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Intact Technology to expand Fairfax HQ
Growth expected to produce 40 jobs
Fairfax-based IT consulting firm Intact Technology will expand its headquarters, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The expansion will create more than 40 jobs, and Intact will invest at least $700,000, the governor’s office said. Virginia competed against Maryland for the project. In 2020, Intact relocated its headquarters from Greenbelt, Maryland, to Reston. The company was
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Va. on track to achieve universal broadband by 2024
Northam says $2B in public, private funds going toward effort
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The state government expects to achieve universal broadband access in Virginia by 2024, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday, with more than $2 billion in public and private-sector funding going toward the effort. Northam’s original pledge in 2018 was to provide broadband access to the whole state by 2028, but with federal COVID-19 relief funds received
Guidehouse acquires McLean tech company
Tysons consulting firm closed acquisition of Dovel
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Tysons-based consulting company Guidehouse completed its acquisition of McLean-based Dovel Technologies Inc., the company announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction, which was announced in September, were not disclosed. “With the Dovel acquisition now complete, we are thrilled to join forces and welcome our new colleagues to Guidehouse as we combine our technology-first business models
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Vienna tech company acquires Colorado software engineering company
SAGE Black is third acquisition for Criterion this year
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Vienna-based cybersecurity and IT company Criterion Systems Inc. acquired Colorado-based government contractor SAGE Black Consulting and Contracting LLC, the company announced Sept. 28. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. SAGE Black provides software engineering services to the geospatial intelligence, space and cyber industries, with an artificial intelligence/machine learning ability. SAGE Black operates as
Arlington contractor acquires Colorado tech company
Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions acquired Colorado Engineering Inc.
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Arlington-based aerospace and defense contractor Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES) acquired radio frequency (RF) and high-performance computing solutions provider Colorado Engineering Inc. (CEI), the company announced last Friday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. “With a shared customer-first culture and passion for solving the most challenging electronic breakthroughs needed in our industry, I
Spacelink to add 41 jobs with Fairfax expansion
Satellite company will expand to develop a satellite communications system
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McLean-based satellite telecommunications company SpaceLink Corp. will create 41 jobs by expanding in Fairfax County, allowing it to develop a satellite communications system that will provide data relay services, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. “SpaceLink’s expansion in Fairfax County will strengthen the commonwealth’s position as a leader in the aerospace industry,” Northam said in a
Reston domain registry appoints chief tech officer
Rick Wilhelm joined Public Interest Registry on Oct. 4
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Rick Wilhelm assumed the role of chief technology officer for the Reston-based nonprofit Public Interest Registry on Monday. Founded in 2002 by the Internet Society, a Reston-based nonprofit internet advocacy organization, PIR operates the .org top-level internet domain, which is responsible for more than 10.5 million domain names registered worldwide. “PIR believes that more and
Fairfax software company wins $207M VA contract
Salient CRGT Inc. will provide network engineering, design, implementation and infrastructure support
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Fairfax-based tech contractor Salient CRGT Inc. won a $207 million contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to design and operate its enterprise network security and network transportation services. Under the five-year, single-award task order, named Network Engineering, Design, Implementation and Infrastructure Support (NEDIIS), Salient CRGT will implement, maintain and improve the VA’s network
Caliburn International rebrands technology services units
The company split into Acuity International and Valiance Humanitarian
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Reston-based federal contractor Caliburn International Corp. has split the company and rebranded its technology services sectors as Acuity International, the company announced Monday. In April, Caliburn had announced that it would split into two companies: Acuity International and Valiance Humanitarian LLC, the latter of which took Caliburn’s migrant detention-related contracts. At the time, Caliburn expected
Heads in the cloud
Data centers are prime gets for Va. localities
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Compare economic development wish lists across Virginia, and you’ll find one item in common. It’s not a specific manufacturer, a large health care system, or even a lucrative brewery. It’s a data center — or two, or three. These massive warehouse-like structures, full of computers, servers, and other digital equipment, hold the keys to internet