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Center for Innovative Technology names president, CEO
The Herndon-based Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced Friday it has promoted former state Secretary of Commerce and Trade Robert J. “Bob” Stolle as its new president and CEO, replacing Ed Albrigo. A not-for-profit corporation created in 1985 by the Virginia General Assembly, CIT functions as the state go[...]
Construction begins on massive housing development in Reston
Construction began last week on “The Midline,” a residential and commercial community to be located two blocks from the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station (Silver Line) in Fairfax County, EYA Development LLC announced Sept. 8. It’s anticipated that 80 townhouses will be completed by early 2021, with an additional 35 [...]
Leidos names defense group logistics VP
Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. announced Thursday it has hired retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams as vice president of defense group logistics, effective immediately. Williams most recently served as the director of the Fort Belvoir-based Defense Logistics Agency, where he oversaw [...]
Tegna raises $550M in debt financing
Tysons-based broadcast and digital media company Tegna Inc. announced Thursday it has raised $550 million in debt financing, which will go to pay outstanding debt. “With this successful offering, Tegna has reduced our overall average borrowing costs and locked in a lower fixed interest rate as we did earlier this year, further strengthening our balance […]
Tegna names its first chief diversity officer
Tysons-based broadcast and digital media company Tegna Inc. announced Thursday it has promoted Grady Tripp to become the company’s first chief diversity officer. Tripp has been with the company since 2017 on the talent acquisition team. In his new role, he will report directly to Tegna President and CEO Dave Lougee and partn[...]
Reston contractor buys Md.-based software, systems engineering company
Reston-based government contractor Acclaim Technical Services Inc. announced Sept. 1 it has acquired Rockville, Maryland-based software and systems engineering company Global Consulting Services Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2015, Global Consulting Services’ 30 employees support multiple contracts working on development, engineering and testing of mission critical systems for Intelligence Community [&h[...]
Arlington cybersecurity firm buys Tysons software company
Arlington-based cybersecurity company ThreatConnect Inc. announced Thursday it has acquired Tysons-based software company Nehemiah Security, which quantifies cybersecurity risks for customers. ThreatConnect did not disclose a transaction price, but through its purchaser entity, NS Holdings LLC, it “acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed selected liabilities of Nehemiah,” according to a company statement. The [&hellip[...]
Reston tech company names executive VP, CRO
Reston-based tech company Internap Holding LLC (INAP) announced Wednesday it has hired Joe Corvaia as executive vice president and chief revenue officer. With more than 24 years of experience, Corvaia most recently worked for Oracle Corp. as the group vice president for its cloud independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystem. In h[...]
McLean firm wins $7.3M DARPA 5G security contract
McLean-based computer and network security company Kryptowire LLC won a four-year, $7.3 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conduct research and development services for 5G mobile network security, according to a Department of Defense statement released Tuesday. Under the contract, Kryptowire will work under DARPA’s Open, Programmable, Secure 5G (OPS-5G) […][...]
Accenture Federal Services wins $89.5M Air Force contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded Accenture Federal Services (AFS), an Arlington-based subsidiary of Irish Fortune Global 500 company Accenture, a potential five-year, $89.5 million contract to establish a cloud-based common infrastructure for the branch’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, the company announced Wednesday. Under the contract, AFS will manage the existing information technology infrastructure and […][...]
Arlington software company names president, COO
Arlington-based software company Ostendio Inc. announced Tuesday that it has hired Marc Bandini as president and chief operations officer. With more than 20 years of experience, Bandini was most recently the president of the Americas for cloud provider Medius. In his new role, he will work closely with Ostendio Founder, CEO an[...]
Two Va. companies land spots on $5B Army contract
Herndon-based information technology company Iron Bow Technologies LLC and Gainesville-based computer manufacturer NCS Technologies Inc. secured spots on a $5 billion U.S. Army contract to provide technology products to the Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) office. “The CHESS team is excited about seeing the years of effort finally coming to fruition,” CHESS […][...]
