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Herndon’s K12 Inc. reports ransomware attack
Cybercrooks may have accessed student, employee data from online education provider
Herndon-based online education provider K12 Inc. announced Tuesday that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack that may have compromised its corporate back office systems. “We do believe that the attacker accessed certain parts of our corporate back office systems, including some student and employee information on those systems, but it will take
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Reston tech company names human resources VP
Deborah Sutton joins iGov
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Reston-based systems integration provider iGov announced last week it has hired Deborah Sutton as vice president of human resources. She replaces Kim Schmitt, who has retired. With more than 25 years of experience, Sutton was most recently an independent executive human resources consultant. In her new role, she will advise senior management and lead the
Intelsat closes $400M cash deal for commercial aviation business
McLean-based satellite telecom firm acquires division from in-flight broadband provider Gogo
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McLean-based communications satellite services provider Intelsat Corp. announced Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of in-flight broadband connectivity provider Gogo Inc.’s commercial aviation business for $400 million in cash. The acquisition was first announced in early September. Intelsat plans to pair its satellite and ground network to Gogo’s customer base of more than 3,000 commercial
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LMI lands $77.5M Homeland Security contract
Tysons-based contractor to assist efforts countering weapons of mass destruction
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded Tysons-based government and defense contractor LMI a $77.5 million contract to support and advise the department on efforts to prevent chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks. LMI will provide services to the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office. The company will offer expertise on chemical,
General Dynamics books $241M CMS cloud implementation support order
Task order will support the implementation of a multicloud computing environment
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Reston-based General Dynamics Corp.’s information technology business has secured a potential four-year, $241 million task order to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implement a multicloud computing environment. The cloud products and tool award, which has a one-year base period plus three one-year options, covers the procurement of instances from multiple service providers,
Northrop Grumman lands potential $4.8B Air Force drone modernization
Contract to run through 2030
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Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a potential $4.8 billion contract to update, refurbish and sustain the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Falls Church-based company includes task orders for specific UAS modernization services in line with the Air Force’s Global Hawk program, the Department of
McLean-based technical consulting firm names VP of DOJ business sector
Latarshia Crawford-Jones named VP at Steampunk
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Latarshia Crawford-Jones has been appointed vice president of Department of Justice business at Steampunk, a McLean-based technical consulting firm. Crawford-Jones’ career spans more than two decades in the public and private sectors, including service in the U.S. Navy, the FBI, Science Applications International Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Information Innovators Inc. Crawford-Jones established and led
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2020 Virginia Business Person of the Year: Phebe Novakovic leads world’s third-largest defense contractor
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Like a lot of bosses in spring and summer 2020, Phebe Novakovic confronted challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It threatened lives and economies. Managers weren’t sure when some customers would be able to pay their bills. Employees were anxious; clients were understandably skittish. With travel shutting down, in-person sales demonstrations were curtailed. But unlike most
Fairfax indoor ski resort plan may spur economic flurry
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Vail. Breckenridge. Aspen. Fairfax? You read that right. Skiers — someday — could swoosh over fresh powder at an indoor ski resort if everything falls into place for a proposed public-private partnership project on portions of the I-95 Landfill Complex in Lorton. Fairfax Peak, as the project is known, would feature a 450,000-square-foot indoor snow
Northrop Grumman names chief technology officer
Scott Stapp promoted by Fortune 500 defense contractor
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Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Wednesday it has promoted Scott Stapp as chief technology officer (CTO). Stapp was most recently Northrop Grumman’s vice president of resiliency and rapid prototyping and has also previously served as vice president of applied research and technology development. In his new role, he