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CNSI-Kepro rebrands as Acentra Health
The health services tech company that formed from last year’s merger of McLean-based health care IT provider CNSI and Nashville, Tennessee-based health care management tech company Kepro is now branding itself as Acentra Health. The company announced the rebranding Tuesday. “Our new company name and brand represent a new[...]
NoVa chamber inducts Deb Gandy as next chair
Deborah G. “Deb” Gandy, senior managing director at Chevy Chase Trust Investment Advisors, was inducted as 2023-2024 chair of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Gandy, the first Black woman to chair the chamber, previously served as the chamber’s 2022-2023 vice chair and succeeds Matt McQueen, Perato[...]
Leidos hires former NSA official as chief security officer
Reston-based Leidos has named a former national security official as its senior vice president and chief security officer, the Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Monday. Amy Davis most recently served as deputy chief for the National Security Agency’s Office of Security and Counterintelligence, where she led a team [...]
Maryland brewery plans expansion to Fauquier
Silver Spring, Maryland-based Silver Branch Brewing Co. will invest $3 million to open a location in Fauquier County, adding 38 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The expansion is the second location for the brewery, which is growing its production. Virginia competed with Maryland for the project. “Silver Branch Brewi[...]
36 Va. companies make 2023 Fortune 1000 list
Thirty-six Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 69th annual Fortune 1000 list, notably including newcomers to the commonwealth Raytheon Technologies Corp. and Boeing Co. as Virginia’s second and third highest-ranking companies. Freddie Mac remained Virginia’s top-ranked company, at No. 45, and 24 Virginia companies made this year’s elite Fortune 500 list. Released Monday, the Fortune 1000 […][...]
UMW hires new business college dean
The University of Mary Washington named a new College of Business dean, Filiz Tabak, who will start July 10 at the Fredericksburg university, in an announcement this week. She comes from Towson University in Maryland, where she was acting associate dean of its College of Business & Economics most recently. Tabak succeeds int[...]
Poll: Nation thinks NoVa should get FBI HQ
Nearly two-thirds of surveyed voters think a new FBI headquarters to replace the agency’s crumbling Washington, D.C., home should be built in Virginia. That’s according to a national survey released in late April by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. More than a decade in the works, the move is being handled by the U.[...]
2,000 Amazon employees move into HQ2 during first week
About 2,000 employees moved into the first open tower at Amazon.com Inc.’s $2.5 billion HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington this week. Floors 1-14 of Merlin, one of Amazon’s two 22-story office towers in Metropolitan Park, the first phase of HQ2, opened Monday. The tech giant anticipates opening the remaining fl[...]
General Dynamics subsidiary to build ninth Navy oiler
A subsidiary of Reston-based General Dynamics Corp. has received a $736 million contract modification for detail design and construction of the ninth replenishment oiler in the Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet, the Pentagon announced Monday. San Diego-based National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. is expected to begin construction of T-AO 213 in the third quarter of 2025. […]
Valiant wins $748M language services task order
Herndon-based defense contractor Valiant Integrated Services LLC will provide linguist and translation support to the U.S. Central Command under a $748 million task order with a ceiling value of up to $1.4 billion, the government contractor announced Thursday. Under the contract, Valiant will provide comprehensive linguist and translation support in CENTCOM’s area of responsibility, a […][...]
Navy awards $1.1B more for sub construction
General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received nearly $1.1 billion more from the Navy to continue building Virginia-class submarines, and its teammate, Newport News Shipbuilding, has received a $305 million chunk of that award to procure long-lead time material and components for the [...]
SAIC lands $249M Navy air warfare contract
Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. will continue servicing combat instrumentation platforms used by the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division for training and test evaluation under a potential $249 million contract, the Fortune 500 contractor announced Tuesday. Under the contract, SAIC will perform systems design and integration, hardware and software upgrades and modifications for combat […][...]
