Rolls-Royce wins $1B Navy contract
Reston-based Rolls-Royce North America has received a contract totaling more than $1 billion to support the engines that power the Navy’s fleet of T-45 Goshawk training jets. The Pentagon announced the award Thursday, naming Indianapolis-based Rolls-Royce Corp. as the recipient. Rolls-Royce Corp. falls under the British aerospace and defense company’s North American operations. Accordi[...]
Peraton lands $850M Pentagon contract
Herndon-based technology contractor Peraton will provide the Department of Defense with agile analytic platforms and data management solutions under a five year, $850 million contract, the company announced Wednesday. “Peraton is proud to continue our longstanding relationship with the DoD supporting the modernization of its data management capabilities,” Tom Afferton, president of PeratonR[...]
HII receives $826M defense contract
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries will provide technology and other support to the Department of Defense under a $826 million contract. According to a news release, HII’s McLean-based mission technologies division will also provide threat analysis and analytics support as well as operations integration and operational effects support. The work will support Defense Department s[...]
Acuity International receives $127M Air Force contract
Reston-based Acuity International LLC has received a $127 million Air Force contract to provide base operational and security support for Iraq’s F-16 program, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the contract, work will be performed at Iraq’s Martyr Brigadier General Ali Flaih Air Base and is expected to be completed by Jan. 30, 2023. […]
Va. Tech to lead cybersecurity workforce initiative
Virginia Tech has received a $1.5 million award to lead an initiative that could help close a gap in the cybersecurity workforce. The award, announced April 5, comes from the nonprofit Griffiss Institute, a New York-based STEM and defense technology incubator that runs the Department of Defense‘s Virtual Institutes for Cyber and Electromagnetic Spectrum Research […]