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McLean health tech firm names senior VP, corporate strategy
McLean-based health information technology provider CNSI announced Monday it has hired Verlon Johnson as senior vice president of corporate strategy. Johnson was most recently the vice president of health care policy and program management for IBM Watson Health’s Government Health and Human Services business group. In her ne[...]
Peraton lands $950M Air Force contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton a $950 million contract to provide services in support of the branch’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), a component of the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) effort, the company announced Monday. Under the contract, Peraton will provide services including open […]
Commercial building in Fairfax sells for $1.8M
A three-story mixed-use commercial building in Fairfax sold for $1.8 million, Norfolk-based S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced this week. Located at 3950 Chain Bridge Road, The Moore-McCandlish House is a 6,550-square-foot historical building constructed in 1840. The property, which sits on 0.48 acres, was 96% leased at the tim[...]
BBB National Programs opens new HQ office in Tysons
Nonprofit BBB National Programs announced Friday the opening of its new 15,300-square-foot headquarters in Tysons. Located at 1676 International Drive, the location will allow for an operations expansion and allow BBB National Programs to grow its portfolio of self-regulation and dispute resolution programs, according to an or[...]
General Dynamics lands $9B+ contract modification
The U.S. Navy on Thursday awarded the Electric Boat subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. a $9.474 billion contract modification to build and test the first two Columbia-class intercontinental ballistic missile submarines — the largest ever built by the United States — and provide r[...]
BAE Systems announces $100M investment in Iowa facility
Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. announced Thursday it is investing more than $100 million to construct a facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for its newly acquired navigation and sensor systems business, which makes mission-critical military GPS products. “Our world-class military GPS business is built on the r[...]
SAIC names executive VP, CFO
Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Thursday it has hired Prabu Natarajan as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 4, 2021. Natarajan most recently worked with Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. [...]
Cincinnati consulting firm buys McLean tech contractor
Cincinnati-based engineering, consulting and technical services company Belcan LLC announced late last week it has acquired McLean-based tech contractor Telesis Corp. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. This marks Belcan’s 15th acquisition under its ownership by AE Industrial Partners LP, a private equity firm that specializes in aerospace, defense and government services, power […][...]
General Dynamics business unit wins $42.6M contract modification
The U.S. Navy awarded Fairfax-based General Dynamics Mission Systems a $42.6 million contract modification to continue work on sustaining integrated combat management systems and associated platforms used by the branch’s littoral combat ships, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of Reston-based defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. Under […][...]
Herndon data center development company acquired by Stockholm firm
Herndon-based data center development company EdgeConneX announced Thursday the closing of its acquisition by Stockholm-based EQT Infrastructure from an investor group led by Providence Equity Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies received regulatory approval for the definitive agreement that was first announced Aug. 19. The acquisition by EQT Infrastructure will […][...]
Trustar Bank announces first acquisition
Great Falls-based Trustar Bank announced its first-ever acquisition Wednesday, taking control of Fairfax-based Granite Mortgage LLC. The acquisition will add Granite Mortgage’s full-service mortgage business line to Trustar’s (founded in 2019) banking services. Granite Mortgage will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Trustar, the first bank to be chartered and opened in Virginia in more […][...]
DynCorp wins $352M contract to support California wildfire control
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) awarded McLean-based DynCorp International a potential five-year, $352 million contract to provide depot-level aircraft maintenance services to support the department’s wildfire control operations, the company announced Thursday. Under the contract, DynCorp w[...]
