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Madeline Davis has never set foot on a Navy submarine, so she doesn’t get to see the products she makes in action. Davis is a CNC (computer numerical control) machinist at Fairlead Integrated in Portsmouth, where she makes metal parts for the Navy’s silent service. The defense contractor supplies shipboard integrated parts, including for the […]
Raytheon wins $308M contract for Navy destroyer work
Arlington-based Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s Missiles & Defense business has received a $308.4 million contract modification for combat systems work on the Navy‘s Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Work includes combat system installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance and modernization of Zumwalt-class mission s[...]
Boeing lands $313.4M Super Hornet life extension contract
Arlington-based Boeing Co. has received a $313.4 million contract modification to upgrade and extend the service life of 25 Navy Super Hornet jet fighters, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The contract includes non-recurring engineering, system engineering program management and Block III avionics upgrades to extend the service life up F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets from 6,000 flight […]
Raytheon receives $1.2B missile contract
Arlington County-based Raytheon Technologies Corp. will produce its Patriot missile systems for Switzerland under a $1.2 billion U.S. Army foreign military sales contract. The contract, announced by the Pentagon March 28, includes five Patriot units as well as the company’s Guidance Enhanced Missile, or GEM-T, a Patriot missile variant used to defeat tactical ballistic missiles, […]
SAIC hires SVP of Navy unit
Barbara Graham has been hired as senior vice president of Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp.‘s Navy business unit, SAIC announced Wednesday. Graham, who started Tuesday, will oversee the $1 billion SAIC unit, which serves U.S. Navy and Marine Corps customers. She reports to Bob Genter, president of SAIC’s defense and civilian […]
Naval operations building in Suffolk sells for $33M
The U.S. Fleet Cyber Command Center of Operations, a 114,045-square-foot building in Suffolk, has changed ownership. The building, part of a secure naval operations campus, sold for $33.25 million, according to Colliers Government Solutions. It is located at 115 Lake View Parkway in Suffolk. The seller of the building is Salus Group, and Colliers declined […]
Ship repair contractor expanding Norfolk presence
Advanced Integrated Technologies (AIT), a ship repair contractor for the Navy, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command and U.S. marine, industrial and commercial industries, will invest $500,000 to expand its Norfolk operations and add 76 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The Norfolk-based company will increase capacity at its location in Norfolk Industrial Park, off Ingleside […]
BAE Systems receives $145M ship repair contract
BAE Systems’ Norfolk Ship Repair will repair, modernize and maintain the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze under a $145 million contract, the Pentagon announced Friday. Work will be performed in Norfolk and is part of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer’s scheduled depot modernization. The contract includes options that would bring its value up to $161 million […]
SAIC names SVP for Army biz unit
Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has named Josh Jackson to lead the company’s Army business unit. SAIC announced the promotion Wednesday. Jackson, who has been with the company since 2002, will be responsible for strategy and business development across the company’s solutions and services delivered to SAIC’s Army custome[...]
Navy awards Boeing subsidiary $463M contract
Fairfax-based Argon ST Inc. has received a $463 million Navy contract to procure and produce sensor components for fielding in manned and unmanned aircraft, the Pentagon announced Friday. Argon ST is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arlington-based aerospace contractor Boeing Co. Under the contract, Argon ST will procure various Multi-Intelligence Sensor Development (MISD) Sensor Suite […]
Prism Maritime receives $250M Navy contract
Chesapeake-based Prism Maritime LLC has received a contract valued up to $250.8 million to install, modify and upgrade various combat systems for the Navy, Coast Guard and for foreign militaries, according to the Pentagon. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-type contract, announced Friday, will continue through October 2027 if all options are exercised. Work will be performed on […]
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat lands $5.1B submarine contract
General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received a $5.1 billion contract modification for the Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine program, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The contract includes missile long-lead material and missile tube manufacturing, advance procurement and construction, material procurement, production backup, and planned equipme[...]
