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Auria Plans Fairfax County, Virginia, Manufacturing Operations

11/11/2026
Space and national security technology company Auria plans to establish operations in Reston, Virginia. The $1.8 million project is expected to create 78 jobs in Fairfax County.

The company’s new East Coast headquarters and mission integration facility, located at 2000 Edmund Halley Drive, will support the development, testing, demonstration and integration of advanced command, control and mission systems.

“Northern Virginia is rapidly becoming Auria’s largest employment footprint, making Reston the natural choice to complement our existing Warrenton operations and serve as our East Coast headquarters,” said Auria CEO Damian DiPippa. “We are thrilled to be opening a new facility that strengthens our ability to collaborate with nearby customers and partners while providing a world-class mission integration center for our team to develop, test, demonstrate, and integrate the advanced command, control, and mission integration capabilities on which our national security customers depend. We are grateful to Governor Spanberger and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership for their partnership and support as we continue investing in Virginia and expanding opportunities for the exceptional talent that calls the Commonwealth home.”

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) worked with the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority to secure the project and will support Auria’s job creation through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program, which provides consultative services and funding to companies creating new jobs to support employee recruitment and training activities. As a business incentive supporting economic development, VJIP reduces the human resource costs of new and expanding companies. VJIP is state-funded, demonstrating Virginia’s commitment to enhancing job opportunities for citizens.

“Auria builds software that connects space missions from orbit to the tactical edge, and its new East Coast headquarters puts that work within reach of the national security agencies it serves,” noted Fairfax County Economic Development Authority President and CEO George D. Thomas. “Fairfax County is home to the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Missile Defense Agency, along with many of the companies that support the Space Force and the Intelligence Community. Auria’s team will work alongside the customers, engineers and partners who will help it grow. We are proud to welcome Auria to Fairfax County.”

Auria specializes in space-based defense and national security technologies for government, commercial and international customers. The company provides software and mission integration systems supporting satellite communications, space operations, space domain awareness, missile defense and cybersecurity.

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