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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze arrives in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal/U.S. Navy
Sep 7, 2023

General Dynamics, HII subsidiaries receive $14.58B in Navy contracts

Reston-based General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary and Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding will construct Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers for the Navy during the next 10 years under contracts valued up to $14.58 billion. The Pentagon announced the contracts Aug. 1 but did not specify the total until Wednesday. The fixed-price ince[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Transportation 2023: REAR ADM. WESLEY McCALL

McCall became the Navy’s mid-Atlantic commander in May after Rear Adm. Christopher “Scotty” Gray was promoted to lead the Navy Installations Command in Washington, D.C. McCall previously commanded Navy Region Southeast, which includes operations in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and much of the Southeastern United States. He was based in Jacksonville, Florida, at its Naval Air […]

Jun 28, 2023

After protests, CACI prevails on $5.7B Air Force IT contract

After rounds of protest from other bidders, Reston-based CACI International Inc. announced Tuesday that it will transform the Air Force’s IT service delivery for more than 800,000 airmen and Space Force guardians under a $5.7 billion contract. Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS) Wave 1, an Air Force initiative, includes transforming the Air Force’s […]

Jun 21, 2023

RTX’s Raytheon lands $1.15B missiles contract

Arlington County-based Raytheon, a business unit of newly rebranded aerospace and defense contractor RTX, will produce Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles for the U.S. Air Force and Navy as well as foreign militaries under a $1.15 billion contract announced by the Pentagon Tuesday. The contract includes missiles, the AMRAAM telemetry system, spares and other production […]

Jun 20, 2023

GDIT receives $383M Navy contract

Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. will help train more than 100,000 U.S. Navy and allied sailors on surface combat systems under a $383 million contract announced June 15. The contract, awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren on behalf of the service’s Surface Combat Systems Training Command, has a one-year base and […]

May 25, 2023

General Dynamics subsidiary to build ninth Navy oiler

A subsidiary of Reston-based General Dynamics Corp. has received a $736 million contract modification for detail design and construction of the ninth replenishment oiler in the Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet, the Pentagon announced Monday. San Diego-based National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. is expected to begin construction of T-AO 213 in the third quarter of 2025. […]

In March 2021, General Dynamics was awarded a $2.4 billion contract option to build a 10th Virginia-class submarine in collaboration with Newport News Shipbuilding. Photo by Ashley Cowan/Newport News Shipbuilding
May 24, 2023

Navy awards $1.1B more for sub construction

General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received nearly $1.1  billion more from the Navy to continue building Virginia-class submarines, and its teammate, Newport News Shipbuilding, has received a $305 million chunk of that award to procure long-lead time material and components for the next two hulls. The contract modification, announced by the […]

May 24, 2023

SAIC lands $249M Navy air warfare contract

Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. will continue servicing combat instrumentation platforms used by the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division for training and test evaluation under a potential $249 million contract, the Fortune 500 contractor announced Tuesday. Under the contract, SAIC will perform systems design and integration, hardware and software upgrades and modificati[...]

After graduating a Navy-funded manufacturing training program managed by the Institute for Advanced Learning in Research in Danville last year, Madeline Davis now works as a CNC machinist for Fairlead Integrated in Portsmouth, where she makes metal parts for Navy submarines. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Apr 27, 2023

Propulsion system

Madeline Davis has never set foot on a Navy submarine, so she doesn’t get to see the products she makes in action. Davis is a CNC (computer numerical control) machinist at Fairlead Integrated in Portsmouth, where she makes metal parts for the Navy’s silent service. The defense contractor supplies shipboard integrated parts, including for the […]

Apr 20, 2023

Raytheon wins $308M contract for Navy destroyer work

Arlington-based Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s Missiles & Defense business has received a $308.4 million contract modification for combat systems work on the Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Work includes combat system installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance and modernization of Zumwalt-class mission s[...]

Apr 20, 2023

Boeing lands $313.4M Super Hornet life extension contract

Arlington-based Boeing Co. has received a $313.4 million contract modification to upgrade and extend the service life of 25 Navy Super Hornet jet fighters, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The contract includes non-recurring engineering, system engineering program management and Block III avionics upgrades to extend the service life up F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets from 6,000 flight […]

Apr 3, 2023

Raytheon receives $1.2B missile contract

Arlington County-based Raytheon Technologies Corp. will produce its Patriot missile systems for Switzerland under a $1.2 billion U.S. Army foreign military sales contract. The contract, announced by the Pentagon March 28, includes five Patriot units as well as the company’s Guidance Enhanced Missile, or GEM-T, a Patriot missile variant used to defeat tactical ballistic missiles, […]

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