the start of the second Trump administration in January. And there have been significant impacts in Fairfax and Arlington counties, as well as Alexandria, where the U.S. D[...]
Parry Labs names chief growth officer
Defense tech company Parry Labs announced Thursday that Amber Walker has been appointed chief growth officer.
Empower AI taps new chief growth officer
Empower AI announced Thursday that it has appointed former Peraton executive Juan Toves as chief growth officer.