For defense, aerospace, cybersecurity and dual-use companies entering or expanding in the U.S. market, location is a strategic decision. Access to customers, a highly-educated and specialized talent pool and proximity to decision-makers can significantly accelerate growth.

Managing supply chains is a complex process, and a Northern Virginia company with an AI tool to help streamline it just landed $20 million in new investment.
Tech unicorn Interos.ai, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Arlington, tracks products ranging from software for commercial financial systems and uniforms for the US Navy.

Arlington’s position at the center of the nation’s defense, security and technology ecosystem is attracting a growing number of companies choosing to display and demonstrate their most advanced products locally. From autonomous systems to next-generation infrastructure and cybersecurity tools, Arlington has steadily become a hub for experience centers.

Varjo, the global leader in industrial virtual (VR) and mixed reality (XR) solutions, announces it has been selected for an award of a contract through the AFWERX Challenge Commercial Services Offering (CSO) process. The contract is focused on the United States Air Force’s (USAF) AFWERX Super Goggle Challenge, to address a pressing challenge in the Department of the Air Force.

Cavendish Nuclear Inc. (CNUSA), a U.S. Incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of Babcock International Group, has recently expanded to a new office location in National Landing. The company also appointed its Corporate Board of Directors and held its first Board meeting in September 2023 at its headquarters in Arlington.

Accenture Federal Services has won a spot on an Internal Revenue Service systems modernization blanket purchase agreement with a ceiling value of $2.6 billion.

The Fortune 500 military shipbuilder has signed an 11.5 year lease with JBG Smith for 36,809 square feet in an 11-story office tower at 2451 Crystal Drive, the Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate firm announced Tuesday. The lease gives HII, Virginia’s largest industrial employer, signage rights, JBG Smith said.

Leonardo DRS, Inc. (“DRS”) announced today that it has received a contract to produce its next-generation thermal weapon sights for the U.S. Army. The firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command is valued at $579 million over five years.

Bidscale is a software solution focused on accelerating innovation across the Federal Government. Bidscale breaks down the barriers of the modern federal procurement process to help contracting officers deliver contracts faster, smarter, and easier.

The Washington Business Journal reports that Arlington defense contractor Leonardo DRS could potentially raise between $638 million and $701.8 million through an IPO.