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Virginia Chamber elects UVA Health exec as board chair
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday elected Jennifer Siciliano, chief external affairs officer of UVA Health, to chair its board of directors this year. She succeeds Linda Stanley, managing director of First Citizens Bank, who chaired the board in 2025. Stanley passed the gavel and title to Siciliano during the chamber’s[...]
FOR THE RECORD: February 2026
CENTRAL VIRGINIA Buc-ee’s has pushed the expected opening of its New Kent County travel center to December 2031, a spokesperson confirmed. The Texas-based chain previously expected to open the location, its second in Virginia, in 2027. News of the delay emerged after a December 2025 meeting of the county’s planning commission, where[...]
Spanberger appoints 27 university board members, including Northam
On her first day in office, Gov. Abigail Spanberger wasted no time in naming 27 new members to the boards of George Mason University, Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia, including former Gov. Ralph Northam and former U.S. Reps. Tom Davis and Jim Moran. Spanberger appointed 12 members to George Mason's board[...]
In Newport News speech, Hegseth calls for faster delivery of warships
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth underscored the Trump administration's push for faster ship delivery, tighter cost discipline and changes in how the Pentagon works with major defense contractors during a speech Monday at Newport News Shipbuilding. He spoke for about 20 minutes to a crowd of roughly 300 shipyard workers and sailo[...]
FOR THE RECORD: January 2026
CENTRAL VIRGINIA CleanArc Data Centers is building a $3 billion data center campus in Caroline County. Located in Ruther Glen, the data center campus is expected to create 50 jobs once it’s operating at its full 900-megawatt capacity. CleanArc, a Las Vegas-based hyperscale data center developer and operator, held a groundbreaking f[...]
HII wins up to $471.97M Navy contract
Newport News-based Fortune 500 contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a Navy contract worth up to $471.97 million to provide engineering support for Nimitz-class and Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. The Department of Defense (also known as the Department of War) said on Monday that the award tasks HII with enginee[...]
HII investing $28M for Hampton manufacturing facility
Newport News-based Fortune 500 contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries is investing $28 million to create an aircraft carrier and submarine manufacturing plant in Hampton, the city's mayor said Wednesday. The 150,000-square-foot building off Commander Shepard Boulevard has historically been used by HII as an assembly building, bu[...]
100 people to meet in 2026: Contractors
Federal funding is the fuel that primes Virginia’s economic engine, and these government contracting executives are the drivers directing major projects for civilian, defense and intelligence agencies. GREG CRADDOCK CEO, PATRIOT GROUP INTERNATIONAL, WARRENTON Patriot Group International prefers to be discreet about much of i[...]
William & Mary to be U.S. hub for AUKUS submarine pact
William & Mary is stepping into a new role as the nation's academic hub focusing on the development of nuclear-powered submarines between the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia. The Williamsburg university will be the U.S. academic base for nuclear submarine technology, with counterparts in Sheffield, England, and Adelaide[...]
Newport News Shipbuilding lays off 167 workers
Newport News Shipbuilding laid off 167 employees on Wednesday who had been previously furloughed this year, a company spokesperson confirmed. Spokesperson Todd Corillo said in an email the decision came “after careful review of our salaried workforce and business needs.” “This decision was not made lightly given its impact on a[...]
Workforce education in Hampton Roads
The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding Founded in 1919, The Apprentice School in Newport News has graduated more than 11,000 apprentices over its long history. Part of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division, it offers apprenticeship programs and Associate of Applied Science degrees in 19 shipbu[...]
An overview of Hampton Roads
Home to 1.79 million people across 17 localities, Hampton Roads is Virginia’s second most populous region, just behind Northern Virginia. It also boasts the commonwealth’s biggest city by population: Virginia Beach, with an estimated 457,066 residents. Nearby Norfolk is the densest locality in the region, with 4,467 people per square[...]
Real Estate 2025: BECHTEL, BRENDAN
Serving as CEO since 2016 and chairman since 2017, Bechtel is the fifth generation to lead his family-owned global engineering, construction and project management company. Ranked the nation’s second largest construction company by Engineering News-Record in 2025, Bechtel Corp. has completed more than 25, 000 projects in 160 countrie[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WILKINSON, KARI
In January, Wilkinson took over leadership of Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII and the state’s largest industrial employer, with more than 26,000 workers. She succeeds Jennifer Boykin, who retired. Wilkinson spent three decades at HII’s Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding, becoming its president in 2021. She oversaw[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: SCHORER, STEVE
Schorer took on the top leadership role at Reston-based federal contractor Peraton in 2024 after former CEO Stu Shea announced his departure. Peraton is a portfolio company of Veritas Capital and has more than 19,000 employees. Schorer previously served from 2017 to 2021 as CEO of Alion Science and Technology, which Huntington Ing[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: KASTNER, CHRISTOPHER D.
Kastner was tapped in 2022 as CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder and a Fortune 500 company that owns Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia’s biggest industrial employer. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for HII, which has 44,000 employees and re[...]
HII promotes exec to new maritime systems post
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Thursday that it has promoted Eric Chewning to the newly created position of executive vice president of maritime systems and corporate strategy. Chewning was previously executive vice president of strategy and technology, but his new role expands his responsibilities to l[...]
41 Virginia companies made the 2025 Fortune 1000
There were some ups and downs for Virginia companies on this year's Fortune 500, but overall, the state's representation held steady with slight improvement. Forty-one companies headquartered in Virginia made the grade in Fortune magazine’s 71st annual Fortune 1000 list, and 25 Virginia companies are on this year's elite Fortune 5[...]
June 2025 for the record
Central Virginia A massive $80 million, 846,260-square-foot spec industrial building under construction in southern Chesterfield County is expected to be ready for delivery before the end of the year. New York-based real estate developer PNK Group began construction on the building at 1640 Ashton Park Drive during the first quarter[...]
Newport News Shipbuilding to furlough 471 workers
Newport News Shipbuilding announced on Friday that it will furlough 471 shipbuilders for up to five months. All impacted employees, which include salaried engineers and other workers, were notified Friday. For those impacted, Friday is their last day of work for the time being, and the furlough will be effective starting Monday. A[...]
