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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 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[...]
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 […][...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Leidos promotes chief information officer
Alexandra Guenther became Leidos’ chief information officer March 11, according to a spokesperson for the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor. Guenther previously worked as program vice president for the civil operation of the Antarctic support contract at Leidos, where she led a cross-functional team of more tha[...]
Guidehouse lands $12B ICBM support contract
McLean-based consultancy Guidehouse has won a contract valued up to $12 billion for systems engineering supporting the Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missiles fleet, although the initial contract awardee has filed a protest. The single-award contract, announced Feb. 28 by the Defense Department and April 15 by Guidehou[...]
CACI wins up to $1.3B defense contract
CACI International won an up to $1.3 billion defense contract supporting the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command, the Reston-based Fortune 1000 contractor announced Monday. Under the five-year task order, CACI will provide communications and information technology solutions, modernizing critical software and hardware, [...]
