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Raytheon wins $985M Air Force hypersonic missile contract
Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s missile and defense division has received the go-ahead from the Air Force to move beyond the prototype phase and continue development of a new hypersonic cruise missile weapon under a nearly $1 billion contract announced by the Pentagon Thursday. The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is an air-launched, maneuverable weapon propelled by a […]
Northrop Grumman names new defense systems president
Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp.‘s board of directors has appointed Roshan Roeder as corporate vice president and president of the Fortune 500 company’s defense systems sector. Roeder currently serves as vice president and general manager of the airborne multifunction sensors division within the federal contractor‘s missions systems sector. Roeder’s new role is eff[...]
Kaléo launches government biz unit
Richmond-based Kaléo on Thursday announced the formation of a new government business unit to focus on domestic and international procurement of the company’s system to reverse the effect of weaponized opioids as well as to provide access to it for military and civilian stockpiles. Kaléo’s Rapid Opioid Countermeasure System (ROCS) is a 10 mg Naloxone […]
General Dynamics subsidiaries land new defense contracts
Subsidiaries of Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor General Dynamics Corp. have received multiple defense contracts in recent weeks totaling more than $1.6 billion with the potential for more. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that the company’s San Diego-based National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. received an $890 million modification to a contract for construction of the seventh […]
BWXT appoints new president of nuclear operations
The new president of BWX Technology‘s Nuclear Operations Group Inc. spent three decades working for the Navy as a civilian. Sharon H. Smoot started her new position Aug. 1. She is responsible for the BWXT subsidiary’s mission to provide a range of nuclear components and services, including manufacturing reactor components for Navy submarines and aircraft […]
GDIT promotes exec to chief information security officer
Falls Church-based federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. has named Justin DePalmo its new chief information security officer. In his new role, DePalmo is responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity, including strategy, operations, implementation and management of cybersecurity compliance, training, vulnerability management, risk mitigation, incident response and cyberthr[...]
Peraton lands $850M Pentagon contract
Herndon-based technology contractor Peraton will provide the Department of Defense with agile analytic platforms and data management solutions under a five year, $850 million contract, the company announced Wednesday. “Peraton is proud to continue our longstanding relationship with the DoD supporting the modernization of its data management capabilities,” Tom Afferton, president of PeratonR[...]
Northrop Grumman receives $3.3B missile defense contract
Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a contract worth nearly $3.3 billion from the Missile Defense Agency to help defend the homeland from ballistic missile threats. The Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor will design, develop and sustain new capabilities for the next Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapons Systems program, according to a news release. […]
Raytheon moving global HQ to Arlington
Raytheon Technologies Corp. announced June 7 that it will relocate its global headquarters from Massachusetts to Arlington in the third quarter of this year, a move that will make four of the top five U.S.-based aerospace and defense contractors headquartered in Virginia. Raytheon is the second-largest defense company in the world, just below Bethesda, Maryland-based […]
Northrop Grumman division lands $458M Navy contract
A division of Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $458 million contract to support the Navy‘s Columbia and Dreadnought Fleet Ballistic Missile Program, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Northrop Grumman’s Marine Systems in Sunnyvale, California, will provide fiscal 2022 through 2026 shipyard [...]
Peraton nets $916M intelligence contract
Herndon-based Peraton Inc. has been selected for a seven-year contract valued at $916 million to provide integrated, enterprise-wide management services to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the company announced Tuesday. The task order includes communications, human capital, data analysis, knowledge management, partnership engagement, policy and strategy development and intellig[...]
Leonardo DRS, Israeli company to merge
Arlington-based Leonardo DRS Inc., a subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, and Israel-based Rada Electronic Industries Ltd. have entered into a definitive agreement to merge and become a combined public company later this year, the contractors announced Tuesday. Rada will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, and the new company will be listed […]
