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ODU names new chief marketing officer and VP
Old Dominion University has named Jaime L. Hunt to serve as in the newly created roles of vice president of university communications and chief marketing officer. The university announced the hire Wednesday. Hunt has worked since September 2020 as vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at Miami University in Ohio, where she oversaw the […]
EY names eight Virginians mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year
Eight leaders from six Virginia businesses have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2022. The winners, named in early July by the Big Four multinational professional services company, include: 10Pearls | Imran Aftab, co-founder and CEO, Vienna Aireon LLC | Don Thoma, founder and CEO, McLean ID.me […]
Northrop Grumman lands $338M helicopter avionics contract
Northrop Grumman has received a $338 million contract from the Navy for continued integration and development of the Marine Corps’ H-1 helicopter fleet’s avionics systems and weapons. Under the contract, the Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace, defense and technology contractor will research alternatives to and investigate and document new capabilities and anomalies of H-1 avionic[...]
Va. Tech business school dean retires, interim named
Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business has named Roberta “Robin” S. Russell as its interim dean, effective July 1. Russell, who heads Pamplin’s Department of Business Information Technology, succeeds Robert Sumichrast, who has retired. Russell will serve while the college conducts an international search for a new dean. In May, Tech hosted in-person and virtual [&helli[...]
William & Mary names new business school dean
William & Mary has named Todd Mooradian, who spent much of his career at the university, to lead its Raymond A. Mason School of Business beginning next month. The university announced the hire July 1. Mooradian has been dean of the University of Louisville’s College of Business since 2017 but previously spent 27 years as […]
Va. Beach native to lead Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
The next commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic is a former naval flight officer and Virginia Beach native. Rear Adm. Christopher “Scotty” Gray will take over for Rear Adm. Charles “Chip” Rock during a change of command ceremony scheduled at Naval Station Norfolk Thursday. Rock, who has commanded a region overseeing 14 naval installations and nearly […]
Boeing partners with Va. Tech on veterans’ center
When Virginia Tech’s $1 billion Innovation Campus opens in Alexandria in 2024, it will include a hub to connect veterans and their families with career resources and employment opportunities. It will also carry the name of one of the commonwealth’s largest defense contractors, The Boeing Co. The Boeing Center for Veteran Transition and Military Families, […]
Raytheon moving global HQ to Arlington
Raytheon Technologies Corp. announced Tuesday that it will relocate its global headquarters from Massachusetts to Arlington in the third quarter of this year, a move that will see four of the top five U.S.-based aerospace and defense contractors headquartered in Virginia. Raytheon is the second-largest defense company in the world, just below Lockheed Martin, and […]
General Dynamics Missions Systems, Iridium land $324M space contract
Fairfax-based General Dynamics Missions Systems and McLean-based Iridium Communications Inc. have received a $324 million contract to build and provide network operations and support for the National Defense Space Architecture. The award, from the Space Development Agency, includes a $162.9 million base and $161.5 million in options. Under the contract, General Dynamics Missions Systems and [&hell[...]
Leidos receives Navy undersea warfare contract
Leidos Inc., the Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor, has received a nearly $24 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command to install, integrate and maintain the Navy’s AN/SQQ-89 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare combat systems, according to a Department of Defense announcement last week. The contract includes options that could bring the total award to nearly […]
