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Arlington-based natural gas provider announces leadership changes
Arlington-based liquefied natural gas producer Venture Global LNG Inc. announced Monday corporate governance changes in which founders, co-Chairmen and co-CEOs Robert Pender and Michael Sabel will split their roles. With approval of the board of directors, effective Oct. 1, Sabel will assume the role of CEO and Pender will bec[...]
SAIC wins $752.7M Army task order
The U.S. Army awarded Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a $752.7 million task order to provide intelligence support services for the branch, according to a Sept. 4 System for Award Management (SAM) notice. The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service received four offers for the task order, according to the […][...]
BAE Systems lands $111.6M Navy contract
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. (the U.S. subsidiary of United Kingdom-based BAE Systems plc) a $111.6 million contract to manufacture and deliver Archerfish mine neutralizers to the U.S. Navy during the next seven years, the company announced Monday. This is the fourth [...]
JBG Smith purchases broadband spectrum from FCC
JBG Smith announced Monday it has purchased seven blocks of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum in Arlington County and Alexandria from the Federal Communications Commission, an acquisition that will allow the Bethesda, Maryland-based developer to build a 5G network in the National Landing area, where Amazon.com Inc. is building its HQ2 East Coast headquarters. […]
Sterling affordable housing complex sells for $27.15M
An affordable housing complex in Sterling sold for $27.15 million, commercial real estate investment firm Greysteel announced last week. Located at 46565 Harry Byrd Hwy., the 150-unit Cascades Village Senior Apartments sold to Irvine, California-based Avanath Capital Management LLC, which focuses on acquiring existing affordable[...]
Tech Innovation Campus announces advisory board
Amid its inaugural virtual semester, the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria is already kickstarting its future tech talent production through the creation of an advisory board, for which top Virginia executives will provide guidance to the campus on business partnerships and projects. Top executives from Qualcomm, B[...]
Leidos lands $89M Air Force task order
The U.S. Air Force awarded Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. a five-year, $89 million task order to support energetics research and development for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OUSD) and the Combat Capability Development Command, Armament Center (CCDC-AC), the company announced Friday. Under the task order awarded by the U.S. […]
Metro considering $200M in spending cuts
The Metro Board of Directors is contemplating $200 million in spending cuts to maintain a balanced budget in the event that federal CARES Act funding runs out, which could lead to service cuts, shorter hours and layoffs. On Friday, the board for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) voted on potential servic[...]
SAIC announces restructuring, longtime executive retirement
Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Thursday it would restructure itself along two business lines as Jim Scanlon, a longtime leader with the company and current head of SAIC’s Defense Systems Group, prepares to retire in January. Starting in the fiscal year [...]
Trustar Bank names senior adviser
Great Falls-based Trustar Bank announced Tuesday it has hired Samuel A. Schreiber as senior adviser. Schreiber was most recently president of Chain Bridge Bank, but spent 25 years of his career with Wachovia as well as Wells Fargo after their 2008 merger. He was Washington, D.C., president and mid-Atlantic regional president wit[...]
Booz Allen Foundation doles out $1M to 21 COVID-related projects
McLean-based global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Thursday that its foundation has awarded $1 million through the Innovation Fund it launched in May that was open to nonprofits, small businesses and individuals who had ideas for projects that could help solve COVID-19-related social problems. The 21 winners received between $10,000 and $100,000 […]
Dewberry names VP, business development director
Fairfax-based engineering consulting firm Dewberry announced Wednesday it has hired Jay Harper as vice president and business development director in the company’s federal group. With more than 15 years of experience, Harper is the former senior adviser to the administrator with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEM[...]
