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Former church building in Chesapeake sells for $5.75M
Chesapeake-based 601 Volvo LLC purchased the former Parkway Christian Center Inc. building in Chesapeake for $5.75 million, Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based commercial real estate company Colliers International announced Monday. The 36,185-square-foot building at 601 Volvo Pkwy. in Chesapeake sits on more than five acres of land. [...]
Reston-based IndraSoft wins $43M Army contract
Reston-based software company IndraSoft Inc. has been granted a $43 million contract from the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) to enable data sharing and DevSecOps system integration, the company announced Monday. This contract will support the Army’s Maintenance of Enterprise Technologies and Applications (META) program. DevOps is a set of practices that automates […]
Herndon automotive tech company hires Google exec as CEO
Herndon-based automotive tech and consulting company Foundation Direct has named Peter Leto as CEO, the company announced Monday. Leto previously worked as head of industry for Google LLC’s Automotive Retail Sales and General Motors business units. Based in Detroit, Leto will work on expanding Foundation Direct’s footpri[...]
MorganFranklin Consulting names managing director of IAM service
McLean-based finance and technology advisory firm MorganFranklin Consulting LLC named Jason Berland as the managing director of its identity and access management (IAM) service offering, the company announced Monday. Identity and access management services ensure that the proper people in a business have the appropriate access t[...]
DXC Technology elects former Pfizer CEO as board chairman
DXC Technology’s board of directors elected Ian Read as its new chairman, which will be effective March 16, the Tysons-based IT company announced Thursday. Read is the former chairman and CEO of New York City-based multinational pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer Inc., known for medications such as Lipitor, which treats high cholesterol. Read succeeds DXC Technology’s current […]
Accenture Federal Services wins $11.3M Navy contract
Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services has been granted an $11.3 million, 12-month contract to improve the Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) maritime model-based product support (MBPS) family of integrated systems, the company announced Monday. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Dublin, Ireland-based consultancy Accenture, Accenture Federal Services (AFS) will develop a prototype to execute maintenance and supply actions […][...]
Fairfax tech firm names new CTO
Fairfax-based business and technology consulting company Customer Value Partners Inc. (CVP) named Keith Kapp as its chief technology officer, the company announced Thursday. As CTO, Kapp will oversee business transformation, technology modernization, data science, engineering and cybersecurity at the company. Kapp most recentl[...]
Leidos wins $7.7B Navy contract
Reston-based defense contractor Leidos has been awarded a $7.7 billion contract by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) to operate and maintain shore-based networks and data management for several departments of the Navy, the company announced last week. NAVWAR is the Navy’s technical authority and acquisition command for its business IT and space systems. […]
Henrico apartment complex sells for $28.52M
Millspring Commons Apartment Homes in Henrico County sold for $28.52 million, Los Angeles-based real estate company CBRE Group Inc. announced Feb. 4. Built in 1972, the 159-unit, 165,030-square-foot townhome rental community is located at 9318 Tarheel Terrace adjacent to Staples Mill Road. Washington, D.C.-based property managem[...]
Fredericksburg industrial buildings sell for $4.14M
Manassas Park-based Juliad Holdings LLC purchased two warehouse/industrial buildings in Fredericksburg for $4.14 million, Bethesda, Maryland-based commercial real estate firm Finmarc Management Inc. announced Monday. The buildings comprise 51,000 square feet in Juliad Court, approximately one mile from state Route 17 and Interstate 95, and were leased to four tenants at the time of the […]
Va. Tech selects architecture firm for first Innovation Campus building
Virginia Tech has selected Detroit-based architecture and planning firm SmithGroup to design the first academic building for its Innovation Campus in Alexandria, the university announced Friday. SmithGroup responded to a public request for proposals (RFP) issued last summer by Tech after its June announcement that it would build[...]
SAIC set to acquire Unisys Federal for $1.2B
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will acquire Unisys Federal for $1.2 billion, SAIC announced Thursday. Both companies are Reston-based, publicly traded federal contractors specializing in IT services. The transaction was approved by SAIC’s board of directors and the transaction is expected to close by May 1. Unisys Federal is an operating unit of Blue Bell, […]
