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MetroStar Systems lands $155M contract from Marines
Reston-based MetroStar Systems Inc. has received a contract to provide the Marine Corps Technology Services Organization with business information systems support, the Pentagon announced Monday. The contract is a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum value of $155 million and a five-year ordering period. Fiscal 2022 funds totaling $5.92 million will be obligated at the […][...]
Google completes $5.4B Mandiant acquisition
Google LLC has completed its acquisition of Reston-based cybersecurity company Mandiant Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at $5.4 billion. Google is paying $23 per share for Mandiant, which is joining Google Cloud while retaining its branding. The companies announced the deal in March. Together, Google Cloud and Mandiant will offer customers more capable end-to-end […]
CACI wins $123.4M defense health engineering contract
Reston-based CACI International Inc. has received a $123.4 million contract to continue providing health readiness engineering support for the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force via the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic, the company announced Tuesday. The South Carolina-based NIWC delivers health information through hardware and software to ensure medical readiness. Under the five […][...]
ManTech stockholders approve $4.2B sale to Carlyle Group
ManTech International Corp. stockholders have approved the Herndon-based tech contractor’s sale to The Carlyle Group for approximately $4.2 billion. Stockholders green-lighted the sale during a Sept. 7 special meeting, subject to customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close this week. “We thank our stockholders for their strong support of this transaction,” said ManTech […][...]
Accenture Federal Services promotes chief leadership officer
Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services promoted Elaine Beeman to chief leadership officer on Sept 2. In her new role, Beeman will focus on employee experience and succession planning and will continue leading the federal contractor’s civilian portfolio. Beeman joined AFS in 2009 as managing director of customer relatio[...]
GDIT secures $298M U.S. Courts contract
Falls Church-based federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. announced Tuesday that it received a $298 million blanket purchase agreement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Case Management Systems Office. Under the five-year contract, which the AOUSC awarded in May, GDIT will provide application development, solutions architecture, operations and engineering and cybersecurity […][...]
Maximus lands $6.6B Medicare call center contract
Maximus Inc. won an up to $6.6 billion contract for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for contact center operations, the Tysons-based federal contractor announced Thursday. Under the contract, which has a one-year base period and nine one-year options, Maximus will continue supporting CMS’ contact center. The contact center operations contract handles more 35 […]
SAIC receives $163M Navy contract
Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. on Thursday announced it has been awarded a $163 million Navy contract to maintain enterprise networks for shore-based commands and support command and control of the services’ deployed units. The work includes design, development, integration, modernization and life cycle support as well as network components and service solutions. Work will […][...]
Artemis I to launch with help from Va. contractors
EDITOR’S NOTE: Monday’s launch was scrubbed by NASA shortly after 8:33 a.m. because of an engine issue. Weather permitting, if the Artemis 1 moon mission launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning as planned, it will be powered in part by the work of Virginia-based contractors. The uncr[...]
Leidos to partner with Project HOPE to aid Ukraine
As Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in February, Leidos employees took to an internal blog and emailed senior executives to demonstrate support for the Eastern European nation. CEO Roger Krone remembers one employee who had family in the country and wanted to get them out. Six months later, the Reston-based Fortune 500 defen[...]
BWX Technologies hires new chief admin officer
Lynchburg-based BWX Technologies Inc. has hired Robert “Bob” Duffy as its senior vice president and chief administrative officer, the nuclear components and fuel supplier announced Monday. He starts Aug. 29. Duffy will take the place of Rick Loving, BWXT’s current chief administrative officer, who announced his[...]
Rolls-Royce wins $1B Navy contract
Reston-based Rolls-Royce North America has received a contract totaling more than $1 billion to support the engines that power the Navy’s fleet of T-45 Goshawk training jets. The Pentagon announced the award Thursday, naming Indianapolis-based Rolls-Royce Corp. as the recipient. Rolls-Royce Corp. falls under the British ae[...]
