ASGN subsidiary buys Fla.-based tech firm
Henrico County-based Fortune 1000 professional services company ASGN Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired Tampa, Florida-based information technology firm Integrated Solutions Management Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, ISM specializes in internet of things (IoT) technology, IT service and operations management. It will become part of ECS, a Fairfax-based […][...]
Herndon’s K12 Inc. reports ransomware attack
Herndon-based online education provider K12 Inc. announced Tuesday that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack that may have compromised its corporate back office systems. “We do believe that the attacker accessed certain parts of our corporate back office systems, including some student and employee information on those systems, but it will take […]
Reston tech company names human resources VP
Reston-based systems integration provider iGov announced last week it has hired Deborah Sutton as vice president of human resources. She replaces Kim Schmitt, who has retired. With more than 25 years of experience, Sutton was most recently an independent executive human resources consultant. In her new role, she will advise senior management and lead the […]
Intelsat closes $400M cash deal for commercial aviation business
McLean-based communications satellite services provider Intelsat Corp. announced Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of in-flight broadband connectivity provider Gogo Inc.’s commercial aviation business for $400 million in cash. The acquisition was first announced in early September. Intelsat plans to pair its satellite and ground network to Gogo’s customer base of more than 3,000 commercial […][...]
LMI lands $77.5M Homeland Security contract
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded Tysons-based government and defense contractor LMI a $77.5 million contract to support and advise the department on efforts to prevent chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks. LMI will provide services to the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office. The company will offer expertise on chemical, […]
General Dynamics books $241M CMS cloud implementation support order
Reston-based General Dynamics Corp.’s information technology business has secured a potential four-year, $241 million task order to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implement a multicloud computing environment. The cloud products and tool award, which has a one-year base period plus three one-year options, covers the procurement of instances from multiple service providers, […][...]
Northrop Grumman lands potential $4.8B Air Force drone modernization
Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a potential $4.8 billion contract to update, refurbish and sustain the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Falls Church-based company includes task orders for specific UAS modernization services in line with the Air Force’s Global Hawk program, the Department of […][...]
McLean-based technical consulting firm names VP of DOJ business sector
Latarshia Crawford-Jones has been appointed vice president of Department of Justice business at Steampunk, a McLean-based technical consulting firm. Crawford-Jones’ career spans more than two decades in the public and private sectors, including service in the U.S. Navy, the FBI, Science Applications International Corp., Northr[...]
War and peace
Like a lot of bosses in spring and summer 2020, Phebe Novakovic confronted challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It threatened lives and economies. Managers weren’t sure when some customers would be able to pay their bills. Employees were anxious; clients were understandably skittish. With travel shutting down, in-person sale[...]
Fairfax indoor ski resort plan may spur economic flurry
Vail. Breckenridge. Aspen. Fairfax? You read that right. Skiers — someday — could swoosh over fresh powder at an indoor ski resort if everything falls into place for a proposed public-private partnership project on portions of the I-95 Landfill Complex in Lorton. Fairfax Peak, as the project is known, would feature a 450,000[...]
Northrop Grumman names chief technology officer
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Wednesday it has promoted Scott Stapp as chief technology officer (CTO). Stapp was most recently Northrop Grumman’s vice president of resiliency and rapid prototyping and has also previously served as vice president of applied rese[...]
BAE Systems lands $237.7M Navy contract
The U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, a business unit of Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc., a potential $237.7 million contract to drydock and perform maintenance and modernization work on the USS Wasp assault ship, the company announced Tuesday. Under the contract, BAE Systems will begin wor[...]