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Federal Contracting

Jun 27, 2024

Mitre names new president and CEO

Mark Peters, an executive vice president at Battelle Memorial Institute in Charlottesville, has been named the next president and CEO of Mitre, succeeding Jason Providakes effective Sept. 3. Founded in 1958 with a focus on national security and operating from dual headquarters in McLean as well as Bedford, Massachusetts, Mitre i[...]

Jun 20, 2024

Honeywell to purchase Arlington-based CAES for $1.9B

Honeywell, a multinational conglomerate based in Charlotte, North Carolina, announced Thursday it plans to buy Arlington-based aerospace and defense technology company CAES for $1.9 billion in cash from private equity firm Advent International. Formerly known as Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, CAES was founded in 1934 and was acquired by Advent in 2020. According to Honeywell’s […][...]

Jun 14, 2024

BWXT team lands $30B federal nuclear contract

A joint venture led by a Lynchburg-based BWX Technologies subsidiary has been awarded a potential $30 billion Department of Energy contract to operate a nuclear weapons plant in Texas, the company announced Friday. The DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration awarded the contract to PanTeXas Deterrence (PXD), a joint[...]

Freddie Mac headquarters in McLean. Photo courtesy Freddie Mac
Jun 4, 2024

These 39 Va. companies made the 2024 Fortune 1000

Thirty-nine companies headquartered in Virginia are on Fortune magazine’s 70th annual Fortune 1000 list, with 24 Virginia companies again making the elite Fortune 500. Several of the Virginia companies saw their fortunes rise this year on the list, with top-ranked Virginia company Freddie Mac moving up nine spots to No. 36 on [...]

Foster Fuels CEO Watt R. Foster Jr.
May 23, 2024

Foster Fuels wins potential $442M FEMA contract

Brookneal-based fuel delivery provider Foster Fuels has won an up to $442 million contract to provide emergency services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Under the five-year Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA) contract, which the Defense Department announced May 15 and Foster Fuels announced Tuesday, Foster Fuels wi[...]

May 20, 2024

Accenture Federal Services completes Cognosante buy

Arlington County-based Accenture Federal Services has completed its acquisition of Falls Church-based Cognosante, AFS announced Monday. With the acquisition, AFS plans to create a new federal health portfolio. The deal adds 1,500 employees to AFS’ workforce. “The health market is a unique mission space in the U.S. federal government,” Accenture Federal Services CEO John Goodman […][...]

May 17, 2024

GDIT wins $185M Air Force task order

Falls Church-based federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology won a $185 million recompete task order to provide cybersecurity services for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the company announced Friday. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida awarded the task order for a on[...]

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May 13, 2024

Peraton exec takes top spot at V2X

Jeremy Wensinger will replace Chuck Prow as president and CEO of McLean-based aerospace and defense contractor V2X on June 17, the company announced Monday. The transition is part of a “board-led succession planning process” the company said in a news release. Wensinger, who will also be a member of V2X”s board of dire[...]

May 8, 2024

VTG awarded $130M defense contract

VTG, a Chantilly-based engineering firm, has been awarded a five-year, $130 million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is to provide end-to-end engineering services, spectrum management and test and evaluation support for Na[...]

May 7, 2024

Leidos wins $631M Army contract

Leidos has received a $631 million U.S. Army contract for life-cycle support of aerial sensors, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Tuesday. Under the Development, Integration, Acquisitions, Bridging to Logistics and Operations (DIABLO) contract, the company will provide equipment for the next 10 years. Leidos will[...]

May 2, 2024

Leidos receives potential $206M NGA contract

Leidos has won a contract valued up to $206 million from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Wednesday. Under the single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, dubbed Maru, Leidos will sustain and modernize geospatial processing for the NGA’s Exploit[...]

Apr 29, 2024

Subs going Down Under

A 2021 agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States should reap benefits in Hampton Roads soon. Dubbed AUKUS for the three participating nations, the international agreement calls for the U.S. and the U.K. to share nuclear propulsion technology with Australia, with the Royal Australian Navy set to acquir[...]

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