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Parry Labs names chief growth officer
Jul 28, 2025

Parry Labs names chief growth officer

Defense tech company Parry Labs announced Thursday that Amber Walker has been appointed chief growth officer.

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Jul 24, 2025

GMU Baroni Center launches inaugural index of GovCon trends

George Mason University's Baroni Center launched an inaugural index analyzing government contracting trends.

SES Space & Defense announces new CEO
Jul 22, 2025

SES Space & Defense announces new CEO

Reston-based satellite company SES Space & Defense announced Tuesday that it has appointed David Broadbent as president and CEO.

Virginia-class submarine. Photo by AdobeStock
Jun 27, 2025

General Dynamics subsidiary wins $1.85B contract modification

General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded an up to $1.85 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy.

Virginia-class submarine underway during sea trials. Photo courtesy General Dynamics
Jun 20, 2025

General Dynamics wins $987M submarine contract modification

The shipbuilding unit of Reston-based aerospace and defense giant General Dynamics won a $987 million contract modification.

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Jun 12, 2025

Army official says Chinese mineral shortage could impact military equipment

A growing shortage of rare minerals, magnets and metals from China needed for manufacturing military warfighting equipment could lead to the Department of Defense's accessing and sending out military equipment from a stockpile.

Raytheon has received a contract modification to produce AIM-9X missiles. Photo courtesy RTX
Jun 4, 2025

RTX subsidiary wins $1.1B Navy contract modification

Raytheon has received a $1.1 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy to manufacture additional AIM-9X missiles.

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Apr 14, 2025

Amentum wins $247.6M DOD contract

Amentum Services has landed a $247.6 million contract to help the U.S. Department of Defense to counter threats from a finance systems, the Chantilly-based federal contractor announced Monday. The contract was awarded from the DOD’s Air Combat Command’s Acquisition Management and Integration Center’s Counternarcotics and Global Threats division. As part of the contract, Amentum w[...]

Virginia-class submarine. Photo by AdobeStock
Mar 28, 2025

General Dynamics subsidiary wins $1B Navy contract

A Connecticut-based subsidiary of Reston-headquartered Fortune 500 contractor General Dynamics was recently awarded a $1 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy to purchase long lead time materials for Virginia-class Block VI submarines. The subsidiary, General Dynamics Electric Boat, announced the award on Tuesday. The company designs, builds, repairs and modernizes nuclear submarines fo[...]

Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations
Mar 18, 2025

Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday. To reach the goal of a 5% to 8% cut in a civilian workforce of more […]

GDIT wins $5.57B contract to upgrade military communications system
Dec 20, 2024

GDIT wins $5.57B contract to upgrade military communications system

Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of Reston Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics, has won a $5.57 billion contract from the Air Force Mission Partner Capabilities Office, it announced Friday. Awarded in November, the single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a five-year base period and a five-year option, according to G[...]

Navy awards Raytheon potential $903.9M contract
Dec 4, 2024

Navy awards Raytheon potential $903.9M contract

The Navy has awarded Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor RTX, a contract worth up to $903.9 million, if all options are exercised, to provide support for a sensor system, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday.  The initial $34 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost only contract covers […[...]

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