San Jose, Calif.-based storage and virtualization company Nutanix will formally open a new facility in Tysons Corner, Virginia on Tuesday to serve as the main hub for federal government and commercial business operations on the East Coast. Dheeraj Pandey, chairman and CEO of Nutanix, said in a release issued Wednesday that the company aims to have increased focus and …
Read More »Harris Corp., Korn Ferry Open Application Process for Vet Leadership Program; Robert Duffy, Noah Rabinowitz Comment
Harris Corp. and Korn Ferry's Hay Group division have kicked off the online application process for a program that aims to help military veterans enter the civilian sector. Former service members can submit their applications for the seventh session of the Leveraging Military Leadership Program through Feb. 8, Korn Ferry …
Read More »Report: General Dynamics to Move Corporate Headquarters to Reston, VA
General Dynamics plans to move its corporate headquarters to Reston, Virginia, from its current location at Fairview Park in Falls Church, Reston Now reported Tuesday. Karen Goff writes General Dynamics has filed a proposal with the Fairfax County government to construct a 190,000-square-foot office building for about 200 employees on a vacant lot at 11011 …
Read More »DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Atomic Clock Development Program; Robert Lutwak Comments
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Feb. 1 to inform potential contractors on the Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability program. DARPA said in a notice posted Dec. 23 ACES is a potential $50 million program that seeks to develop battery-powered atomic clocks that work to provide warfighters …
Read More »Siemens, NPS Install Solar Panels at Virginia's Manassas National Battlefield Park; Barbara Humpton Comments
A Siemens subsidiary and the National Park Service have deployed two solar panels at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia under a $29 million Energy Savings Performance contract that Siemens' federal business secured in 2014. NPS said Jan. 5 that Siemens Government Technologies installed the solar array systems at the park's ranger …
Read More »Engineering Services Network to Support NUWC Newport’s Module Test & Repair Program
Engineering Services Network will provide logistics and technical support for the module test and repair program of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center – Newport Division under a potential five-year, $13.5 million contract. The company said Wednesday the contract covers life-cycle support and repairs for circuit card assemblies and electronic modules at the NUWC …
Read More »General Dynamics Mission Systems to Sponsor Mach37 Cyber Accelerator; Nadia Short Comments
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has announced that General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics will act as a sponsor and provide funds for the Mach37 Cyber Accelerator program. The sponsorship works to help the business accelerator launch new startups and cyber platforms in Virginia, the governor’s office said Tuesday. “Mach37 gives us access …
Read More »Huntington Ingalls Unveils Facility for Virginia-Class Submarine Crews; Ken Mahler Comments
A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has launched a new building in Newport News, Virginia, to provide work and training spaces for the crews of future Virginia-class submarines. The Newport News Shipbuilding division's pre-commissioning unit facility houses office spaces, bunk rooms for sailors, hospital corpsmen's offices, galleys, classrooms and a calibration laboratory, …
Read More »Mach37 Seeks Applications for Cyber Startup Mentorship Program; Bob Stratton Comments
The Mach37 Cyber Accelerator has opened the application process for its 90-day mentorship program that seeks to help startups develop and market their information security platforms with a $50,000 investment. The business accelerator will select up to eight early-stage firms for the Spring 2016 Cohort program that is scheduled to …
Read More »Microsoft Plans to Further Expand Mecklenburg County Data Center
Microsoft will invest about $402.4 million for a planned expansion of its Mecklenburg County, Virginia, data center and the technology company expects to create as many as 42 new jobs through the project, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Friday. The Virginia government has offered to provide $7,000 in Opportunity Fund grants and …
Read More »Army Taps Eaton to Upgrade Philpott Dam Electrical System
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Eaton a potential one-year, $5.4 million contract to upgrade the electrical control and distribution systems at Philpott Dam hydropower plant in Bassett, Virginia. Eaton will manufacture, deliver and install new electrical equipment and administer the construction of a facility for the upgraded …
Read More »Iron Mountain to Open Sterling-Based Federal Records Storage Center; Ernest Cloutier Comments
Iron Mountain will open a new center Tuesday that will store government records for federal agencies that seek to comply with policies to reduce their physical footprints. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) is scheduled to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the federal records facility in Sterling, Virginia, Iron Mountain said Wednesday. “A well-managed offsite records …
Read More »LexisNexis Deploys Reporting Tool for Norfolk Police Dept; Roy Marler Comments
Norfolk, Va.’s police department has started to implement a LexisNexis Risk Solutions-built reporting tool. Lexis Nexis’ Desk Officer Reporting System works to help users submit crime reports online and communicate directly with police personnel in multiple languages, including Spanish, LexisNexis said Monday. The police department also has become the first East Coast …
Read More »AWS, Community Energy to Build Solar Farm in Virginia; Jerry Hunter Comments
Amazon Web Services and Community Energy will build and operate a new solar farm in Accomack County, Virginia, that will work to generate 170,000 megawatt hours of solar energy a year beginning October 2016. AWS said Wednesday the future 80-megawatt Amazon Solar Farm US East facility will power AWS Cloud data centers in the region …
Read More »4 Fairfax County-HQ Contractors Hold Spots on 2015 Fortune 500 List; Gerald Gordon Comments
Eight companies with headquarters in Fairfax County, Va. — including four government contractors – have been cited on Fortune magazine's “Fortune 500” list for 2015. Based on 2014 revenues, the GovCon firms named to the magazine's list are General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Computer Sciences Corp., and Booz Allen Hamilton, the Fairfax County Economic Development …
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