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Arlington contractor wins award for National Guard, Reserve support
Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. received the 2020 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for the company’s support of National Guard and Reserve employees. “We are very honored to receive the Employer Support Freedom Award from the Department of Defense,” CACI President and CEO John Mengucci said in a Sept. 10 statement. […]
DXC Technology names two board members
Tysons-based Fortune 500 company DXC Technology announced Monday it has appointed Raul Fernandez and David Barnes to its board of directors. Barnes is the former senior vice president and chief information and global business services officer for United Parcel Service (UPS). He also worked with UPS from 2005 to 2011 as senior vi[...]
Center for Innovative Technology names president, CEO
The Herndon-based Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced Friday it has promoted former state Secretary of Commerce and Trade Robert J. “Bob” Stolle as its new president and CEO, replacing Ed Albrigo. A not-for-profit corporation created in 1985 by the Virginia General Assembly, CIT functions as the state go[...]
Reston contractor buys Md.-based software, systems engineering company
Reston-based government contractor Acclaim Technical Services Inc. announced Sept. 1 it has acquired Rockville, Maryland-based software and systems engineering company Global Consulting Services Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2015, Global Consulting Services’ 30 employees support multiple contracts working on development, engineering and testing of mission critical systems for Intelligence Community [&h[...]
Arlington cybersecurity firm buys Tysons software company
Arlington-based cybersecurity company ThreatConnect Inc. announced Thursday it has acquired Tysons-based software company Nehemiah Security, which quantifies cybersecurity risks for customers. ThreatConnect did not disclose a transaction price, but through its purchaser entity, NS Holdings LLC, it “acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed selected liabilities of Nehemiah,” according to a company statement. The [&hellip[...]
Reston tech company names executive VP, CRO
Reston-based tech company Internap Holding LLC (INAP) announced Wednesday it has hired Joe Corvaia as executive vice president and chief revenue officer. With more than 24 years of experience, Corvaia most recently worked for Oracle Corp. as the group vice president for its cloud independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystem. In h[...]
McLean firm wins $7.3M DARPA 5G security contract
McLean-based computer and network security company Kryptowire LLC won a four-year, $7.3 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conduct research and development services for 5G mobile network security, according to a Department of Defense statement released Tuesday. Under the contract, Kryptowire will work under DARPA’s Open, Programmable, Secure 5G (OPS-5G) […][...]
Accenture Federal Services wins $89.5M Air Force contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded Accenture Federal Services (AFS), an Arlington-based subsidiary of Irish Fortune Global 500 company Accenture, a potential five-year, $89.5 million contract to establish a cloud-based common infrastructure for the branch’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, the company announced Wednesday. Under the contract, AFS will manage the existing information technology infrastructure and […][...]
Arlington software company names president, COO
Arlington-based software company Ostendio Inc. announced Tuesday that it has hired Marc Bandini as president and chief operations officer. With more than 20 years of experience, Bandini was most recently the president of the Americas for cloud provider Medius. In his new role, he will work closely with Ostendio Founder, CEO an[...]
Two Va. companies land spots on $5B Army contract
Herndon-based information technology company Iron Bow Technologies LLC and Gainesville-based computer manufacturer NCS Technologies Inc. secured spots on a $5 billion U.S. Army contract to provide technology products to the Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) office. “The CHESS team is excited about seeing the years of effort finally coming to fruition,” CHESS […][...]
White House science adviser to address research security
In the wake of the arrest last month of a University of Virginia researcher, White House science adviser Kelvin Droegemeier will speak with regional university researchers Thursday about research security in a webinar hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University. Haizhou Hu was preparing to board a flight to China at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport when […]
Northrop Grumman secures first phase of $85B Air Force ICBM contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded the first $13.3 billion phase of an expected $85 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) contract to Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., the company announced Tuesday. Under the $13.3 billion engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program awarded Tuesday, Northrop […][...]
