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Va. launches platform to connect people to jobs, education
With more than 400,000 Virginians unemployed, the state has launched a platform designed to connect people to educational and work opportunities broken down by region, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The Virginia Career Works Referral Portal connects people to training, certification, education and employment services to aid in job search and career development. Users can […]
SOSi consolidates defense IT and intelligence solutions units
Reston-based defense and government contractor SOS International LLC (SOSi) announced Tuesday it is consolidating its defense information technology and intelligence solutions business units into a new Defense and Intelligence Solutions Group. The new business unit will be led by Ed Bachl, co-founder of Vykin Corp., a Florida-based information technology solutions company that SOSi acquired in […][...]
Perspecta CEO becomes chairman of board
Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc., has been appointed chairman of the company’s board of directors, effective Aug. 5, the date of the company’s 2020 annual shareholders meeting. Curtis has served as president and CEO of Perspecta since the publicly traded company was l[...]
Reston software company names new CFO
Reston-based software company LeaseAccelerator Inc. has hired Keith Haas as its new chief financial officer. A certified public accountant, Haas was vice president of finance for GeoEye, a Herndon-based satellite imaging company that is now a subsidiary of DigitalGlobe. He also held a prior leadership position at Herndon-based e[...]
UK software company buys Chesterfield’s Mapcom Systems
Chesterfield County-based telecommunications software company Mapcom Systems announced Tuesday that it has been acquired by United Kingdom-based geographic software company VertiGIS. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Mapcom’s customer-centric approach to digitalizing processes and solving challenges with location technology matches well with ours,” VertiGIS President and CEO Richard Wiegmann said in a sta[...]
McLean defense contractor buys Reston software company
McLean-based defense contractor E3/Sentinel LLC announced Monday it has acquired Reston-based Lucid Perspectives, a software and systems engineering company. This is E3/Sentinel’s fifth acquisition in the past two years. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. E3/Sentinel acquired Data Works in August 2019, and under this acquisition, Lucid’s operations will be combined with Data […][...]
Babel Street gains AI, machine learning capabilities
Reston-based Babel Street Inc., a web and social media monitoring company, announced Monday it has acquired the intellectual property assets of Overland Park, Kansas-based Dunami, an artificial intelligence and machine learning analysis company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Babel Street acquired Dunami’s AI and machine learning assets, which automatically illustrate relationships between […][...]
Orbital Sciences Corp. wins $187M NASA contract
Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corp., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp., has been awarded a $187 million NASA contract to design living quarters for the Lunar Gateway mini space station. The Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) design will be inspired by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, which delivers supplies, e[...]
Arlington tech company wins $1.5B contract
Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. announced Thursday it has won a $1.5 billion contract to provide networking and cybersecurity services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). “This record award demonstrates CACI is delivering on its strategy to win larger, more enduring contracts,” CACI President and CEO John Mengucci said in a statement. “It […][...]
Leidos lands contract worth $401M
Reston-based federal contractor Leidos announced Thursday it has won a contract worth $401 million, if all options are exercised, to provide information technology operations and maintenance support to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). “This award is a true testament to our strong capabilities and proven performance working with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community,” […][...]
Arlington government contractor names chairman
Arlington-based federal contractor Govini announced Monday that former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work has been elected as chairman of its board of directors. Work served as the 32nd deputy defense secretary from 2014 to 2017. He was under secretary of the Navy, the service’s second-highest ranking civilian position[...]
Private equity firm to acquire Herndon tech company
Herndon-based tech company Exostar LLC announced Tuesday it will be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC. The transaction amount was not disclosed. Exostar is a cloud-based platform that allows companies to securely share information and operate with security compliance. The platform is used by more than 135,000 aerospace and defense organizations across 150 […]
