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Raytheon Intelligence & Space receives $318M TSA contract
Arlington-based Raytheon Intelligence & Space will expand its deployment of checked baggage screening equipment to all federally managed airports nationwide under a five-year, $318 million contract with the Transportation Security Administration. A subsidiary of Massachusetts-based Raytheon Technologies Corp., Raytheon Intelligence & Space previously had a contract to install and/or upgrade checked baggage screening equipment i[...]
Reston-based Maximus gets $951M contract for national COVID hotline
Reston-based government services company Maximus has received a potential $951 million contract to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 national surge support and vaccine assistance hotline. In the early months of the pandemic, Maximus staffed a 500-person CDC call center to respond to call and emails from health care providers and the […]
Northrop Grumman receives $959M defense contract
Falls Church-based aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. was awarded a $959.1 million contract Friday from the U.S. Army for production of infrared countermeasures, which protect aircraft from heat-seeking missiles. The work is to be completed by April 29, 2026. The contract comes on the heels of a $2.3 billion defense contract Northrop Grumman […]
Noblis acquires McKean Defense
Reston-based not-for-profit federal contractor Noblis announced Monday that it has acquired Philadelphia-based McKean Defense and its affiliates, Mikros Systems and Cabrillo Technologies. The amount of the acquisition was not disclosed. Formerly an employee-owned defense contractor specializing in surface ship readiness for the U.S. Navy, McKean Defense is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Noblis. Glenn […][...]
Aditxt to produce 300 jobs in Richmond
A biotech company is setting up shop in Richmond and is expected to produce 300 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. California-based Aditx Therapeutics Inc. (Aditxt) has pledged to invest $31.5 million over the next three years in its first AditxtScore Center, a facility that will monitor patients’ immune systems. The company plans to open […]
Valve manufacturer announces $1.9M expansion in Norfolk
Norfolk-based Dante Valve Co. will expand its operations with a $1.9 million investment, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced today. The family-owned business, which marked its 60th anniversary last year, is an international manufacturer and distributor of pressure-relief valves and related products — primarily for submarines, aircraft carriers and other naval vessels. The U.S. Navy is […][...]
Fairfax County tech company adding 162 jobs
A fast-growing technology solutions company will invest $1.75 million to expand in Fairfax County, creating 162 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced today. The company, Ridgeline International Inc., offers technology solutions for the federal government, commercial and nonprofit sectors. It said the expansion aims to increase its ability to provide security solutions. Founded in 2015, […][...]
Realtors society elects Dawn Griggs as mid-Atlantic regional director
Dawn Griggs, a first vice president with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, has been elected as a regional director for the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), the commercial real estate company announced today. Griggs will oversee the Mid-Atlantic Region of the 3,460-member brokerage association in a two-year te[...]
Roanoke County, Va. Tech team up for strategic plan
In a first for the locality, Roanoke County has partnered with Virginia Tech to develop a five-year county economic development strategic plan. “We want to benchmark where we are today with goals that we hope to achieve in five years and then revisit it to see if we’re keeping up with what we said we […]
Regional leaders wish upon Starlink
After a pilot program successfully connected 45 Wise County households with SpaceX’s Starlink high-speed satellite internet, regional efforts are underway to broaden access to the service spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk. Scott Kiser, director of technology for Wise County Public Schools, helped shepherd the pilot for fami[...]
Danville renders unto Caesars new zoning rules
Danville officials plan to create a new zoning district for the Caesars Virginia casino and resort, an option likely to speed up construction. Designated as an industrial manufacturing zone, the site in Danville’s Schoolfield neighborhood is governed by preexisting land-use rules that could lead to delays in building the $400 [...]
Casino competitors roll the dice in Richmond
Two operators are battling it out to build a casino in Richmond, the final city where a casino can be built in Virginia under current state law. Later in May, an advisory panel is expected to recommend a casino proposal for consideration by Richmond City Council and, ultimately, city voters in November. Richmonders worried about[...]
