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Apr 13, 2022

Comcast taps Comscore’s measurement tools

Comcast Cable’s ad sales arm will begin offering Reston-based Comscore Inc. media measurement and analytics tools as an alternative to the Nielsen ratings system, Comscore announced this week. Effectv, which sells ads in 66 markets for Comcast Cable, will use Comscore’s impression-based measurement product with its local adv[...]

Apr 13, 2022

Va. Tech to lead cybersecurity workforce initiative

Virginia Tech has received a $1.5 million award to lead an initiative that could help close a gap in the cybersecurity workforce. The award, announced April 5, comes from the nonprofit Griffiss Institute, a New York-based STEM and defense technology incubator that runs the Department of Defense’s Virtual Institutes for Cyb[...]

Apr 11, 2022

Fluence to acquire renewable energy SaaS company

Arlington-based energy storage and digital application company Fluence Energy Inc. announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nispera AG. Nispera is a Zurich-based artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled software-as-a-service company that targets the renewable energy sector. It helps clients m[...]

Apr 6, 2022

Northrop Grumman awarded nearly $200M in DOD contracts

Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded two contracts worth nearly $200 million to complete projects for the Navy, according to a March 31 Department of Defense announcement. One contract, worth more than $98 million, calls for providing materials, including sensors, assemblies and battery kits to support the Navy’s Large […]

Apr 4, 2022

Intelsat donates space artifact to Smithsonian

McLean-based satellite operator Intelsat Corp. has donated the launch backup of the first commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The company donated the ground spare of the Intelsat 1 satellite, also known as Early Bird. Intelsat 1 was launched on April 6[...]

Apr 1, 2022

Former deputy defense secretary named to lead NDIA

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist will serve as the next president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association. An Arlington-based national security industry association, the NDIA on Thursday announced Norquist’s new position, which he will start May 1. Norquist has more than 30 years of experien[...]

NASA awarded Northrop Grumman two additional commercial resupply missions to deliver cargo to the International Space Station using the company’s Cygnus spacecraft. Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman
Mar 29, 2022

NASA orders more space missions from Northrop Grumman

NASA has ordered 12 more resupply missions to the International Space Station, six of which have been placed with Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman, the space agency announced March 25. Another six missions are from Elon Musk’s California-based SpaceX. According to NASA’s announcement, the missions, part of its Com[...]

Rendering of concept of George Mason University's Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) in Arlington
Mar 25, 2022

GMU’s Arlington campus renamed ‘Mason Square’

George Mason University’s Arlington campus is being renamed Mason Square. The university announced the rebranding Thursday, also naming its new $168 million technology-forward building designed to support digital innovation and collaboration and serve as the anchor for the Rosslyn-Ballston’s developing innovation dis[...]

Mar 25, 2022

BAE Systems lands $176M Air Force contract

Falls Church-based BAE Systems Inc. has won a $176 million contract to provide software-defined radios to the Air Force. The defense contractor said in a news release Thursday that the radios, which will support the Air Force’s Airborne High Frequency Radio Modernization program, will provide a secure alternative to satellite communications. The contract is for […]

Mar 25, 2022

Dulles transit fleet to go greener

Washington Dulles International Airport’s parking shuttle fleet is going greener. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on Thursday announced that it purchased five fully electric-powered ZX5+ buses from California-based Proterra Operating Company Inc. as well as three charging stations. Each 29-seat bus features a 450-kilowatt-hour battery that can deliver as many as 216 miles of service […][...]

Mar 24, 2022

Peraton receives $254M State Department award

Herndon-based Peraton Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $254 million contract to support the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service’s cybersecurity operations. The federal contractor announced the award Thursday. Under the contract, Peraton will provide cyber support, including incident management, threat analysis and penetration testing. Peraton will also help the department protect its global IT infrastructure [&h[...]

Loudoun County is known as Data Center Alley because it has the world’s highest concentration of data centers. It has received $1.5 billion in tax revenue from the centers over the last six years Photo by Will Schermerhorn.
Mar 24, 2022

Report: Va. data center projects totaled $6.8B in 2021

Data centers are a primary driver of economic growth in Virginia, comprising $6.8 billion or 62% of all major economic investments announced last year by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, according to a new report released Thursday by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC). While the total for 2021 represen[...]

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