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May 7, 2025

Booz Allen lands contracts totaling $1.2B

In the span of a week, McLean-based Fortune 500 management consulting contractor Booz Allen Hamilton won multiple contracts totaling over $1.2 billion.

a multi-beam, multi-band ground terminal on a production floor
May 1, 2025

AeroVironment completes $4.1B acqusition of BlueHalo

Arlington County-based defense contractor AeroVironment on Thursday announced that it had successfully completed its $4.1 billion acquisition of Arlington aerospace and defense tech firm BlueHalo.

Virginia-class submarine conducts sea trials in Groton, Connecticut. Photo courtesy General Dynamics
May 1, 2025

HII, General Dynamics win up to $18.4B submarine contract modification

Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics have been awarded Navy contract modifications worth up to a possible $18.4 billion to build two Virginia-class submarines, the Department of Defense announced.

Apr 30, 2025

Newport News Shipbuilding hits milestone with dual Ford-class carrier builds

Newport News Shipbuilding hits milestone with dual Ford-class carrier builds, 3D printing tech, and major workforce investments to meet Navy demand.

Apr 30, 2025

New Arlington hub to boost defense, energy startups

Virtus Innovation Center in Arlington will support 30+ startups in defense and energy, connecting them to talent, capital, and federal customers.

Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company's factory on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)
Apr 23, 2025

Boeing doesn’t expect its recovery to be impacted by trade war with China

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said Wednesday that he doesn't expect the U.S. trade war with China to forestall the Arlington County-based company's financial recovery. Meanwhile, RTX and General Dynamics surpass Wall St. expectations and Northrop Grumman is below forecast.

Apr 9, 2025

Intelligent Waves pays $1.95M to settle False Claims Act allegations

Reston-based defense contractor Intelligent Waves agreed to pay $1.95 million to settle False Claims Act allegations involving two U.S. Air Force contracts. And in a separate case, Fairfax-based government contractor General Dynamics Mission Systems agreed to pay $600,000 to settle allegations that a company that it acquired made false statements in federal government contract proposals. […[...]

Apr 7, 2025

Bechtel wins $242M contract modification for chemical weapons destruction

Reston-based Bechtel National has been awarded a $242.28 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to address past contract overruns associated with the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado. The plant is a chemical weapons destruction facility that destroyed the chemical weapons stockpile previously stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo, […]

Apr 1, 2025

AeroVironment subsidiary to deliver uncrewed vehicles to German Armed Forces

Arlington County-based defense contractor AeroVironment announced last week that its subsidiary Telerob was awarded “a significant contract” to deliver 41 large-sized advanced uncrewed ground vehicles to the German Federal Armed Forces, with initial deliveries scheduled for this summer and additional orders extending through 2027. AeroVironment declined to reveal the amount of the contract, ci[...]

Apr 1, 2025

Peraton taps new chief security officer

Peraton last week announced that it has appointed Christy Wilder as its chief security officer. In the role, Wilder will develop and execute comprehensive strategies, risk management and mitigation initiatives, incident response preparedness and enterprise safety protocols for the Reston-based federal contractor. She succeeds Mike Londregan. “Peraton is emerging as a leading-edge technology comp[...]

FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed at the company's factory Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Mar 21, 2025

Eyeing China threat, Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of its current fleet and is essential in a potential conflict with China. Known as Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, the manned […]

FILE - The Boeing logo is displayed at the company's factory Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Mar 20, 2025

The family of an airplane safety whistleblower is suing Boeing over his death

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects sued the airplane maker Thursday. Boeing subjected John Barnett to a “campaign of harassment, abuse and intimidation intended to discourage, discredit and humiliate him […]

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