T-Rex Solutions has placed No. 14 on Inc. 5000 Series: D.C. Metro List on its inaugural award, the company announced on Monday. 

“We have been very focused on doing mission-critical IT Modernization work for our customers the last several years, which is feeding our growth. We are still getting used to the recognition that comes with that,” said Marc Steining, COO of T-Rex Solutions.

The award list comprises the fastest-growing private companies in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. Companies on the list have demonstrated major growth rates across all industries in the D.C. metropolitan area.

"It is an honor to appear alongside this list of neighboring companies we know and respect,” added Steining.

The 2020 Inc. 5000 Regional Series is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2016 and 2018. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit and independent.

“Across every single industry, these businesses have posted revenue and growth rates that are beyond impressive, further proving the tenacity of their founders and CEOs”, says Inc. editor in chief Scott Omelianuk.

In addition, T-Rex Solutions’ Seth Moore, CEO of the company, has received the Wash100 Award in Feb. 2020 for  his dramatic improvement in company sustainment and expansion in addition to the progress he has made in T-Rex Solutions’ cloud technology and integration.

Moore has demonstrated his expertise and led the company through a tremendous growth period where T-Rex Solutions saw an increase of 550 percent in revenue.

“Seth is a great leader with vision, a deep understanding of our business and industry, and the confidence of our customers and stakeholders. He embodies our core values, leads by example, represents quality, integrity, and accountability in all that he does, and inspires others to do the same,” said Trevor Wilby, T-Rex Solutions’ founder.

About Wash100 

The Wash100 Award, now in its seventh year, recognizes the most influential executives in the GovCon industry as selected by the Executive Mosaic team in tandem with online nominations from the GovCon community. Representing the best of the private and public sector, the winners demonstrate superior leadership, innovation, reliability, achievement and vision. 

Visit the Wash100 site to learn about the other 99 winners of the 2020 Wash100 Award. On the site, you can submit your 10 votes for the GovCon executives of consequence that you believe will have the most significant impact in 2020.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is slated to issue a solicitation to seek input on the capacity of ambient thermal emissions to house information in a move to enable active illumination at night.

DARPA said Friday that it aims to develop passive 3D sensors and algorithms that will employ data from thermal emissions through the Invisible Headlights program. Joe Altepeter, a program manager at DARPA's Defense Sciences office, said the agency eyes to build passive navigation capacities within pitch dark environments.

“In the depths of a cave or in the dark of a moonless, starless night with dense fog, current autonomous systems can’t make sense of the environment without radiating some signal—whether it’s a laser pulse, radar or visible light beam—all of which we want to avoid," added Altepeter.

DARPA will host a webcast and proposer's day on March 16 to discuss more details in line with the project.

Robin Kelly, a member of the Oversight National Security subcommittee, has unveiled a bill to drive accountability for acting senior national security officials. The National Security Transparency Act will require acting senior national security leaders to appear regularly before Congress to maintain oversight on their respective departments, the office of Robin Kelly said Thursday.

The bill will also push acting secretaries from the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, National Security Agency and CIA as well as the acting director of national intelligence to appear at Congress every 45 days prior to their confirmation by the Senate.

“Congress must hold these individuals and any Administration accountable to the highest level of oversight and transparency to protect our national security,” said Kelly.

American Systems has achieved 45 years since its founding in 1975, the company reported on Monday. 

“For four-and-a-half decades, American Systems has focused on delivering services and solutions that exceed our customers’ expectations in a cost-efficient manner while building a culture that rewards accountability and promotes growth in our workforce,” said Peter Smith, president and CEO of American Systems and three-time Wash100 Award recipient.

American Systems will host a video teleconference in celebration of its milestone on Thursday, March 5, in honor of company founder Tom Curran’s birthday. Curran passed away in 2014. As a founder of the company his primary focus was to provide technicians to telecommunications firms. 

In 1976, Curran joined forces with Woody Ramsey, and the company's initial focus was expanded to include systems engineering for U.S. submarines. Under the leadership of Smith, American Systems is known as a broad based provider of IT and engineering services and solutions to government customers. Smith joined American Systems 40 years ago to work on the TRIDENT submarine program.

Since 1980, Smith began his growth efforts with American Systems by supporting the U.S. Navy. The company has expanded its strategic business areas, including government divisions such as defense, intelligence, federal law enforcement, U.S. outreach and healthcare. 

The company now supports hundreds of programs globally, with a diverse workforce at 30 locations in the U.S. and in 15 countries overseas. Additionally, American Systems provides its customers’ national security priority programs and has over 1,400 employees. The company’s annual revenue exceeds $375 million.

“As we move forward, we expect to build on that legacy with our customers and employees. We adopted the tagline “Forty-five and thriving” in connection with our anniversary, as we are enjoying our strongest years of growth and, consequently, our highest shareholder value.”

About American Systems

Founded in 1975, American Systems is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States, with approximately 1,400 employees nationwide. American Systems supports national priority programs through strategic solutions in the areas of: Enterprise IT, Test & Evaluation, Acquisition & Lifecycle Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.