2022-08-11

August 11 E-Bird Newsletter: SCOUT space company founder to appear as guest speaker on Entrepreneurship 101 webinar

Are you interested in finding out about SCOUT, the Fairfax County-based company that Eric Ingram founded in 2019 with the mission to enable a new era of space safety and […]

Fairfax County EDA visits Israel to foster business expansion opportunities to the U.S.

After a more than two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) returned to Israel for a market research trip in June 2022. Led […]

2022-08-04

August 4 E-Bird Newsletter: Hilton Expands Global Headquarters in Fairfax County Creating 350 New Jobs + Weekly Business News Digest

Hilton Expands Global Headquarters in Fairfax County Creating 350 New Jobs Over Next 5 Years Earlier today, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Hilton (NYSE: HLT), the leading global hospitality company, […]

Hilton Expands Global Headquarters in Fairfax County Creating 350 New Jobs Over Next 5 Years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2022 Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Contact: Anna Nissinen Email: anissinen@fceda.org Phone: 571-446-9940 Hilton Contact: Kent Landers Email: kent.landers@hilton.com Hilton Expands Global Headquarters in Fairfax […]

2022-07-28

July 28 E-Bird Newsletter: HawkEye 360 opens satellite manufacturing facility in Herndon + Weekly Business News Digest

On Friday, July 22, 2022, Fairfax County-based HawkEye 360, a commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening […]

2022-07-21

July 21 E-Bird Newsletter: NoVa: next Silicon Valley? + Weekly Business News Digest

Silicon Valley 2.0? Is the DMV region becoming the next Silicon Valley? Dice senior editor Nick Kolakowski examines this question in a Dice article, referring to a new study by management-software […]

2022-07-14

July 14 E-Bird Newsletter: Northrop Grumman-built James Webb telescope releases space images + Weekly Business News Digest

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Falls Church area-based Northrop Grumman, revealed the first images, providing never-before-seen glimpses into the origins of our universe, and ushering in […]

2022-07-07

July 7 E-Bird Newsletter: Blue Origin Landing in Reston + Weekly Business News Digest

Blue Origin landing in Reston: West Coast-based Blue Origin, a commercial space launch company, recently signed a lease for new office space in Reston, expanding its footprint in the Greater […]

2022-06-30

June 30 E-Bird newsletter: StarKist, Feed the Children, Cornerstones team up to provide food donations + Weekly Business News Digest

StarKist, Feed the Children, Cornerstones team up to provide food to families Just two months after moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh to Reston, StarKist partnered with Feed the Children and […]

2022-06-23

June 23 E-Bird newsletter: Entrepreneurship Workshop set for July 12 + Weekly Business News Digest

Entrepreneurship workshop on July 12 will spotlight Bob Rogers, founder of 5 Northern Virginia-based companies Tysons-based Chesapeake Digital Solutions founder Robert P. “Bob” Rogers, Jr. will be the featured guest […]