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Jun 21, 2022

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 to move HQ from Herndon to Reston
Jun 21, 2022

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[...]

Arlington defense contractor wins $105M Army contract
Jun 21, 2022

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 […]

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Jun 17, 2022

Two govcons to merge, move HQ to NoVa

Colorado-based government contractor Vectrus Inc. and Mississippi-based The Vertex Co. will merge to form a company that will be based in Northern Virginia. Vectrus shareholders approved the all-stock merger, expected to close in the third quarter of 2022, on Wednesday. The combined company will be named V2X Inc. and will trade on the NYSE under […]

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Jun 7, 2022

Raytheon moving global HQ to Arlington

Raytheon Technologies Corp. announced Tuesday that it will relocate its global headquarters from Massachusetts to Arlington in the third quarter of this year, a move that will see 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 Lockheed Martin, and […]

Parsons Corp. names new CEO
May 23, 2022

Parsons to acquire Xator for $400M

Parsons Corp., a Centreville-based federal contractor specializing in technology-focused defense, intelligence, security and infrastructure engineering, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Reston-based Xator Corp. for $400 million, the company announced Monday. Founded in 1944, Parsons is a publicly traded Fortune 1000 corporation with more than 16,000 employees working in 24 nation[...]

Meet SBA’s Va. small biz person of year
May 19, 2022

Meet SBA’s Va. small biz person of year

Jeri Prophet joined the Navy on a whim. She had been attending Arizona State University, saw a recruiter sign, and headed for the office. “Some people buy new shoes. I joined the Navy,” she recalled. She served 10 years in the Navy, first as a data systems analyst and left as an information systems technician. […]

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May 16, 2022

Carlyle Group to acquire ManTech for $4.2B

Herndon-based ManTech International Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Carlyle Group for approximately $4.2 billion, the tech contractor announced Monday. In the all-cash transaction, ManTech shareholders will receive $96 per share in cash, a 32% premium to ManTech’s closing share price of $72.82 on Feb. 2, which was the […]

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May 11, 2022

Northrop Grumman taps chief diversity officer

Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has promoted Kenny Robinson to vice president and chief diversity officer, effective May 31. Robinson will be responsible for advancing Northrop Grumman’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy and programs, the company’s corporate citizenship, DEI and ethics programs, as well as serve as president of the Northr[...]

Avantus Federal acquires N.C. tech firm
May 11, 2022

Avantus Federal acquires N.C. tech firm

Avantus Federal has acquired North Carolina-based tech contractor Far Ridgeline Engagements (FRLE), the McLean-based IT defense contractor announced last week. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. “For almost 15 years, Far Ridgeline Engagements has earned eminence by maintaining a strong focus on providing solutions to our nation’s special operations and intelligence mi[...]

May 4, 2022

GDIT awarded $661M EPA contract

Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. has received a $661.6 million contract to modernize and manage IT services for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The award, announced April 28, includes developing and operating the EPA’s enterprise IT infrastructure and applications. Services include cloud computing, platform management, network operations, enterprise i[...]

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Mar 18, 2022

GDIT lands $4.5B IT contract

Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a user facing and data center services contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) worth $4.5 billion over a 10-year period. Under the contract, GDIT, a business unit of Reston-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp., will operate, build, design and innovate an [&hellip[...]

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