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SAIC appoints three initial members to new advisory board
Appointees include former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist
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Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has formed a new Strategic Advisory Board, the company announced Tuesday, and the first three board members include former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist. Norquist, who served in federal government from 1989 to 2021, served as acting secretary of defense in the two-day
Octo acquires Volant Associates, creating new division
Volant specializes in defense technology integration and software development
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Reston-based government contractor Octo Consulting Group has acquired Volant Associates, a Chantilly-based defense software development company, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Volant has contracts supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency and other U.S. intelligence community agencies and created the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise Common Data Fabric program. Founded in 2008,
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Northrop Grumman lands $935M contract to build crew quarters for lunar space station
Falls Church contractor working on Artemis mission to return astronauts to moon
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Falls Church-based aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a $935 million contract from NASA to build the crew quarters for a space station in lunar orbit as part of NASA’s Artemis program, which plans to return astronauts to the moon this decade. The Fortune 500 corporation will complete the design and
SAIC makes three new leadership appointments
New hires hail from Northrop Grumman, Perspecta and Leidos
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Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. has appointed two new senior vice presidents and a new corporate controller, the company announced Friday. SAIC appointed Heather Wilson as senior vice president of human resources, a role in which she will serve as the HR business partner to SAIC’s Defense and Civilian Sector. Previously,
Peraton makes trio of leadership appointments
New hires include former Booz Allen CIO Rebecca McHale
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Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. has appointed three new executive team members, including a chief information officer and chief human resources officer, the company announced Monday. Rebecca McHale, former chief information officer for McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., is now CIO for Peraton, where she will be responsible
Huntington Ingalls Industries to acquire Alion in $1.65B deal
McLean-based defense contractor Alion Science and Technology has $3B backlog
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Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries will acquire McLean-based defense contractor Alion Science and Technology Corp. from Veritas Capital in a $1.65 billion, all-cash deal, HII announced in a news release Tuesday. The deal is expected to close by the end of this year, with Alion becoming part of HII’s Technical Solutions
Leidos sees leadership changes, effective Monday
Fortune 500 IT contractor promotes several executives
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The Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos announced a leadership shuffle Thursday, with the following changes effective July 5. Paul Engola, the company’s chief human resources officer, will be promoted to be executive vice president of the company’s national security space department. He previously served as deputy group president for Leidos’ former defense and intelligence
SAIC lands $90M Air Force contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor will help DOD commands guard against unmanned aircraft threats
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Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a $90 million contract to help protect Department of Defense Combatant Commands from small unmanned aircraft systems. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force and its Life Cycle and Management Center, Force Protection Division, the company announced in a Tuesday news
Chantilly-based CTSI acquires N.C. A/V company
Collaborative Technology Solutions provides audiovisual, security and cabling services
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Chantilly-based technology firm Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI) announced Tuesday that it has acquired Morrisville, North Carolina-based Collaborative Technology Solutions LLC (CTS), a provider of audiovisual, security, structured cabling and sound-masking services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. CTSI is a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners. The transaction
Reston’s LookingGlass Cyber Solutions acquires Texas tech firm
AlphaWave Inc. specializes in cloud-based attack surface management
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Reston-based cybersecurity contractor LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. has acquired Austin, Texas-based AlphaWave Inc., a cloud-native tech company that provides attack surface management services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. In a news release, LookingGlass said the transaction will complement the Reston company’s existing cybersecurity services for federal and state government customers by “enabling