Northrop Grumman wins missile defense contract worth up to $3.9B
Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. and partner Raytheon Missiles & Defense were awarded a Missile Defense Agency contract worth up to $3.93 billion to perform work on the U.S. ballistic missile defense system, the agency announced Tuesday. Part of an award of $1.6 billion in contracts through fiscal year 2022 to Northrop Grumman and Bethesda, […]
Omnispace, Lockheed Martin join forces for space-based 5G network
Tysons-based satellite telecommunications company Omnispace LLC has entered into a strategic alliance with Lockheed Martin Corp. to explore jointly developing a space-based 5G global network. “Omnispace is fully committed to the vision of creating a new global communications platform that powers 5G connectivity directly to[...]
Parsons Corp. lands $12.6B IT defense contract
Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp. announced Tuesday that it has landed a 10-year information technology contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency worth a potential $12.6 billion. Under the Solutions for Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III) contract. Parsons will deliver strategic, technical and program management guidance and support services to facilitate the operations and modernization […][...]
Dominion Energy’s Tom Farrell to retire from Altria board
Dominion Energy Inc. Executive Chair Thomas F. Farrell II is retiring from Altria Group Inc.’s board of directors, which he has chaired since April 2020. Farrell has served on the Henrico County-based tobacco product manufacturer’s board of directors since 2008. He will retire from the Altria board when his term ends in [...]
Primland resort appoints executive chef
Primland announced Tuesday that Elliot Cunniff has been appointed executive chef of the Meadows of Dan resort. Cunniff comes to Primland from The Soho House, an upscale private club in New York City where he served as executive chef. He got his start working with culinary celebrity Daniel Boulud’s db Bistro Moderne in New York[...]
Va. to loosen COVID restrictions April 1
Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday he is “slowly and safely” lifting some COVID-19 restrictions statewide beginning April 1, including raising limits of gatherings to 30% capacity at entertainment venues. In most cases, outdoor gatherings will be limited to 100 people and indoor gatherings at 50 people, the governo[...]
BWXT subsidiary chosen to develop microreactor design for DOD
Lynchburg-based BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC is one of two companies chosen to develop a final prototype design for a transportable advanced nuclear microreactor, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. Along with Maryland’s X-energy LLC, BWXT was selected from a preliminary design competition and will continue developing its design under a Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) […][...]
HNTB names infrastructure and mobility equity president
HNTB Corp., an infrastructure design firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, announced Tuesday that Diana Mendes has been promoted to corporate president of infrastructure and mobility equity, a newly created position based in Arlington. Mendes has spent 35 years in the infrastructure industry and previously served as HNTB’s [...]
Manassas IT consultant acquires N.C. tech firm
Manassas IT consulting services provider ARG Inc. has acquired North Carolina-based tech advisory firm NextWave Technology Providers, ARG announced last week. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Adam Carreno, NextWave’s principal and founder, will join ARG as a principal. Before founding NextWave in 2020, Carreno was a cloud and technology specialist at […]
Virginia Tech names new Innovation Campus leaders
Virginia Tech announced Monday that two current employees will take leadership roles in the university’s Alexandria-based Innovation Campus. Robin Jones has been named assistant vice president for Innovation Campus student services, after serving as assistant provost for planning and resource management at Tech. Dannette G[...]
Va. Beach-based ADS wins $91.6M DOD contract
Virginia Beach-based Atlantic Diving Supply won a $91.6 million contract to support weapons system programs for the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. The equipment vendor won the contract from the DOD’s Defense Logistics Agency, which awarded ADS a $100 million, five-year contract earlier this month. […]
General Dynamics books $2.4B Navy contract to build 10th submarine
General Dynamics has been awarded a potential $2.4 billion contract option from the Navy to build a 10th Virginia-class submarine, the U.S. Department of Defense announced last week. The Fairfax-based company’s Electric Boat subsidiary in Connecticut will work with Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding on the project, which was added on to a December […]