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General Dynamics receives $327.8M submarine contract modification
The U.S. Navy last week awarded the Electric Boats subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. a $327.8 million contract modification to continue development studies, design work and lead yard support for the branch’s Virginia-class submarines, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Oct. 9. Electric Boat originally received a $434.4 million contract […][...]
EY names five Virginians as mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of the year
Virginia businesspeople took home five of the 12 Entrepreneur of the Year Mid-Atlantic Awards announced last week by multinational professional services company Ernst & Young LLP. The Virginia winners for the 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Mid-Atlantic Award were: 3Pillar Global Inc. | David DeWolf, Fairfax HUNGRY Marketplace | Jeff Grass and Shy Pahlevani, Arlington […]
Herndon defense contractor wins $102M Navy contract
Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton announced Monday it has been awarded a $102 million follow-on contract by the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) for work on the branch’s strategic weapons systems. Under the engineering services contract, Peraton’s services will include acquisition, development, deployment and operational support of the reentry body aspects of the Navy’s […][...]
Reston government contractor to buy Alexandria tech company
Reston-based government IT contractor Xenith Solutions LLC announced Thursday it will acquire Alexandria-based tech company TRI-COR Industries (TCI). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1983 by Louis Gonzalez, TCI provides large-scale, enterprise agile tech services to federal and local governments. Xenith Solutions is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that provides both consulting […][...]
Reston health care tech company names CTO
Reston-based health care technology company careMESH on Thursday announced that Gustavo Bonany has been hired as chief technology officer. With more than 20 years of experience, Bonany was most recently senior vice president of research and development for health care tech company Voxiva. In his new role, he will oversee devel[...]
Md.-based tech company opens NoVa lab
Greenbelt, Maryland-based tech company Paradyme Management Inc. announced Wednesday it has established an IT lab, Paradyme Labs, in Tysons. The lab will serve as a hub for team and customer collaboration and as an operations space for recruiting, training, sales and engineering. The expansion allows for more space for Paradyme, which has nearly doubled the […]
Reston cybersecurity company announces leadership changes
A day after selling its Cyveillance business unit to Baltimore-based cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX, Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday that its chairman of the board, Gilman Louie, has been named CEO. Louie is also a partner at San Francisco-based venture capital firm Alsop Louie Partners, which has [...]
Amazon to donate $1M to NoVa schoolchildren amid pandemic
Arlington Public Schools announced Wednesday that e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc., which is establishing its $2.5 billion East Coast HQ2 headquarters in Arlington, will donate $1 million to support the needs of thousands of students from underserved Northern Virginia communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities In Schools NOVA will distribute Amazon’s donation through its Right Now […][...]
General Dynamics wins $100M DIA task order
The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. (GDIT) a potential $100 million task order to provide engineering services in support of the agency’s information technology modernization efforts, the company announced Tuesday. Under the task order, GDIT will provide engineering support to the DIA’s IT infrastructure, including system design, architecture, […][...]
Perspecta Labs lands $24.65M Navy contract
The U.S. Navy awarded the research arm of Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. a potential seven-year, $24.65 million contract to provide telecommunications and engineering standards support to help the branch in its emergency preparedness and national security initiatives, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Under the contract, Perspecta Labs will help the Navy deploy Next […][...]
Reston tech company names finance VP
Reston-based tech and network security company Electrosoft announced Tuesday it has hired Justin Lapington as vice president of finance. With more than 25 years of experience, Lapington most recently worked with government contractor Preferred Systems Solutions, where he accounted for more than $150 million in annual revenue. In[...]
Reston cyber intelligence business acquired by Baltimore cybersecurity firm
Cyber intelligence company Cyveillance, a Reston-based business unit of LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc., has been acquired by Baltimore-based cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX, the companies announced Tuesday. Terms of the acquisition were not released. Under the acquisition, ZeroFOX will absorb Cyveillance’s more than 130 employees and more than 100 customers. “Our merger with the Cyveillance team fulfills […][...]
