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BAE Systems wins up to $238M Navy ship repair contract
Falls Church-based federal contractor BAE Systems Inc. has won a Navy contract worth up to $238.8 million to maintain, modernize and repair a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. The Department of Defense announced the $212 million firm-fixed-price contract award, which has options that would bring its cumulative value to $238.8 million, to the U.S. […]
BAE Systems lands $202M in Navy ship repair contracts
Falls Church-based BAE Systems Inc.’s Norfolk Ship Repair unit has received two U.S. Navy contracts worth a combined $202 million for maintenance, modernization and repair of two vessels. The U.S. arm of British defense giant BAE Systems announced the awards Monday. Its shipyard employees and their subcontractors will begin working on the guided missile destroyer […]
Artists pull out of SXSW over Army, RTX involvement
Dozens of bands and solo musicians boycotted Austin, Texas’ South by Southwest (SXSW) festival this week in protest against the Department of Defense‘s support of Israel’s war in Gaza. Among SXSW’s sponsors this year are the U.S. Army and Arlington County-based aerospace and defense contractor RTX, which makes weapons and other equipment used by Israel’s […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TOM ARSENEAULT
As head of one of the Pentagon’s 10 biggest prime contractors, Arseneault has spent his career heading complex organizations on challenging missions. BAE Systems Inc. is the U.S. arm of the British defense giant and reported $12.6 billion in revenue in 2022. It has 31,300 employees in the U.S., including more than 5,000 in Virginia. […]
Radford Army plant contract extended through 2026
While the contract extension for operation of the sprawling Radford Army Ammunition Plant is reassuring from an economic development perspective, it also has sentimental value to the community. “The Radford Army Ammunition Plant means a lot to our BAE Systems workforce, but also to the generations of families in our community that have kept the […]
BAE Systems lands $173M contract for Marine combat vehicles
Arlington-based BAE Systems has received a $173 million contract modification for delivery of additional amphibious combat vehicles (ACVs) to the Marine Corps, the Department of Defense announced Friday. The modification, which exercises options to procure and produce 36 ACVs, brings the total value of the contract to more than $1.7 billion, according to the announcement. […]
