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LMI announces Lisa Disbrow will be next chair of the board
Lisa Disbrow will be the next chair of the board for Tysons-based government and defense contractor LMI, succeeding Ken Krieg, LMI announced Monday. Disbrow is currently the audit and finance committee chair, a position she has held since November 2019. She joined the board in 2018. In 2017, Disbrow retired from her role as Unde[...]
Reston-based Comscore expands Fox Corp. partnership
Reston-based media measurement and analytics company Comscore Inc. has made a multi-year agreement expanding and extending its relationship with Fox Corp., including using Comscore’s national TV measurement, it announced Friday. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. “It is a privilege to continue our longstanding relationship with Fox and have their vote of confidence […][...]
Peraton wins nearly $1B DOD contract
Herndon-based Peraton Inc., a national security contractor, won a nearly $1 billion task order to provide the U.S. Department of Defense’s U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) and its mission partners with operational planning, implementation and assessment services (OPIAS). USCENTCOM directs military operations with allies in[...]
Richmond casino referendum gets court’s OK for ballot
The Richmond Circuit Court approved the Richmond City Council’s petition Tuesday to place a referendum on the November ballot for city voters to weigh in on the Urban One Inc.-backed ONE Casino + Resort project. It’s the next step in a process that started early this year with the city’s request for proposals f[...]
CACI names senior VP for national security and innovative solutions
Arlington-based CACI International Inc., a Fortune 500 federal contractor, has named retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher as a senior vice president, it announced Monday. “We welcome Mr. Gallagher and his significant national security experience to the CACI team,” said CACI President and CEO John Mengucci in a stateme[...]
VDH officials expect more workplaces to mandate vaccines
More workplaces will likely require employees to be vaccinated once the Food and Drug Administration provides full licensure of the Pfizer vaccine, expected in September, Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccine coordinator, said Tuesday at a Virginia Department of Health media briefing. “COVID is not going to go away after [...]
VCU Health raises minimum wage to $15
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour in September, the Richmond-based health care system announced Tuesday. The roughly 1,700 employees and contract workers affected provide food and nutrition services, environmental services, valet services and other services to patients and[...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries wins $273M Navy contract
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Technical Solutions division won a $273 million contract with the U.S. Navy to support its carrier engineering maintenance assist team, surface engineering maintenance assist team for West Coast surface ships and other maintenance programs, it announced Tuesday. “Continuo[...]
Bloomberg Industry Group acquires tax software company
Arlington-based Bloomberg Industry Group has acquired Minneapolis-based Tax Prodigy for its Bloomberg Tax & Accounting division, it announced last Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Tax Prodigy will be absorbed into Bloomberg and will not function as a subsidiary. “On behalf of Tax Prodigy’s founders and owners, we are excited to be […]
Arlington’s Evolent Health to acquire N.J. telehealth company
Arlington-based Evolent Health Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire telehealth company Vital Decisions for $85 million, with a potential earnout of up to $45 million, Evolent announced Wednesday. Based in Edison, New Jersey, and founded in 2006, Vital Decisions is a portfolio company of WindRose Health Investors LLC, a New York-based private […]
N.C.-based Oransi merges with Radford’s Aviemore
Raleigh, North Carolina-based Oransi, a manufacturer of air purifiers, will merge with Radford-based Aviemore Technologies, Oransi announced Monday. In April, Oransi, announced it would build a $5.6 million manufacturing facility in Radford. Founded in 2009, Oransi will utilize proprietary technologies from Aviemore, a designer [...]
McLean-based Appian acquires Germany’s Lana Labs
McLean-based cloud computing company Appian Corp. has acquired Germany’s Lana Labs, developer of the artificial intelligence-driven LANA process mining platform, the company announced on Aug. 5. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the addition of Lana’s native process mining capabilities, Appian will be able to expand its low-code automation suite, which allows […][...]
