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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. […]
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 […]
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[...]
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 […]
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[...]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Naval operations building in Suffolk sells for $33M
The U.S. Fleet Cyber Command Center of Operations, a 114,045-square-foot building in Suffolk, has changed ownership. The building, part of a secure naval operations campus, sold for $33.25 million, according to Colliers Government Solutions. It is located at 115 Lake View Parkway in Suffolk. The seller of the building is Salus Group, and Colliers declined […]
Ship repair contractor expanding Norfolk presence
Advanced Integrated Technologies (AIT), a ship repair contractor for the Navy, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command and U.S. marine, industrial and commercial industries, will invest $500,000 to expand its Norfolk operations and add 76 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The Norfolk-based company will increase capacity at its location in Norfolk Industrial Park, off Ingleside […]
BAE Systems receives $145M ship repair contract
BAE Systems’ Norfolk Ship Repair will repair, modernize and maintain the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze under a $145 million contract, the Pentagon announced Friday. Work will be performed in Norfolk and is part of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer’s scheduled depot modernization. The contract includes options that would bring its value up to $161 million […]
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[...]
