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Oct 2, 2020

Navy awards Northrop Grumman $210.1M contract

The U.S. Navy awarded Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $210.1 million contract to manufacture navigation systems for installation on surface and underwater U.S. Navy vessels, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will supply AN/WSN-7 ring gyroscope systems, which senses ship motions, computes the ship’s position, […][...]

Oct 2, 2020

ASGN Inc. buys Fredericksburg data science firm

ASGN Inc., which is moving its headquarters from California to Henrico County this month, announced Tuesday it has acquired Fredericksburg-based remote sensing and data science provider Skyris Inc.  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  ASGN is the parent company of Glen Allen-based recruiting firm Apex Systems LLC.  The acquisition will allow ASGN to provide […]

Oct 1, 2020

Fairfax tech firm to develop immigration identify verification platform

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has awarded Fairfax-based tech company Sevatec Inc. a $22.5 million task order to develop a modern authentication and identity proofing platform for mission delivery, the company announced Thursday. Under the Unrestricted GSA Alliant 2 task order, Sevatec will support mission delivery through a single platform that will provide secure […]

Oct 1, 2020

CACI wins $59M DOD comptroller task order

The Office of Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) awarded Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. a $59 million task order to support the Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s comptroller critical mission systems, the company announced Tuesday. The comptroller handles all budgetary and fiscal matters for the Department of Defense. Under the task order, CACI […][...]

Oct 1, 2020

LMI lands $50M DOD contract

The Department of Defense awarded Tysons-based government and defense consultancy LMI a $50 million contract to help manage various elements of logistics operation associated with both commercial and federal supply chains. LMI will support the transportation, maintenance, supply chain and contingency management aspects of DOD logistics for the assistant secretary of defense for sustainment, the […][...]

Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman
Oct 1, 2020

GSA awards Northrop Grumman $690M task order

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $690 million task order to develop a suite of data systems for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Under the contract awarded by the GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (F[...]

Stryker A1 IM-SHORAD vehicle. Photo courtesy General Dynamics
Oct 1, 2020

General Dynamics lands $1.22B Army air defense contract

The U.S. Army awarded Reston-based Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics Corp.’s land systems division a potential five-year, $1.22 billion contract to manufacture and test systems that are designed to destroy, neutralize or deter low-altitude aerial threats, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Under the c[...]

Sep 29, 2020

Ex-WMATA official sentenced in federal fraud case

A former assistant superintendent of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) was sentenced Tuesday to 14 days of incarceration and two years of supervised release after conspiring with a former pro football player to defraud the transit authority of more than $300,000. In January, Kirby Smith pleaded guilty to violating federal law by supplementing his […]

Patrick Roberts suffolk city manager
Sep 29, 2020

Suffolk city manager resigns

Suffolk City Manager Patrick Roberts has resigned, effective Oct. 2. Suffolk City Council accepted Roberts’ resignation during a special meeting on Monday evening after returning from a closed session. Albert Moor was appointed as interim city manager and will assume the position Oct. 3.  “It is with extremely heavy hea[...]

The Virginia Executive Mansion will be occupied by a new (or possibly returning) governor in January 2022. Photo by Kira Jenkins
Sep 28, 2020

Election 2021: Who’s running for governor?

January 2021 update: See our updated gubernatorial race guide here Several candidates have already jumped into the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race, and several more likely entrants are waiting to declare their candidacies until the 2020 election concludes. Virginia’s constitution limits governors to nonconsecutive four-year t[...]

Illustration by Chris Danger
Sep 28, 2020

Is Trump good for business?

President Donald Trump entered the White House in 2017 with no political experience but a lifetime spent in business. Nearly four years later, with the incumbent Republican president up for reelection against Democrat Joe Biden, a former vice president who has been in politics for 50 years, Virginia voters are asking themselves:[...]

Sep 28, 2020

A look at November’s ballots

Besides considering candidates for president, U.S. Senate and 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 3, Virginians will also vote on two ballot measures to amend the state constitution. And four cities will hold local referendums to legalize gambling at proposed casinos within their boundaries. The statewide ballot measures include a proposal […]

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