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Danny Deep. Photo courtesy General Dynamics
Dec 5, 2025

General Dynamics’ Deep promoted to president

Danny Deep, General Dynamics' executive vice president of global operations, has been promoted to president of the Reston-based Fortune 100 government contractor, the company announced Friday.

Gerald R Ford leaving the shipyard
Dec 5, 2025

HII wins up to $471.97M Navy contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a Navy contract worth up to $471.97 million to provide engineering support for aircraft carriers.

Electra launches defense business unit
Dec 4, 2025

Electra launches defense business unit

Manassas-based aviation startup Electra.aero on Wednesday announced that it has launched a new defense business unit.

Tara Murphy Dougherty is CEO of Govini, an Arlington defense contractor that received a $150 million investment from Bain Capital in October. Photo courtesy Govini
Nov 30, 2025

Arlington defense tech firm reaches unicorn status

Govini, an Arlington County defense tech contractor, has joined the unicorn ranks with a $1.25 billion valuation.

2022 Virginia 500: Moving up
Nov 30, 2025

2025: The year of living disruptively

Looking back on 2025, the best symbol of the past year’s upheaval might be the White House, if not its most famous occupant. Since moving back into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in January, our real estate mogul president has launched into a series of home renovations worthy of its own HGTV series. The most prominent changes […]

Mark Drever, Xcelerate Solutions
Nov 30, 2025

100 people to meet in 2026: Contractors

Federal funding is the fuel that primes Virginia’s economic engine, and these government contracting executives are the drivers directing major projects for civilian, defense and intelligence agencies.

Top Five December 2024
Nov 30, 2025

Top Five: December 2025

1 | Booz Allen Hamilton announces new round of layoffs: After a weak quarter, the McLean-based Fortune 500 government contractor launched another round of job cuts, citing earlier federal contract reductions and a slowdown in federal funding. (Oct. 27) 2 | Toni Townes-Whitley out as SAIC’s CEO: After two years Jim Reagan, former Leidos executive […]

VTG President and CEO, John Hassoun. Photo Courtesy VTG
Nov 25, 2025

Chantilly’s VTG makes sixth acquisition of 2025

VTG announced Tuesday that it has acquired Fairfax-based technology firm Miklos Systems, its sixth acquisition this year.

Depositphotos
Nov 25, 2025

Amazon to invest $50B to expand federal AI, computing capacity

Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand artificial intelligence and supercomputing capacity for its U.S. government cloud customers.

Raytheon joint venture wins $1.25B Israeli Iron Dome contract
Nov 25, 2025

Raytheon joint venture wins $1.25B Israeli Iron Dome contract

Raytheon-Rafael Protection Systems has been awarded a $1.25 billion contract to supply Israel with Tamir surface-to-air missiles.

Brad Pelachyk, the new chief global supply chain officer for BAE Systems.
Nov 24, 2025

BAE Systems promotes VP to chief global supply chain officer

BAE Systems announced that it has named Brad Pelachyk as its senior vice president and chief global supply chain officer, effective Dec. 20.

General Dynamics will construct two Columbia-class intercontinental ballistic missile submarines for the U.S. Navy, seen here in a rendering. Photo courtesy General Dynamics Corp.
Nov 20, 2025

General Dynamics subsidiary wins $2.3B Columbia-class subs award

A subsidiary of Reston-based General Dynamics has been awarded a $2.28 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy.

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