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Northrop Grumman completes design review for astronaut living quarters
Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Wednesday it has completed the initial preliminary design review (PDR) for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), which will serve as living quarters for astronauts at the Lunar Gateway mini space station during lunar exploration missions. The HALO design was inspired by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus [&helli[...]
BAE Systems wins potential $100M Navy contract
The U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, a business unit of Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc., a potential one-year, $100.5 million contract to perform work on the USS Stout ship, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Under the contract, BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair will perform ship maintenance, repair and modernization […]
PAE to buy Arlington intelligence analysis company for $92M
Falls Church-based defense and government services contractor Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) announced Monday that one of its subsidiaries will acquire Arlington-based Metis Solutions Corp. for approximately $92 million in cash. Metis Solutions, which employs 450 people, provides services including intelligence analysis, operational and tactical training and program management. PAE provide[...]
Herndon defense contractor acquires cyberservices provider
Herndon-based ManTech International Corp. has completed its acquisition of Minerva Engineering, a provider of advanced cybersolutions. Headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, Minerva Engineering offers a range of advanced cyberservices that support the intelligence community (IC), including risk and vulnerability assessment, incident response and cyberintrusion detection, and wireless signal discovery[...]
Arlington-based Armed Forces Services Corp. rebrands to Magellan Federal
Arlington-based Armed Forces Services Corp. has rebranded to Magellan Federal. A subsidiary of Phoenix-based managed health care company Magellan Health Inc., Magellan Federal is a military-focused provider of health care, human services and pharmacy solutions. Magellan Healthcare, the health care business unit of Magellan Health Inc., acquired AFSC as a wholly-owned subsidiary in 2016. Since [&he[...]
BAE Systems wins two Navy task orders
The U.S. Navy awarded Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. two task orders totaling more than $30 million to produce and integrate a mission-critical information warfare platform for U.S Navy vessels, the company announced Tuesday. Under the task orders, BAE Systems will work on Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services (CANES) for two Arleigh Burke class […]
Newport News company lands $146M Navy contract
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Newport News-based government contractor Aery Aviation LLC a five-year, $146 million contract to design, engineer and test aircraft, the company announced Wednesday. Under the U.S. Navy contract, Aery Aviation will acquire and modify 13 aircraft, including three models of Learjet and Gulfstream IV aircraft, through design, engineering, modification and [&helli[...]
Peraton lands $950M Air Force contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton a $950 million contract to provide services in support of the branch’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), a component of the Department of Defense‘s Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) effort, the company announced Monday. Under the contract, Peraton will provide services including open [&hell[...]
General Dynamics lands $9B+ contract modification
The U.S. Navy on Thursday awarded the Electric Boat subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. a $9.474 billion contract modification to build and test the first two Columbia-class intercontinental ballistic missile submarines — the largest ever built by the United States — and provide related design and engineering services, the company […]
BAE Systems announces $100M investment in Iowa facility
Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. announced Thursday it is investing more than $100 million to construct a facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for its newly acquired navigation and sensor systems business, which makes mission-critical military GPS products. “Our world-class military GPS business is built on the rich talent pool in Greater Cedar Rapids,” John […]
General Dynamics business unit wins $42.6M contract modification
The U.S. Navy awarded Fairfax-based General Dynamics Mission Systems a $42.6 million contract modification to continue work on sustaining integrated combat management systems and associated platforms used by the branch’s littoral combat ships, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of Reston-based defense contractor General Dynamics[...]
Newport News company lands $441.58M Navy contract
The U.S. Navy awarded Newport News-based Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. (ATAC) a potential five-year, $441.58 million contract to provide subsonic and supersonic aircraft for the branch’s fleet training operations, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Under the contract, ATAC will supply Type IV supersonic (which exceed the speed of sound) and Type III high […]
