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Shield AI acquires Alexandria-based defense contractor
Companies creating AI pilots for military aircraft
Alexandria-based defense contractor Heron Systems Inc. was acquired by San Diego-based technology company Shield AI, according to announcement Thursday from Shield AI. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The companies will work on the deployment of artificial intelligent pilots for military aircraft. Shield AI is applying self-driving car technologies to military aircraft, according
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CACI wins $1.4B DOD contract
Arlington-based contractor will provide analysis for Defense Threat Reduction Agency
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Arlington-based Fortune 500 federal technology contractor CACI International Inc. was awarded a potential $1.4 billion task order by the U.S. Department of Defense to continue supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Decisive Action Task. Under the single-award task order, CACI will provide analysis and technology to the DTRA to help counter and deter weapons of
Avantus Federal acquires Reston-based software company
Occam's Razor Technologies provides technology and software solutions to defense clients
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Avantus Federal, a McLean-based IT defense contractor and NewSpring Holdings company, has acquired Reston-based software company Occam’s Razor Technologies LLC, it announced Thursday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Avantus CEO Andy Maner said in a statement, “For more than 10 years, Occam’s Razor Technologies has built a company committed to developing innovative
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ASGN buys Reston’s IndraSoft
Software company will become part of ECS subsidiary
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Henrico County-based Fortune 1000 professional services company ASGN Inc. has acquired Reston-based software company IndraSoft Inc., it announced Friday. IndraSoft’s 220 consultants will join the Missions Solutions business unit at ECS, ASGN’s Fairfax-based federal contracting subsidiary. Acquired by ASGN in 2018, ECS’s delivers tech solutions in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, application and IT
Ashburn-based Telos Corp. names new CFO
Mark Bendza was VP at Honeywell International Inc.
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Ashburn-based cybersecurity firm Telos Corp. has appointed Mark Bendza as executive vice president and chief financial officer, the company announced Monday. Bendza was previously the vice president of investor relations at software industrial company Honeywell International Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Telos went public
Accenture Federal Services hires infrastructure cyber lead
Rick Driggers comes from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services announced Wednesday that it has hired Rick Driggers as its critical infrastructure cyber lead, a role in which he will help develop cybersecurity solutions to protect critical infrastructure. Driggers, who has already started in his new role, was the assistant director for the Integrated Operations Division at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Booz Allen Hamilton hires senior VP to lead AI practice for DOD
Matt Tarascio comes from Lockheed Martin Corp.
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McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has hired Matt Tarascio as a senior vice president in its Strategic Innovation Group, it announced Wednesday. Tarascio will lead the analytics and artificial intelligence business to support the Department of Defense. Tarascio was previously Lockheed Martin Corp.’s vice president of AI, and its
Intrepid Solutions acquires defense contractor Darkblade Systems
The acquisition nearly doubles Herndon-based contractor's size
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Herndon-based intelligence contractor Intrepid Solutions and Services LLC has acquired Darkblade Systems Corp., a Winchester-based federal defense contractor, it announced Wednesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Intrepid CEO Ryan Hebert said in a statement: “Welcoming Darkblade Systems into the Intrepid family is a transformative moment for us, and one that will greatly
Arlington defense contractor wins $105M Army contract
Leonardo DRS will complete production contract for mission command computing systems
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Arlington-based defense contractor Leonardo DRS Inc., a subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, has won a $105 million U.S. Army mission command computing systems delivery order contract, it announced Wednesday. The military defense company will complete the delivery order for the Mounted Family of Computer Systems II. The MFCoS II is a family of
Biden will nominate SAIC senior VP as Army under secretary
Gabe Camarillo also served as assistant secretary for Air Force
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President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his intent to nominate Gabe Camarillo, a senior vice president at Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp., for under secretary of the U.S. Army. Camarillo is SAIC’s senior vice president of its army business unit and previously held other leadership positions within SAIC. He also has worked