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Albemarle seeks to expand region’s defense sector
It’s no secret: Albemarle County is banking on the $58 million purchase of 462 acres around a military spy outpost to anchor the region’s defense community. On May 24, the county Board of Supervisors approved a contract to acquire the undeveloped and former farmland tract along along Route 29 adjacent to Rivanna Station — a […]
HII’s Mission Technologies names new chief growth officer
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division has hired Ahmed Ayad to serve as chief growth officer. Ayad joins the organization from Herndon-based ManTech, where he served as vice president and growth lead for the defense sector since 2019. In his new role, Ayad will be responsible for shaping and developing Mission Technologies’ growth strategy […]
After protests, CACI prevails on $5.7B Air Force IT contract
After rounds of protest from other bidders, Reston-based CACI International Inc. announced Tuesday that it will transform the Air Force’s IT service delivery for more than 800,000 airmen and Space Force guardians under a $5.7 billion contract. Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS) Wave 1, an Air Force initiative, includes transforming the Air Force’s […]
NNS announces senior leadership changes
Newport News Shipbuilding is promoting three employees to its senior leadership team, as well as restructuring programs as the company plans for upcoming retirements. Rob Check will become vice president of in-service aircraft carrier programs; Thomasina Wright will assume the role of vice president of fleet support programs, and Les Smith will take over as […]
Hampton Roads shipyards receive nearly $1B in Navy contracts
The Pentagon has announced nearly $1 billion in Navy contracts for work on vessels in Hampton Roads. Under one contract, valued at $847 million, Reston-based General Dynamics Corp.’s Norfolk-based shipyards will support emergent work, continuous maintenance, pre-refueling complex overhaul availabilities, ship terminal offload program availability and scheduled work on aircraft carriers in th[...]
Rolls-Royce North America names new CEO
Rolls Royce plc has named Adam Riddle as the new chairman and CEO of its Reston-based North American branch, as well as president of its defense division, effective immediately. He succeeds Thomas Bell, who recently was hired to lead Leidos. Riddle, a former Army officer and Boeing Co. executive, has been with Rolls-Royce’s defense branch […]
Raytheon receives $1.2B missile contract
Arlington County-based Raytheon Technologies Corp. will produce its Patriot missile systems for Switzerland under a $1.2 billion U.S. Army foreign military sales contract. The contract, announced by the Pentagon March 28, includes five Patriot units as well as the company’s Guidance Enhanced Missile, or GEM-T, a Patriot missile variant used to defeat tactical ballistic missiles, […]
GDIT lands $1.8B Army flight sim contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. will provide flight simulation training services to the Army under a nearly $1.8 billion contract announced, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Work is estimated to be completed March 31, 2035, with locations and funding to be determined with each order. Also on Thursday, GDIT announced it received two contracts […]
Boeing receives $1.2B aircraft development contract
Arlington-based Boeing Co. will develop two E-7 Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft for the Air Force under a $1.2 billion award announced by the Pentagon Tuesday. The contract initiates prototype development activities of U.S. variations of the aircraft, which replaces the service’s E-3 aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle and is expected to […]
Playing defense
What’s in a name? Perhaps a lot if you’re riding on the coattails of Boeing Co. and Raytheon Technologies Corp. The May and June 2022 announcements that Fortune 100 contractors Boeing and Raytheon would move their corporate headquarters to Arlington County generated plenty of buzz, but they didn’t dazzle like the 2018 announcement of Amazon.com […]
Boeing receives $2.25B Air Force tanker contract
Arlington-based Boeing Co. will help the Air Force expand its fleet of KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft under a $2.25 billion contract modification announced by the Pentagon Friday. The award covers the service’s ninth production lot and includes 15 of the tankers as well as data, subscriptions and licenses. To date, 68 KC-46A Pegasus tankers have […]
Manassas company to develop short takeoff, landing aircraft for Air Force
Manassas-based aerospace company Electra.aero Inc. has received a Strategic Funding Increase award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX arm that secures up to $85 million for development of a prototype electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. The award, announced Thursday, secures funding between private investments, government funding and matching Small Business Innovation Research (SBI[...]
