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Leidos wins TSA contract worth up to $2.6B
Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Leidos has won Transportation Security Administration contract worth up to $2.6 billion, according to a Tuesday notice on SAM.gov. TSA awarded the TSA Checkpoint Integrated Logistics Support Services contract for checkpoint maintenance services on Dec. 31, 2024. According to the reque[...]
ICF acquires tech, advisory services company
Reston-headquartered consulting and tech services provider ICF has acquired New York-based tech and advisory services company Applied Energy Group from Ameresco, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Massachusetts-based energy efficiency and renewable energy company Ameresco acquired Appl[...]
Booz Allen to pay $15.8M fine to settle fraud allegations
Booz Allen Hamilton, the McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultant, has agreed to pay a $15.875 million fine to the federal government to settle allegations that one of its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced Jan. 3. According to the DOJ’s statement, two former progra[...]
Herndon office building portfolio sells for $51M
A portfolio of four office buildings in Herndon sold for $51 million, Finmarc Management announced Thursday. Dubbed Dulles Corner, the four buildings comprise nearly 620,000 square feet of Class A office space. Located at the intersection of Dulles Toll Road and Virginia Route 28, the properties are: 2411 Dulles Corner Park, an [...]
ATCC expansion targets future coronaviruses
Rebecca Bradford raises a scary thought: “What if we were hit with two pathogens at the same time?” For example, what if, as COVID-19 was hitting the country in early 2020, a flu virus had been spreading too? It‘s a distinct possibility in the future, and scientists are working hard to establish quick and effective [&h[...]
Micron to invest $2.17B in Manassas expansion
Semiconductor company Micron Technology will invest up to $2.17 billion to expand its Manassas manufacturing facility, creating an expected 340 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. Micron will modernize the plant at 9600 Godwin Drive to produce dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips for automotive, aerospace, defense a[...]
U.S. Army awards RTX’s Raytheon $946M contract modification
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor RTX, a contract modification worth about $946.47 million for production hardware, software and services related to the Patriot air defense system, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. The U.S. Army Contra[...]
Here’s NVAR’s prediction for 2025 NoVa housing market
The Northern Virginia housing market will continue to strengthen in 2025, with moderate price increases and increased market activity, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ 2025 regional housing market forecast, produced with George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis. Examining the [...]
Northrop Grumman subsidiary scores $3.4B Navy contract
Northrop Grumman Systems, a subsidiary of Falls Church aerospace and defense giant Northrop Grumman, has been awarded a $3.459 billion contract by the Navy to engineer and manufacture new nuclear aircraft, according to announcements from the Department of Defense and the Navy last week. E-130J jets will take the place of the Nav[...]
GDIT wins $5.57B contract to upgrade military communications system
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of Reston Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics, has won a $5.57 billion contract from the Air Force Mission Partner Capabilities Office, it announced Friday. Awarded in November, the single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contr[...]
Leidos lands $987M Air Force contract
Leidos has won an up to $987 million Air Force contract to provide sustainment support for F-16 Foreign Military Sales customers, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Thursday. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a supersonic multirole fighter aircraft used for air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. General Dy[...]
Capital One, Discover clear hurdles for $35.3B megadeal
Announced in February, McLean-based Capital One Financial’s proposed $35.3 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services is moving forward, with stockholders’ votes scheduled early next year, the credit card giants announced this week. Capital One also announced Thursday it received approval from the Office of t[...]
