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 […[...]
HII secures $244M software integration contract
A McLean-based division of Huntington Ingalls Industries received a $244 million contract integrating software for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, the Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder announced Tuesday. Under the five-year, Naval Air Systems Command task order, HII’s Mission Technologies division will perform research, development, testing and evaluation to help in[...]
SAIC hires SVP of Navy unit
Barbara Graham has been hired as senior vice president of Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp.’s Navy business unit, SAIC announced Wednesday. Graham, who started Tuesday, will oversee the $1 billion SAIC unit, which serves U.S. Navy and Marine Corps customers. She reports to Bob Genter, president of SAIC’s defense and civilian […]
SAIC names SVP for Army biz unit
Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has named Josh Jackson to lead the company’s Army business unit. SAIC announced the promotion Wednesday. Jackson, who has been with the company since 2002, will be responsible for strategy and business development across the company’s solutions and services delivered to SAIC’s Army custome[...]
HII lands $2.4B contract for Navy’s next amphibious warship
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding has received a $2.4 billion contract modification for the construction of the Navy‘s fourth American-class amphibious assault ship (LHA 9), according to the Department of Defense. The fixed-price incentive contract includes options that could bring the cumulative value of the contract to $3.2 billion if exercis[...]
MetroStar Systems lands $155M contract from Marines
Reston-based MetroStar Systems Inc. has received a contract to provide the Marine Corps Technology Services Organization with business information systems support, the Pentagon announced Monday. The contract is a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum value of $155 million and a five-year ordering period. Fiscal 2022 funds totaling $5.92 million will be oblig[...]
CACI wins $123.4M defense health engineering contract
Reston-based CACI International Inc. has received a $123.4 million contract to continue providing health readiness engineering support for the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force via the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic, the company announced Tuesday. The South Carolina-based NIWC delivers health information through hardware and software to ensure medical readiness. Under the five [&h[...]
Rolls-Royce wins $854M Navy contract
Reston-based Rolls-Royce North America has received an $854.3 million contract from the Navy for engine repairs on C/KC-130 Hercules aircraft. The Pentagon announced the award Monday, naming Indianapolis-based Rolls-Royce Corp. as the recipient. Rolls-Royce Corp. falls under the British aerospace and defense company’s North American operations. Work involves depot level repairs to AE2100 D3 [...]
Northrop Grumman lands $338M helicopter avionics contract
Northrop Grumman has received a $338 million contract from the Navy for continued integration and development of the Marine Corps‘ H-1 helicopter fleet’s avionics systems and weapons. Under the contract, the Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace, defense and technology contractor will research alternatives to and investigate and document new capabilities and anomalies of H-1 avionic[...]
BAE Systems lands $173M contract for Marine combat vehicles
Arlington-based BAE Systems has received a $173 million contract modification for delivery of additional amphibious combat vehicles (ACVs) to the Marine Corps, the Department of Defense announced Friday. The modification, which exercises options to procure and produce 36 ACVs, brings the total value of the contract to more than $1.7 billion, according to the announcement. […]
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[...]
Youngkin announces multiple Cabinet, staff appointments
Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced Monday and Tuesday a series of staff and Cabinet appointments, including state secretary of veterans and defense affairs and his chief of staff. Youngkin named Craig Crenshaw as secretary of veterans and defense affairs and Daniel Gade as commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services. “Craig and Dan share my vision […]