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Jul 19, 2021

Ashburn-based Telos Corp. names new CFO

Ashburn-based cybersecurity firm Telos Corp. has appointed Mark Bendza as executive vice president and chief financial officer, the company announced Monday. Bendza was previously the vice president of investor relations at software industrial company Honeywell International Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan Univ[...]

Jul 16, 2021

Accenture Federal Services hires infrastructure cyber lead

Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services announced Wednesday that it has hired Rick Driggers as its critical infrastructure cyber lead, a role in which he will help develop cybersecurity solutions to protect critical infrastructure. Driggers, who has already started in his new role, was the assistant director for the Integrate[...]

Jul 16, 2021

Booz Allen Hamilton hires senior VP to lead AI practice for DOD

McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has hired Matt Tarascio as a senior vice president in its Strategic Innovation Group, it announced Wednesday. Tarascio will lead the analytics and artificial intelligence business to support the Department of Defense. Tarascio was previously L[...]

Jul 16, 2021

Intrepid Solutions acquires defense contractor Darkblade Systems

Herndon-based intelligence contractor Intrepid Solutions and Services LLC has acquired Darkblade Systems Corp., a Winchester-based federal defense contractor, it announced Wednesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Intrepid CEO Ryan Hebert said in a statement: “Welcoming Darkblade Systems into the Intr[...]

Jul 15, 2021

Arlington defense contractor wins $105M Army contract

Arlington-based defense contractor Leonardo DRS Inc., a subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, has won a $105 million U.S. Army mission command computing systems delivery order contract, it announced Wednesday. The military defense company will complete the delivery order for the Mounted Family of Computer System[...]

Jul 14, 2021

Biden will nominate SAIC senior VP as Army under secretary

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his intent to nominate Gabe Camarillo, a senior vice president at Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp., for under secretary of the U.S. Army. Camarillo is SAIC’s senior vice president of its army business unit and previously held other le[...]

Jul 14, 2021

SAIC appoints three initial members to new advisory board

Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has formed a new Strategic Advisory Board, the company announced Tuesday, and the first three board members include former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist. Norquist, who served in federal government from 1989 to 2021, serve[...]

Jul 14, 2021

Octo acquires Volant Associates, creating new division

Reston-based government contractor Octo Consulting Group has acquired Volant Associates, a Chantilly-based defense software development company, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Volant has contracts supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency and other U.S. intelligence community agen[...]

The HALO module and power propulsion element will form the first critical component of NASA’s Gateway lunar space station. Rendering courtesy Northrop Grumman
Jul 13, 2021

Northrop Grumman lands $935M contract to build crew quarters for lunar space station

Falls Church-based aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a $935 million contract from NASA to build the crew quarters for a space station in lunar orbit as part of NASA’s Artemis program, which plans to return astronauts to the moon this decade. The Fortune 500 corporation will complete t[...]

Jul 13, 2021

SAIC makes three new leadership appointments

Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has appointed two new senior vice presidents and a new corporate controller, the company announced Friday. SAIC appointed Heather Wilson as senior vice president of human resources, a role in which she will serve as the HR business partner to[...]

Jul 12, 2021

Peraton makes trio of leadership appointments

Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. has appointed three new executive team members, including a chief information officer and chief human resources officer, the company announced Monday. Rebecca McHale, former chief information officer for McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz All[...]

Newport News Shipbuilding’s shipyard is the state’s biggest industrial employer, with more than 20,000 workers. Photo by Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industries
Jul 6, 2021

Huntington Ingalls Industries to acquire Alion in $1.65B deal

Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries will acquire McLean-based defense contractor Alion Science and Technology Corp. from Veritas Capital in a $1.65 billion, all-cash deal, HII announced in a news release Tuesday. The deal is expected to close by the end of this year, with Alion becom[...]

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