GDIT receives $383M Navy contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. will help train more than 100,000 U.S. Navy and allied sailors on surface combat systems under a $383 million contract announced June 15. The contract, awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren on behalf of the service’s Surface Combat Systems Training Command, has a one-year base and […]
Inova receives $75M donation for heart, vascular programs
Northern Virginia philanthropists Dwight and Martha Schar have made a $75 million matching gift to support Inova Health System’s heart and vascular treatment programs, Inova announced Tuesday. The Schars have donated a total of $126 million to the Falls Church-based health system since 1993, including $50 million in 2015 to establish Fairfax County’s Inova Schar […]
NG receives $244.6M for ballistic missile work
Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $244.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract to continue work on ballistic missile defense system capabilities, the Pentagon announced May 9. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract continues development, integration, testing and fielding of complex advanced discrimination techniques, operation and sustainment of [...]
Virginia 500 spotlight: AMY GILLILAND
For Mental Health Awareness month, Virginia Business is spotlighting Gilliland, who launched the “How are you, really?” campaign within GDIT in 2021 following an employee’s death by suicide. In an industry in which many workers depend on security clearances, the campaign aims to destigmatize mental health issues and encourages employees in need to seek help. […]
GDIT lands $1.8B Army flight sim contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. will provide flight simulation training services to the Army under a nearly $1.8 billion contract announced, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Work is estimated to be completed March 31, 2035, with locations and funding to be determined with each order. Also on Thursday, GDIT announced it received two contracts […]
GDIT lands EPA contracts valued at $380M
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. has received two contracts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency valued up to $380 million, the company announced Wednesday. GDIT will provide program support and infrastructure to the EPA’s Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation by applying technical, scientific, analytical chemistry and IT services u[...]
BAE Systems receives $245.6M Army contract
Falls Church-based BAE Systems will procure early-order material to support the future purchase of the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPV) under a $245.6 million cost-sharing contract announced by the Pentagon Friday. Work will be performed by BAE Systems’ land and armaments sector in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024. There […]
Northrop Grumman appoints global biz development officer
Stephen O’Bryan will become corporate vice president and global business development officer for Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. on Feb. 6. Northrop Grumman announced that the board of directors elected O’Bryan on Monday. O’Bryan will lead business development organization and contribute to international growth. He succeeds D[...]
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[...]
Enabled Intelligence to expand, add 117 jobs
Enabled Intelligence Inc. is investing $1.4 million to expand its Falls Church headquarters, adding 117 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The company provides data-labeling services to enable artificial intelligence operations. Its expansion will add more than 10,000 square feet of classified and unclassified office space to its location at 6400 Arlington Blvd. “Accelerating the [&h[...]
GDIT secures $298M U.S. Courts contract
Falls Church-based federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. announced Tuesday that it received a $298 million blanket purchase agreement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Case Management Systems Office. Under the five-year contract, which the AOUSC awarded in May, GDIT will provide application development, solutions architecture, operations and engineer[...]