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Newport News Shipbuilding delivers 10th Virginia-class sub
The Navy’s newest submarine is now in the hands of the sea service. Newport News Shipbuilding delivered the future USS Montana (SSN-794) on March 11, according to a news release. It is the 10th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to be delivered by Newport News and the 21st built as part of construction-sharing agreement with General Dynamics‘ […]
Arcfield hires pair for leadership roles
Chantilly-based defense contractor Arcfield has hired Robert Gallegos as chief operating officer and Chris McCall as chief administration officer. Both will report to Arcfield CEO and Chairman Kevin Kelly, who was named CEO and chairman in December 2021. Formerly called CTFV Acquisition Corp., Arcfield is a portfolio company of The Veritas Capital Vantage Fund LP. […]
HII division announces new VP of infrastructure and sustainability
Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder HII announced Wednesday that Eric Crooker is the new vice president of infrastructure and sustainability at its Pascagoula, Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In this role, Crooker will focus on compliance and enterprise risk management along with overseeing environmental; health; safety and security; and facilities and maintenanc[...]
Northrop Grumman secures $252M Marine Corps contract
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. landed a $252 million contract to produce and test a handheld precision ground targeting system for the U.S. Marine Corps, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. Under the hybrid, follow-on contract, Northrop Grumman will work on the Next Generation Targeting Handheld System, a lightweight, man-portable system [&hellip[...]
PAE stockholders approve $1.9B acquisition by Amentum
Falls Church-based government contractor PAE Inc. (Pacific Architects and Engineers) announced Thursday its stockholders voted to approve and adopt the company’s previously announced agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Germantown, Maryland-based aerospace defense contractor Amentum Services Inc. in a $1.9 billion all-cash deal. The transaction is expected to close on or around Feb. [[...]
GDIT wins $518M Army contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. (GDIT) won a $518 million task order from the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM), the company announced Monday. Under the Worldwide Field Support task order, the Fortune 500 General Dynamics Corp. subsidiary will provide logistics, sustainment and maintenance services for joint U.S. and coalition forces in the [&hell[...]
HII names new president and CEO
Christopher D. Kastner will become president and CEO of Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, on March 1. Mike Petters, who has served as the Fortune 500 company’s president and CEO since Northrop Grumman Corp. spun off its shipbuilding division in 2011, will become executive vice chairman of the board for […]
Parsons Corp. elects new chairwoman
The board of directors of Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp. has elected President and CEO Carey A. Smith as its chairwoman, effective April 14, the company announced Monday. Smith will replace Charles “Chuck” Harrington, the current executive chairman, who will retire when his board term expires in April. Additionally, the board elected Steven F. Leer […]
Parsons lands $100M COVID testing contract
Centreville-based defense contractor Parsons Corp. has been awarded a task order to provide COVID-19 tests to Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the United States, the company announced Jan. 19. Parsons will supply emergency-use authorized, portable, rapid molecular and rapid antigen test kits to DHS, as well as provide logistics, […]
Booz Allen secures $74M Navy contract
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. won a potential $74.7 million contract with the U.S. Navy to support the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) mission, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Booz Allen Hamilton will provide a single program executive for the […]
Northrop Grumman lands $1.4B Army contract
The U.S. Army has awarded a five-year-contract valued at about $1.4 billion to Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. for low-rate initial production and full-rate production of the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS). Developed in partnership with Northrop Grumman, IBCS is the centerpiece of the U.S. Army’s modernization strategy for air and […]
Youngkin announces transportation secretary
Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced Friday W. Sheppard “Shep” Miller III, former chairman of Virginia Beach-based defense contractor KITCO Fiber Optics, as his state secretary of transportation. “Shep will be an invaluable leader as secretary of transportation as we fulfill our promises to all Virginians to invest in roads, highways and transportation infrastructure in every corner […[...]
