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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 [...]
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, […]
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[...]
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[...]
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 […]
Perspecta locks down $519M in classified programs
Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. announced Thursday it has been awarded multiple classified programs worth a total value of more than $519 million to provide mission support to U.S. government customers. Perspecta will provide services including high-end systems engineering and integration, data analytics, cybersecurity, cloud/IT services and software development, according to a c[...]
Centreville defense contractor wins $50.6M contract
Centreville-based Parsons Corp. has received a $50.6 million, six-year contract contract from the U.S. Air Force for 13 ground vehicles that clear mines and unexploded ammunition, the company announced Oct. 1. The military branch awarded Parsons the contract Sept. 23, with a completion date of Sept. 2023. The vehicles are known as RADBO, or Recovery […]
Smithfield Foods announces RedWhiteandCool program to hire vets
Smithfield Foods Inc. and the Refrigerating Engineers and Technicians Association (RETA) on Tuesday announced RedWhiteandCool — an initiative to recruit, train and hire transitioning military veterans into the refrigeration industry as refrigeration technicians. Smithfield Foods is a founding sponsor of the program. “There is a shortage of skilled labor in our country and the commercial [&hell[...]
