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Pavion acquires Mo. video security company
Chantilly-based technology firm Pavion, formerly Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI), acquired Missouri-based Short Circuit Electronics Inc., Pavion announced last week. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Pavion is a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners. The acquisition is Pavion’s 11th since it was acquired by Wind Point in June […][...]
Qmulos adds three execs
Chantilly-based tech company Qmulos has added three executives to its leadership team. Nick Jovanovic will serve as chief revenue officer, Theresa Feraren will serve as vice president of marketing and Russ Odom will serve as chief financial officer. Jovanovic comes to Qmulos with 20 years of experience working in enterprise data storage, cybersecurity, compliance and […]
Mary Washington hires admin/finance VP
The University of Mary Washington has hired Craig Erwin as vice president for administration and finance, effective Jan. 10. Erwin replaces Paul Messplay, who retires on Jan. 20. Erwin comes to UMW from Southwestern University, a private liberal arts college in Georgetown, Texas, where he was vice president for finance and admin[...]
Fredericksburg medical building sells for $6.85M
A medical office building in Fredericksburg sold for $6.85 million, Charlotte, North Carolina-based outpatient health care real estate firm Flagship Healthcare Properties LLC announced Wednesday. Built in 2007, the 16,483-square-foot medical office building is located at 1071 Care Way, adjacent to the 450-bed Mary Washington Hos[...]
10 Va. companies graduate VEDP export program
Ten Virginia companies are the latest to graduate from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program, which helps companies work on international export growth strategies, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced this week. The two-year VALET program helps Virginia companies that have established domestic operations use international exporting as a growth strategy. […][...]
GTT Communications emerges from Chapter 11
McLean-based GTT Communications Inc. has completed its financial restructuring process and emerged from Chapter 11 cases, the telecommunications company announced Jan. 3. “The transformed company is repositioned to focus on providing customers with industry-leading managed network and cloud security services that leverage the company’s global Tier 1 IP network,” GTT wrote in a news release. […][...]
Nat’l Science Teaching Assoc.’s Arlington HQ sells for $14M
The Arlington headquarters of the National Science Teaching Association has sold for $14 million, CBRE announced Thursday. Washington, D.C.-based The Fortis Cos., a real estate development and investment company, purchased the 48,000-square-foot building at 1840 Wilson Blvd. The transaction also includes two on-site restaurants:[...]
VW America CEO named Autos Drive America chair
Pablo Di Si, the Herndon-based president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, has been elected chairman of Autos Drive America, a trade association that represents 12 international automakers with presences in the United States, Volkswagen announced Tuesday. Previously executive chair of Volkswagen’s South America regio[...]
AWS teaches cloud skills in Arlington
Christie Bibbs already works in the tech industry as a systems engineer, but she wanted to add cloud computing tools to her abilities. Through the Black Women in Tech Facebook group, Bibbs learned about Amazon Web Services Inc.’s new Arlington-based Skills Center and signed up for a three-part cloud practitioner course. Du[...]
‘Inferiority complex’ no more
As recently as 30 years ago, few people would have imagined that Fairfax County would grow to contain one of the most robust technology ecosystems in the nation, with thousands of tech-fueled firms, fed with workers trained by some of the state’s top universities. Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of McLean-based federal te[...]
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat lands $5.1B submarine contract
General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received a $5.1 billion contract modification for the Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine program, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The contract includes missile long-lead material and missile tube manufacturing, advance procurement and cons[...]
Raytheon contracts include radar surveillance for Taiwan
Arlington County-based Raytheon Technologies Co. was awarded two large contracts this week to help sustain a foreign surveillance radar program and for the continued production and delivery of its AIM-9X Sidewinder missile, the Pentagon announced this week. Under a $412.6 million Air Force contract announced Wednesday, Raytheon will provide continued sustainment to the Taiwan Surveillance […][...]
