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Amentum wins $247.6M DOD contract
Amentum Services has landed a $247.6 million contract to help the U.S. Department of Defense to counter threats from a finance systems, the Chantilly-based federal contractor announced Monday. The contract was awarded from the DOD’s Air Combat Command’s Acquisition Management and Integration Center’s Counternarcotics and Global Threats division. As part of the contract, Amentum will […]
Industries

Chesterfield’s Atlantic Constructors Inc. acquired by Texas co.
One of the U.S.’s largest providers of mechanical services, Texas-based TriplePoint MEP, has acquired Chesterfield County-based Atlantic Constructors Inc. (ACI), according to a Monday announcement. ACI, which provides mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection products and services, also has locations in Roanoke, Suffolk, Sterling, and Wilmington, North Carolina. A request for comment from TriplePoint seeking […]
Real Estate

$30M Chesapeake Square Mall redevelopment underway
Demolition began last week on sections of Chesapeake Square Mall as part of a $30 million redevelopment project of the 36-year-old indoor mall off Interstate 664 in Chesapeake. Stores are still open at the mall while Virginia Beach-based real estate development firm Kotarides is demolishing the former Burlington Coat Factory Space and several former anchor […]
Money

Stocks rally worldwide after Trump eases some of his tariffs on electronics, for now
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising worldwide Monday after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seems to be easing. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in midday trading, though trading is still shaky, and it gave back most of its bigger, early gain […]
Government

Plane’s wing tip hits another aircraft at Reagan National airport
ARLINGTON (AP) — The wing tip of an American Airlines plane struck another plane from the same airline on a taxiway of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington County on Thursday, authorities said. No injuries were reported. The wing tip of an aircraft heading to Charleston, South Carolina, struck a plane en route […]
People

Dewberry selects new CHRO
Dewberry — an engineering, architecture and construction firm in Fairfax County — announced Monday it has promoted Stacey McKavish to chief human resources officer. In the role, McKavish will oversee all HR functions of the organization and a team of nearly 30 benefits, compensation, human resources, recruiting and training specialists. “Stacey is a charismatic leader […]
Healthcare
- U.Va. med school faculty, clinical leaders defend those who backed CEO’s resignation
- Roanoke ER doc seeks $20M in landmark whistleblower lawsuit
- Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
- Health care systems are in their building era
- VCU Health performs nation’s first fully robotic living donor liver transplant
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