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Amy Smith
Sep 7, 2023

Leidos names new SVP of government affairs

Leidos Holdings promoted Amy Smith to senior vice president of government affairs, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Wednesday. Smith’s previous position was vice president of government affairs, which she had held since joining Leidos in 2020. In her new role, she will manage the company’s government affairs[...]

Sep 7, 2023

Leidos receives $918M Homeland Security contract

Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos has received a follow-on contract valued up to $918 million to support and enhance the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s networks, the company announced Thursday. The Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support (HEITS) contract was awarded Aug. 15. [...]

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze arrives in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal/U.S. Navy
Sep 7, 2023

General Dynamics, HII subsidiaries receive $14.58B in Navy contracts

Reston-based General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary and Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding will construct Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers for the Navy during the next 10 years under contracts valued up to $14.58 billion. The Pentagon announced the contracts Aug.[...]

Sep 1, 2023

Leidos lands $7.9B Army contract

Reston-based Leidos has won a 10-year, $7.9 billion contract from the Army, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Under the firm-fixed-price contract, Leidos will provide hardware systems, system management solutions, components, customizable sustainment strategies, non-personal service and continuous technology upgrades. Leidos was [...]

Dean Tilsley. Photo courtesy Deltek
Aug 31, 2023

Deltek names new CFO

Deltek has named Dean Tilsley its chief financial officer, the Herndon-based software company announced Thursday. Tilsley most recently served as CFO for Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin-based educational software-as-a-service and learning analytics company. In his new role, Tilsley will support growth across Deltek’s po[...]

Steampunk logo. Photo courtesy PRNewsfoto/Steampunk.
Aug 29, 2023

Steampunk wins pregnancy discrimination lawsuit

A federal jury ruled on Friday that a McLean-based IT federal contractor did not discriminate against a former employee on the basis of pregnancy or retaliate against her. The eight-person jury’s decision was unanimously in favor of Steampunk Holdings and its subsidiary, Steampunk Inc., after a five-day trial in the U.S. Distr[...]

Aug 24, 2023

Parsons acquires Md. federal contractor for $200M

Centreville-based Fortune 1000 defense contractor Parsons has acquired Maryland-based contractor Sealing Technologies in a deal valued at $200 million. Parsons announced the deal Wednesday. The acquisition expands Parsons’ customer bases across the Department of Defense’s intelligence community and enhances its capab[...]

Aug 18, 2023

HII’s Mission Technologies names new chief growth officer

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division has hired Ahmed Ayad to serve as chief growth officer. Ayad joins the organization from Herndon-based ManTech, where he served as vice president and growth lead for the defense sector since 2019. In his new role, Ayad will be responsible for shaping [...]

Aug 15, 2023

275 Va. companies make 2023 Inc. 5000 list

This year, 275 Virginia companies made the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies, which Inc. magazine released Tuesday. Ranking at No. 34 overall, Goldschmitt and Associates LLC was the highest-ranking Virginia companies on the list. Founded in 1998, the Leesburg-based information techno[...]

Aug 14, 2023

Leidos awarded $197M CMS contract

Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos has won a new task order from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with an estimated total value of $197 million, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Monday. Under the hybrid firm-fixed-price, time and materials order, Leidos will provide IT support to the agency through its Office of […]

Arlington County-based RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies Corp., unveiled its new name and logo at the Paris Air Show June 19.
Aug 2, 2023

8 Va. companies make 2023 Fortune Global 500

Eight Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 34th Global 500 list, released Tuesday, notably including the newly renamed RTX and Boeing Co. as Virginia’s second and third highest-ranking companies, both of which are also newcomers to the state, having moved their headquarters to Arlington County last year. Freddie[...]

Aug 1, 2023

ManTech to acquire Definitive Logic

ManTech International Corp. on Tuesday signed an agreement to acquire Arlington County-based Definitive Logic in a deal that will add 330 employees to the Herndon-based federal contractor’s workforce. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Definitive Logic provides digital transformation consulting services and te[...]

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