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Sep 20, 2024

Colbert leaves as CEO of Boeing’s defense, space sector

Theodore “Ted” Colbert III is no longer president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, the Arlington County aircraft and aerospace manufacturer reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday evening, Sept. 20. The announcement comes weeks after NASA decided it was unsafe to send two U.S. a[...]

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Sep 17, 2024

Kongsberg to build $101M missile plant in James City County

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, a subsidiary of Norway’s Kongsberg Group, plans to establish its first U.S. defense assembly plant in James City County, investing more than $100 million and creating an estimated 180 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday.   The company expects to invest $71 million in a 150,000-s[...]

Sep 16, 2024

OpTech expanding Loudoun satellite plant

Optimum Technologies, a Sterling space flight hardware designer and manufacturer, plans to expand its Loudoun County satellite manufacturing plant, a project expected to create 40 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. Known as OpTech, the company will invest $999,000 in the expansion, according to the governor’s offi[...]

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Aug 29, 2024

Electra.aero names new CEO

Electra.aero has named B. Marc Allen its new CEO, succeeding founder John S. Langford, who will remain chairman, the Manassas-based aviation startup announced Thursday. Allen spent the bulk of his career, nearly two decades, at Boeing, which is headquartered in Arlington County. Since 2020, he served as chief strategy officer an[...]

Jul 30, 2024

Broadband aid

A couple of Holstein cows poke their heads through the metal gates of the barn as Mark Sowers fiddles with one of his most important pieces of farm equipment — a smartphone. Sowers opens an app on his phone that gives him real-time information from the nearly 300 milking cows that roam Huckleberry Dairy, the […]

Jul 30, 2024

Appeals court reverses $2B judgment for Appian

The corporate espionage civil case between rivals Appian and Pegasystems is heading back to court, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The three-judge panel ordered a new trial, saying that Appian was improperly relieved of the burden of proving that Pega financially benefited from misappropriating Appian’s trade [...]

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Jul 29, 2024

DataBank to add leased data center to Ashburn campus

DataBank, a Texas provider of data center, cloud, and interconnection services, has signed a lease on a data center currently under construction on Red Rum Drive in Ashburn by GI Partners, the California investment firm announced Thursday.  Two other data center buildings are already located on Red Rum Drive. One is owned by Da[...]

Jul 26, 2024

Va. gets initial approval for $1.48B to increase broadband

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Virginia’s initial proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, according to a NTIA dashboard that tracks proposals.  This approval means Virginia can now request access to $1.48 bill[...]

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Jul 25, 2024

VATI awards $41M in broadband grants to localities

The Virginia Telecommunications Initiative, which funds broadband extension to unserved areas, will provide more than $41 million in grants to 10 broadband construction projects that will serve Virginians in 20 localities, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday.  “Virginia continues to be a national leader for closing the di[...]

QTS Data Centers has purchased all of the White Oak Technology Park II property in Henrico. Rendering of a potential data center at the site courtesy Hourigan
Jul 19, 2024

QTS finishes $137M purchase of rezoned Henrico tech park land

QTS Data Centers has secured ownership of all 622 acres of the recently rezoned site for the White Oak Technology Park II project in Henrico County’s Sandston area for approximately $137 million. On June 28, a limited liability company belonging to QTS bought the remaining portion of the site that it hadn’t yet acquired — [...]

Jul 8, 2024

Jefferson Lab names next director

The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has named a new director, Kim Sawyer, who will replace Stuart Henderson, the lab’s director since 2017.  Sawyer will start her new post at the Newport News facility Aug. 2, according to a Jefferson Science Associates news release Monday. Having previously served as deputy[...]

Chandra Briggman
Jul 8, 2024

Briggman leaving post as CEO of Activation Capital

Chandra Briggman is leaving her position as president and CEO of Activation Capital, the Richmond tech incubator announced Monday. Her last day is Friday. Briggman joined Activation Capital, an accelerator arm of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority, in May 2020; the organization includes a biotech park, sta[...]

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