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Noblis lands $263M Defense contract
Reston-based not-for-profit federal contractor Noblis has won a five-year, $263 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency to implement the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, the company announced Tuesday. Under the contract, Noblis will deliver advisory services that will advance the CTR program’s mission to work cooperatively with partners and allies to […][...]
AMSG promotes COO to CEO
Dumfries-based Advanced Management Strategies Group Inc. has named Jim O’Farrell as its new CEO, effective Tuesday. O’Farrell joined AMSG, a management and technology consulting firm with the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) certification, in 2010 as president and chief operating officer. He replaces Mike McCormick, the[...]
Parsons names new president of engineered systems business
Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp. has promoted Jon Moretta as president of the engineered systems business unit, the company announced Monday. Moretta joined Parsons in 2016 and most recently served as the industrial market leader in the company’s critical infrastructure business segment. Under his leaders[...]
2 Va. companies land spots on $151M Navy IT contract
Two Virginia companies have landed spots on a $151 million contract to provide full IT lifecycle support to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s core facilities, management, construction management and installation management systems. Norfolk-based Chitra Productions LLC and Fairfax-based AttainX Inc. will both do work alongside three other companies in Atlanta, Kansas and Ohio, the […][...]
8 Va. companies land spots on $42B Air Force contract
Eight Virginia companies have landed spots on a $46 billion contract with the U.S. Air Force Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition contract. The Air Force awarded spots to 55 firms, according to a Department of Defense announcement this week. The contract provides for work in digital engineering and model-based systems engineering, agile processes, open systems architecture, […]
1.9M-square-foot industrial park being built in Stafford
The Fairfax-based Peterson Cos. is building a 1.9 million-square-foot development in a 270-acre industrial park in Stafford County, and JLL will oversee the leasing, the companies announced Friday. Northern Virginia Gateway, which is expected to be built out within a year, is on Centreport Parkway, off Interstate 95. “Peterson[...]
Youngkin has 5-point lead in UMW governor’s race poll
In the most recent round of dueling gubernatorial poll results, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin has a five-point lead among likely voters against Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s former governor seeking a second, nonconsecutive term, according to a University of Mary Washington statewide survey conducted earlier th[...]
Alexandria-based SBG acquired by Fla. company
Alexandria-based defense contractor SBG Technology Solutions Inc. has been acquired by Florida-based Document Storage Systems Inc. (DSS), the companies announced last week. The financial terms of the deal, which was completed Sept. 8, were not disclosed. SBG will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSS and expand the company’s capabilities for the Department of Veterans […]
Tamika Tremaglio leaving Deloitte to head NBA players union
Tamika L. Tremaglio is leaving her post as Deloitte’s Greater Washington managing principal to be the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) union at the end of this year. “I’ve worked with some of the brightest business and legal minds in the world,” she said in a statement. “I’[...]
Tegna confirms acquisition offers
Tysons-based broadcast and digital media corporation Tegna Inc. has received acquisition bids of more than $8 billion from Apollo Global Management Inc. and media mogul Byron Allen, according to media reports. The news comes more than a year after previous purchase proposals fell through in March 2020 amid the dawning of the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg […]
U.Va. opens Northern Virginia campus
The University of Virginia announced Wednesday it has opened a campus in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, with plans to expand to other sites in the region. The campus in Northern Virginia will be called UVA|NOVA. “UVA|NOVA will be the center point of our efforts to better serve the commonwealth by bringing new academic [...]
AES promotes investment chair to CFO
Arlington-based Fortune 500 energy company The AES Corp. announced Tuesday it had promoted Stephen Coughlin to executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 15. Coughlin most recently led AES’ corporate strategy and financial planning groups and served as chair of the company’s investment committee. Be[...]
