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Fairfax County senior living community begins $56.5M renovation
Fairfax County senior living community The Virginian has begun a $56.5 million renovation, aimed to be completed in phases through June 2022. The renovated seven-story, 367,000-square-foot building will include four wings featuring 155 independent living apartments, 56 assisted living apartments and 38 memory care residences. Th[...]
Perspecta wins $202M defense contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. a $201.5 million contract to provide technical services in support of its Global Content Delivery Services (GCDS) II program, the company announced Thursday. Perspecta was the prime contractor for the GCDS I program, working with DISA in expanding the Defense Information Systems Network. […][...]
BAE Systems names senior VP for government relations
Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. announced Thursday that Shelly O’Neill Stoneman, the company’s vice president for executive branch and international government relations, will become its senior vice president for government relations, effective April 17. Stoneman will succeed Frank Ruggiero, who w[...]
Reston-based Comscore closes investment transactions
Reston-based media measurement and analytics company Comscore Inc. announced Thursday that it has closed its previously announced investment transactions with Connecticut-based Charter Communications Inc., Colorado-based Qurate Retail Inc. and an affiliate of New York-based Cerberus Capital Management LP. Each of the three companies made a cash investment in exchange for shares of convertible preferred stock, […][...]
Serco Inc. wins $600M Navy contract
Herndon-based tech company Serco Inc. (a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group plc) has been awarded a potential eight-year, $600 million contract by the U.S. Navy to support its Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) Ashore Sustainment Program. With an initial delivery order worth $153 million, Serco will support the program by providing software, hardware and firmware maintenance […][...]
Health care AI company bringing U.S. HQ to Loudoun
Zasti Inc., a health care-related artificial intelligence technology company, is investing $5.9 million to establish its U.S. headquarters in Loudoun County, creating 60 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Founded in 2017 in India, Zasti, which is Sanskrit for “prediction,” develops AI-based risk screening, predictive analytics and climate change solutions for the health care […][...]
Vt. company buys Ashburn bioscience tech firm
Williston, Vermont-based bioscience software company MBF Bioscience announced last week it has acquired Ashburn-based Vidrio Technologies. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Vidrio Technologies provides microscope control software and hardware for laser scanning while MBF Bioscience provides microscope-based image analysis tools to researchers. “Vidrio has a pipeline full of exciting new products that [&helli[...]
Reston cybersecurity firm names chief cyber officer
Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday it has hired Norm Laudermilch as the company’s first chief cyber officer. Laudermilch most recently served as chief operating officer with software company Control Case. “As chief cyber officer, Norm will be collaborating with many of our team members as [...]
Tysons risk analytics firm announces two acquisitions
Tysons-based risk analytics firm Qomplx Inc. announced Wednesday it would acquire Huntsville, Alabama-based cyber intelligence firm Sentar and London-based insurance software modeling firm RPC Tyche. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Qomplx announced earlier this month its plan to go public through a merger agreement with Tailwind Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition […][...]
George Mason University names research, innovation, econ. dev. VP
George Mason University announced Friday it has hired Andre Marshall as its vice president for research, innovation and economic development and president of the university’s research foundation, effective July 1. He succeeds Deb Crawford, who left GMU to become vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee-K[...]
Booz Allen names global defense group senior VP
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Tuesday that Matice Wright-Springer has rejoined the firm as a partner and senior vice president of the firm’s global defense group as part of its aerospace account. Wright-Springer most recently served as vice president of g[...]
SAIC hires space biz senior VP
Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Tuesday it has hired David Ray as the senior vice president of its space business unit. Most recently, Ray served as president of government and defense at Flir Systems. In his new role, he will lead the team focused on space [...]
