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Dulles adds United direct flights to Amman, Jordan
United Airlines has added three weekly nonstop flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Jordan’s capital city, Amman. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced the addition Friday, though the inaugural flight occurred a day earlier. “Amman, Jordan, is the 39th global capital city to be direc[...]
Tysons-based MicroStrategy names new CFO
Tysons-based business software company MicroStrategy Inc., best known for its nearly $4 billion investment in bitcoin since 2020, has announced that Andrew Kang will be its new senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, starting next week. Kang takes over for Phong Le, who has served as CFO and president. After Kang’s start date, […]
Boeing plans global HQ move to Arlington
Boeing Co., the world’s third-largest defense contractor, is planning to move its global headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, the company announced Thursday. The aerospace and defense company, which employs more than 141,500 people worldwide, has operations in more than 65 countries and will be the largest defense contr[...]
GDIT awarded $661M EPA contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. has received a $661.6 million contract to modernize and manage IT services for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The award, announced April 28, includes developing and operating the EPA’s enterprise IT infrastructure and applications. Services include cloud computing, platform management, network operations, enterprise identity access management and cybersecur[...]
West Falls Church on track for $1.2 billion transformation
Developers are expected to break ground this month on the first of three mixed-use projects near the West Falls Church Metro station with a total investment of about $1.2 billion. Each piece comes together to complete a puzzle that will transform about 40 acres of vacant land, parking lots and Virginia Tech’s Northern Virg[...]
March NoVa home sales down 4.9% from 2021
Northern Virginia saw fewer home sales last month compared with March 2021 due to low inventory and higher rates, according to a Northern Virginia Association of Realtors report published Friday. The market saw a 4.9% decline in home sales over March 2021, not far off from the 4.5% drop nationwide. “I expect that rapid price [[...]
Fairfax County retail portfolio sells for $200M
A portfolio of retail buildings in Fairfax County’s Kingstowne community has sold for $200 million, Avison Young’s Capital Markets Group announced Thursday. The portfolio has 410,398 combined square feet of retail space anchored by Safeway and Giant supermarkets and includes part of Kingstowne Towne Center and of Kin[...]
Google to invest $300M in Va., announces workforce grant
Google will invest $300 million in Virginia in a plan that includes data centers, the technology giant announced Tuesday during a press conference at its Reston office. That’s in addition to a $250,000 grant to Richmond-based nonprofit CodeVA to develop a network of computer science lab schools to expand professional devel[...]
Ellucian closes acquisition of CampusLogic
Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian Inc. has completed its acquisition of Chandler, Arizona-based financial aid software provider CampusLogic Inc, Ellucian announced Tuesday. The deal was first announced in January. Financial details were not disclosed. Campus Logic is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that provides financial aid tools and platforms for colleges and universities. It supports […][...]
Chantilly-based American Systems adds board member
Chantilly-based American Systems has appointed its vice president of human resources, Chris Braccio, to the employee-owned federal IT and engineering contractor’s board of directors. Braccio, who has worked for American Systems since 2007, will take over a board seat vacated by Joe Kopfman, who retired after 43 years of se[...]
Leesburg environmental firm wins $136.9M NOAA contract
Leesburg-based environmental contracting firm Lynker has received a $136.9 million, five-year contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide scientific support to the National Weather Service’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Work is expected to begin Sept. 1 and will be performed at the weather services’ Environmental Modeling Center in College Park, Maryland, […][...]
HII’s Mission Technologies division names new VP
Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Henry Choi as its new vice president of business development for cyber, electronic warfare and space for its McLean-based Mission Technologies division. Choi will be responsible for business growth, strategy and customer engagement, according to an announcement Monday by Newport News-based[...]
