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GSA awards Reston tech company $11.8M contract
The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Reston-based government technology company Octo Consulting Group an $11.8 million contract to provide framework and architecture services for the GSA’s System for Award Management (SAM). Under the GSA’s CIO Modernization and Enterprise Transformation contract, Octo will provide Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and business and technical architecture for the […][...]
Richmond nonprofit wins $2.99M National Science Foundation grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Richmond-based nonprofit CodeVA a four-year, $2.99 million project award to develop a computer science program for teaching history to underserved communities in Virginia. This is CodeVA’s first federal grant award. CodeVA was awarded the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program grant for its proposal “Reaching Across the Hallway: An […][...]
Fredericksburg firm lands $55M Navy contract
The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) awarded a $55 million contract to Fredericksburg-based engineering and technology contractor SimVentions Inc. to provide systems engineering and software development services, the company announced Friday. Under the five-year contract, SimVentions will work on the Track Management Engineering Analysis and Support system out of the NSWCDD. The […][...]
McLean satellite provider names VP global government affairs, policy
McLean-based communications satellite services provider Intelsat Corp. announced Monday it has hired Peter B. Davidson as vice president of global government affairs and policy. Davidson was most recently the deputy dean for strategic initiatives and an assistant professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law Scho[...]
Va. tops annual tech business rankings
Virginia topped the charts in many categories of Business Facilities’ 16th Annual State Rankings Report released last week — especially for technology. This year, Virginia was ranked No. 1 for its cybersecurity leaders, digital infrastructure and unmanned aerial systems and No. 2 for its business climate. This was the first year that the national business […]
Reston federal contractor acquires Md. IT company
Reston-based government contractor EverWatch (which operates under private investment firm Enlightenment Capital) announced Monday it has acquired Columbia, Maryland-based information technology contractor BrainTrust Holdings. A transaction amount was not disclosed, but this marks EverWatch’s seventh and largest acquisition, according to a statement from Chevy Chase, Maryland-based Enlightenment Capital, which provides financial[...]
Reston telemedicine company to go public
Reston-based telemedicine provider SOC Telemed announced Monday it plans to go public through a merger with a “blank check” company, Healthcare Merger Corp. (HCMC) — a transaction that would value SOC at $720 million. The combined company will operate as SOC Telemed and be listed on the Nasdaq. HCMC is a Nasdaq-listed public investment company. […]
Leidos names health group president
Reston-based federal contractor Leidos announced Monday that Elizabeth “Liz” Porter has been promoted as the company’s health group president. She will report to Chairman and CEO Roger Krone. Porter had been serving as acting health group president since March 9 and had previously served as operation manager for the Leid[...]
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative names managing director
John P. Delaney has been appointed as managing director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), effective June 25, Virginia Tech announced Monday. The CCI Hub is located in the Virginia Tech Research Center in Arlington. Delaney is a U.S. Army veteran, having recently retired from a 30-year career. He had most recently been the chief […]
Herndon IT services company names data, analytics director
Herndon-based information technology services company B3 Group Inc. announced Tuesday that Laura Schweitzer has been hired as its director of data and analytics, effective July 22. Schweitzer most recently led health care advanced analytics PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) — the world’s largest professional services company wit[...]
General Dynamics subsidiary lands $201M VA contract
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. a potential three-year, $201 million contract to provide software development and information technology services (DevOps) to improve the department applications, according to reports. GDIT is a subsidiary of Fortune 100 aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. GDIT will use […][...]
Navy awards SAIC $63.5M contract
The U.S. Navy awarded a $63.5 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to provide mission engineering and integration services, the Reston-based defense contractor announced Thursday. Under the SeaPort-NxG Multiple Award Contract, SAIC will provide services to the Global Deterrence and Defense Department (Code GX) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NWSC) in Crane, […][...]
