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May 19, 2025

RTX subsidiary secures $580M Navy contract

Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor RTX, has received a $580.58 million U.S. Navy contract, the Defense Department announced May 15.

May 12, 2025

Tyto Athene acquires StackArmor to boost cyber compliance, cloud capabilities

Tyto Athene acquired StackArmor to expand its cyber compliance and cloud capabilities for government clients.

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 14, 2025

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 w[...]

Mar 5, 2025

HII installs 3D printed valve manifold assembly on aircraft carrier

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Tuesday that it has successfully used additive manufacturing for the first time to build a valve manifold assembly for a new construction aircraft carrier at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding subsidiary. NNS says it is integrating additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, into the shipbuilding process and is pursuing all opportunities […]

Serco Inc. CEO Tom Watson
Jan 30, 2025

Herndon contractor to acquire NG division for $327M

Herndon tech and management contractor Serco Inc. has agreed to acquire Northrop Grumman’s mission training and satellite ground network communications software business (MT&S) for approximately $327 million. Serco Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group, announced the deal Wednesday, which is expected to close in mid-2025. MT&S provides the U.S. military [...]

Dec 23, 2024

Northrop Grumman subsidiary scores $3.4B Navy contract

Northrop Grumman Systems, a subsidiary of Falls Church aerospace and defense giant Northrop Grumman, has been awarded a $3.459 billion contract by the Navy to engineer and manufacture new nuclear aircraft, according to announcements from the Department of Defense and the Navy last week. E-130J jets will take the place of the Navy’s current E-6B […]

Todd Gentry, president of the All-Domain Operations group in HII's Mission Technologies division
Nov 1, 2024

HII’s Mission Technologies secures $3B DOD contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division won a $3 billion contract to provide the Department of Defense logistics and intelligence support and technology. Under the Logistics Services, ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance] Operations and Next-Gen Technology (LOGIX) task order, the HII division will provide strategy-level support to the DOD and i[...]

Sep 29, 2024

A smart defense

In late 2020, the Air Force made headlines when it announced that an artificial intelligence co-pilot, named ARTUµ, helped command and control a U.S. military spy plane for the first time in history. If the name, pronounced R-2, sounds familiar, it is. Think R2-D2, or “Artoo,” Luke Skywalker’s lovable droid and X-Wing copilot from the […]

An artist's depiction shows an E-7A in flight. Image courtesy U.S. Air Force
Aug 12, 2024

Boeing lands $2.56B Air Force contract

Boeing has won a $2.56 billion U.S. Air Force contract for two rapid prototype E-7A airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) Wedgetail aircraft, the Arlington-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense company announced Friday. The contract modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract action includes life-cycle development, training and support for the Air Force’s E-7A flee[...]

May 8, 2024

VTG awarded $130M defense contract

VTG, a Chantilly-based engineering firm, has been awarded a five-year, $130 million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is to provide end-to-end engineering services, spectrum management and test and evaluation support for Navy warfare, control and C5I (command, control, communications, cyber a[...]

A StormBreaker smart weapon. Photo courtesy RTX
Jan 3, 2024

RTX subsidiary wins $345M Air Force contract

Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County-based aerospace and defense contractor RTX, won a $344.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Raytheon will produce more than 1,500 StormBreaker smart weapons, which are air-to-surface, network-enabled weapons that can engage moving targets in all weather conditions, according to a RTX news release. [&h[...]

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