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Aug 3, 2021

Huntington Ingalls Industries lands $346M contract to assist U.S. Africa Command

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Technical Solutions division won a contract with a potential value of $346 million to provide personnel recovery and casualty evacuation services for the Department of Defense‘s U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) and partner nations, it announced Monday. The One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services task order, issued by the Federal[...]

Jun 25, 2021

F-22 fighter jet training unit will relocate to Joint Base Langley-Eustis

The U.S. Air Force is relocating the branch’s only advanced training unit for F-22 Raptor fighter jets from Florida to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, bringing some 2,300 people to the region, the Air Force confirmed to the Air Force Times newspaper on Wednesday, June 23. “We are thrilled to welcome the F-22 Raptor formal […]

Jun 18, 2021

Leidos subsidiary wins nearly $1B health care contract

A subsidiary company of Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a U.S. Army contract potentially worth nearly $1 billion to provide commercial health services to all U.S. military reserve forces, Leidos announced this week. Leidos acquired QTC Management Inc., which is based in San Dimos, California, in 2016. The $999 million contract […]

Jun 10, 2021

SAIC wins $126M Army task order

Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was awarded a $126 million, single-award task order to research and develop modeling and simulation enhancements for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Michigan, the company announced Thursday. Under the five-year task order from the Department of Defen[...]

Mar 29, 2021

Accenture Federal Services lands $453M VA contract

Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services has won a $453 million contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to modernize and improve G.I. Bill claims processing for veterans, service members and their families, announced March 29. The seven-month contract, which includes nine one-year options, is part of legislation intended to improve the speed and accuracy of […]

Mar 22, 2021

Va. Beach-based ADS wins $91.6M DOD contract

Virginia Beach-based Atlantic Diving Supply won a $91.6 million contract to support weapons system programs for the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. The equipment vendor won the contract from the DOD’s Defense Logistics Agency, which awarded ADS a $100 million, five-year contract earlier this month. […]

ACVs are designed to transport Marines from naval ships to shore and achieved initial operational capability status in November 2020.
Feb 12, 2021

BAE Systems awarded additional $184M for Marines amphibious vehicle

Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems has received a $184 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for more Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) under a contract option. In December, BAE Systems received approval to begin full-rate production of ACVs and received a $184 million contract modification to produce an initial 36 vehicles for the service branch’s […]

Leidos Health Group President Elizabeth “Liz” Porter. Photo courtesy Leidos
Feb 4, 2021

Leidos lands $2B contract to provide military counseling

Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday it has received a $2 billion contract to provide nonmedical counseling to military service members and their families through the Department of Defense‘s Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program. Under the contract, Leidos will provide face-to-face nonmedical counseling, consultation and outreach [...]

Dec 30, 2020

PAE awarded $152M task orders for military aircraft maintenance support

Falls Church-based PAE has been awarded two new business task orders to support aircraft maintenance with a combined value of up to $151.8 million. The task orders were awarded under the U.S. Air Force Contract Field Team Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity services contract, which has a ceiling value of $11.4 billion. Through these awards, […]

Dec 28, 2020

Arlington-based Magellan Federal gets $111M for DOD personnel assistance services

Arlington-based Magellan Federal, a subsidiary of Phoenix-based Magellan Health Inc., has secured a potential five-year, $111 million contract from Washington Headquarters Services to help Department of Defense employees maintain work-life balance. According to the DOD, Magellan will help the Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service manage an employee assistance program under the indefinite-del[...]

Nov 24, 2020

Navy selects Leidos for $82M medical study contract

Leidos Holdings Inc., a Reston-based defense, aviation, information technology and biomedical research company, has been selected by Naval Medical Logistics Command to continue studying warfighter performance and operational medicine in support of the Naval Health Research Center. Under a potential five-year, $82 million contract, Leidos will employ a data-driven research modeling approach to augm[...]

Nov 17, 2020

Hampton Roads Navy installations under increased COVID-19 restrictions

U.S. Navy personnel in Hampton Roads were ordered Tuesday to restrict their travel to work, home and essential stops, and avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people. Rear Adm. Charles W. Rock, commander of the Navy’s mid-Atlantic region, issued the order after an increase in COVID-19 cases. The following restrictions — labeled “Health […]

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