Booz Allen fires subcontractor who wrote document about DOGE access to Treasury
McLean-based Fortune 500 management consulting contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has fired a subcontractor who warned the U.S. Treasury Department about the Department of Government Efficiency having access to the Treasury’s payment system. Booz Allen said that sources quoted in recent media reports “mischaracterize a document provided to Treasury officials” and that the company did not [&h[...]
Amentum lands Air Force contract worth almost $448M
Amentum Services has won a $447.9 million Air Forces Central Command contract, the Chantilly-based federal contractor announced Thursday. Under the Air Forces Central Command Global Prepositioned Materiel Services contract, Amentum will provide and update prepositioned storage and maintenance solutions for the Ninth Air Force. “This win demonstrates our expertise in delivering smart asset manage[...]
Former Bush White House staffer named Akima VP
Rachael Duffy, a former assistant press secretary in President George W. Bush’s administration, has joined Herndon-based federal contractor Akima as vice president of marketing, communications and government relations. An Alaska Native corporation that handles federal contracts for the for-profit NANA Regional business owned by Indigenous Iñupiat shareholders, Akima has more than 10,000 emp[...]
Booz Allen to pay $15.8M fine to settle fraud allegations
Booz Allen Hamilton, the McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultant, has agreed to pay a $15.875 million fine to the federal government to settle allegations that one of its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced Jan. 3. According to the DOJ’s statement, two former program managers at Maryland-based Booz Allen […]
U.S. Army awards RTX’s Raytheon $946M contract modification
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor RTX, a contract modification worth about $946.47 million for production hardware, software and services related to the Patriot air defense system, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, located at Redstone Arsenal in […]
Northrop Grumman subsidiary scores $3.4B Navy contract
Northrop Grumman Systems, a subsidiary of Falls Church aerospace and defense giant Northrop Grumman, has been awarded a $3.459 billion contract by the Navy to engineer and manufacture new nuclear aircraft, according to announcements from the Department of Defense and the Navy last week. E-130J jets will take the place of the Navy’s current E-6B […]
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[...]
Leidos lands $987M Air Force contract
Leidos has won an up to $987 million Air Force contract to provide sustainment support for F-16 Foreign Military Sales customers, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Thursday. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a supersonic multirole fighter aircraft used for air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. General Dynamics initially developed the F-16 before selling its […]
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 […[...]
BAE Systems wins up to $238M Navy ship repair contract
Falls Church-based federal contractor BAE Systems Inc. has won a Navy contract worth up to $238.8 million to maintain, modernize and repair a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. The Department of Defense announced the $212 million firm-fixed-price contract award, which has options that would bring its cumulative value to $238.8 million, to the U.S. […]
AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo for $4.1B
AeroVironment, an Arlington County defense contractor, announced this week it will purchase aerospace and defense tech firm BlueHalo for approximately $4.1 billion in an all-stock transaction. Also based in Arlington, BlueHalo is owned by private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners and works in space technologies, counter-uncrewed aircraft systems, directed energy, electronic warfare, cyber, ar[...]
Paragon Systems fined $52M for alleged fraud
Herndon-based federal contractor Paragon Systems agreed Tuesday to pay $52 million to resolve allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that Paragon used its own subsidiaries to fraudulently win small business set-aside contracts, violating the federal False Claims and Anti-Kickback acts. The company is one of the federal government’s largest providers of security, fire and […]