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Maxar public sector receives $192M NGA contract

Maxar Technologies’ -based public sector division has received a five-year contract worth up to $192 million from the , the company announced Wednesday.

Under the contract, , which has its corporate headquarters in Colorado, will provide the U.S. Foreign Commercial Imagery Program, which includes multiple U.S. allies and partners with services including high-resolution, electro-optical, synthetic aperture and products.

“Maxar is proud of our more than two decades’ experience supporting the sharing of critical, actionable geospatial information with U.S. allies and partners,” Tony Frazier, Maxar’s and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence, said in a statement. “Maxar’s high-resolution 2D and 3D imagery and data products are integral for high-confidence mapping, planning and operational support, helping end users make faster, better decisions and saving lives, resources and time.”

Maxar employs more than 450 workers in Virginia.

Report: Air taxis could land Va. $16B in new biz by 2045

Air taxis could generate up to $16 billion in new business in Virginia and carry as many as 66 million passengers by 2045, according to an economic impact study released Tuesday.

The report, commissioned by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp. and the state commerce and trade secretary, forecasts short, carbon-free flights connecting cities, suburbs and rural areas, allowing residents to jump on a quick flight from Winchester or to places like Richmond or . It also predicts a future in which the public can summon an air taxi using a smartphone app similar to Uber.

The study also examines the burgeoning advanced air mobility (AAM) industry and its transformative possibilities for Virginia residents, businesses, academia and the public sector, as well as on public safety. AAM uses a variety of electric and hydrogen-electric hybrid small aircraft, as well as , which can travel in airspace not traditionally used and perform tasks that aren’t performed by larger aircraft.

The report notes that the state has 66 public use airports, and only nine of those are used by commercial airlines. The remaining 57 airports are used for purposes including agricultural operations, medical services, flight schools and business aviation. While larger airlines avoid short flights and small cities, airlines including Delta, Virgin Atlantic, United, American and others have placed orders for AAM aircraft to expand their markets. Cities including Singapore, Munich, Paris, Los Angeles, Orlando and Dallas are planning to introduce AAM pilots in coming years, and market analyses have forecast a global opportunity of more than $1 trillion through 2045.

The Roads Executive Airport is planning a dedicated passenger vertiport for electrical vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicles, plus hydrogen fueling and electric charging areas, and Winchester Regional Airport has considered AAM in the design for a replacement terminal, plus building partnerships with AAM policy stakeholders including Langley Research Center and the National Renewable Energy Lab.

According to the report, the AAM industry will benefit Virginia in the following ways through 2045:

  • Generate $16 billion in new and related business activity, including manufacturing;
  • Add 10% or more growth to the state’s sector;
  • Produce $2.8 billion in local, state and federal tax revenues;
  • Add 17,000 full-time aerospace and other ;
  • Add employment and educational opportunities in all regions of the state.

“AAM is poised to boost Virginia‘s economy while creating thousands of high-paying jobs for a workforce that is increasingly becoming more technology-focused as we expand Virginia‘s leadership in the aerospace and drone industry to include multi-dimensional mobility that will attract manufacturers and investment from around the country,” said Bob Stolle, CEO and president of -based VIPC, the nonprofit, startup-funding arm of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority. VIPC was formed in November 2021 when the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) merged with four other state funds.

The study recommends the appointment of a state AAM executive director; investment in resources and attracting equipment manufacturers and associated supply chains; expansion of STEM programs; regulatory approvals; incorporating Washington, D.C. to explore economic partnerships, and the introduction of “living laboratories” to accelerate AAM growth in the state.

The , a collaboration between VIPC and the Virginia Department of Aviation, was established last year at the Virginia Unmanned Systems Center at VIPC and draws on about 100 stakeholders across the state in aerospace, government, industry, transportation, , real estate, academia and health care. The study draws on the experiences of the group.

Head of the class

Donald Alexander Jr. considered multiple schools, as well as the , before he landed at Norfolk State University in 2019.

The native grew up with strong ties to the university, one of Virginia’s two public . As an elementary schooler, Alexander went to summer camp on Norfolk State’s campus, and several aunts, uncles and cousins attended the school. His uncle, Melvin T. Stith Sr., a former dean at Florida State University, received his bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State and served as its interim president from 2017 to 2019.

After high school, Alexander attended a summer program offered by Norfolk State  to help him prepare for the academic experience, and fell in love with the . He also found comfort in building connections with peers who had similar backgrounds and experiences.

“We were in a time where racial profiling was active again. It was a big thing when I was going into college, and I feel like a lot of African Americans, when they choose , they choose them because of the comfortability that they will have,” says Alexander, now a 22-year-old senior majoring in computer science. The shared experience of an , he says, “allows you to have more to lean on, to have more people to get close with.” 

Virginia State University Provost Donald Palm says branding, social media and a state-sponsored program offering free tuition for eligible local students have helped fuel record enrollment. Palm photo by Shandell Taylor;
Virginia State University Provost Donald Palm says branding, social media and a state-sponsored program offering free tuition for eligible local students have helped fuel record . Palm photo by Shandell Taylor;

At a time when overall undergraduate enrollment is declining nationally, Alexander is among a wave of Black students who are choosing HBCUs over predominantly white colleges and universities.

According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, undergraduate enrollment in colleges and universities declined 4.2% from 2020 to 2022. Meanwhile, undergraduate enrollment at HBCUs grew 2.5% in fall 2022, reversing a 1.7% decline from the previous year. That growth was driven by a 6.6% increase in freshmen enrolling at HBCUs, the NSCRC noted.

Virginia’s 15 four-year public universities, including HBCUs Norfolk State and Virginia State University, are slightly ahead of national trends. Undergraduate enrollment declined 2% between fall 2020 and fall 2022, according to an analysis of data from the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia. Enrollment at Virginia private colleges that report data to SCHEV fell 4% during the same period.

However, during the same two-year period, VSU and NSU saw huge undergraduate enrollment boosts — increases of 18% and 7% — far outstripping their larger, predominantly white public counterparts. Only William & Mary came close to matching those increases, with a 9% enrollment boost from 2020 to 2022. By comparison, Longwood and Radford universities saw undergraduate enrollment decreases of 20% and 18%, respectively, during that same time.

Nationally, combined total enrollment at HBCUs grew 25% from 1980 to 2015, rising from 234,000 to 293,000. But that growth wasn’t as rapid as it was for all colleges and universities combined, which saw enrollment nearly double during the same time period, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. From 1976 to 2014, the percentage of Black college students attending HBCUs fell from 18% to 8%, a trend that has been reversing more recently.

Fall 2022 enrollment data from two of Virginia’s three private HBCUs, and Virginia Union universities, is incomplete, and neither granted Virginia Business’ requests for interviews. Virginia University of Lynchburg, another Virginia HBCU, does not report data to SCHEV because it does not receive state funding. VUL did not respond to interview requests from Virginia Business.

Social justice, strategic planning

Administrators at VSU and NSU say enrollment increases at their universities are a result of numerous factors and follows a trend seen nationally among the 101 HBCUs located across 19 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Juan Alexander, associate vice president for enrollment management at NSU, and VSU Provost Donald Palm, who is also senior vice president of academic and student success and engagement, cite the Black Lives Matter movement for helping to raise the visibility of HBCUs. Social justice rallies that swept the country in 2020 fueled greater corporate awareness for , equity and inclusion and sparked philanthropic giving to HBCUs, including record gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Scott’s 2021 donations of $30 million to VSU in 2020 and $40 million to NSU represented the largest gifts each university has ever received. She also gave a record $30 million to Hampton University in 2020.

While those donations also led to media exposure and are helping fund scholarships and other initiatives, including research laboratories, faculty and staff conferences and training, and venture capital funds at NSU, they also coincided with efforts to enhance admissions, says Alexander, who also credits the university’s marketing strategies and use of alumni in boosting enrollment.

NSU Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Juan Alexander says the university is one of only a few HBCUs that use the Common App. Alexander photo by Mark Rhodes

For example, Norfolk State had also been working to streamline and remove barriers to its admissions process. NSU’s Alexander (no relation to NSU senior Donald Alexander) says that around December 2021 the university joined the Common App, an undergraduate application that allows students to apply to as many as 1,000 member colleges and universities by using one form. That’s allowed NSU, which has only about five recruiters, to expand its reach to students it might not otherwise reach. Fewer than about a dozen HBCUs currently use the Common App, and about 30% of NSU’s incoming freshmen in fall 2022 applied using it, he says.

In addition, NSU added virtual college tours and virtual appointments, including with financial aid counselors. It also moved to a new customer relations portal that allows the university to keep in touch with students “at every stage” of the enrollment and application process.

“We’re up about 131% from last year in our freshman first-time acceptances … so that’s a good sign,” Alexander says. “It looks like we’re gonna have a pretty hefty freshman class again this coming fall.”

Meanwhile, VSU, located in Chesterfield County’s Ettrick area near Petersburg, broke a 30-year record for the 2022-23 academic year, enrolling more than 1,700 first-time freshmen and transfer students, for an increase of 550 new students over the previous academic year, which also broke enrollment records.

VSU launched a strategic plan in fall 2020. One prong of that plan includes improved marketing and branding efforts. Social media is an important part of that, and has gotten attention, Palm adds. “Our students are so engaged. That’s where are students are — on social media. So we are in the social media game.”

VSU ranked No. 27 among all NCAA Division II schools for overall social media engagement in 2022, according to social media marketing analysis company Rival IQ, but took the No. 1 spot on Twitter, with 19,043 engagements, and No. 3 on Facebook, with 151,362 engagements. 

Another program helping boost enrollment is the state-sponsored Virginia College Affordability Network. Launched in 2021 to support the state’s two public HBCUs, it provides free tuition for Pell Grant-eligible first-year students who live within 40 miles of VSU or within 45 miles of NSU. About 600 VSU students have taken advantage of the program and about 300 students have benefited from it at NSU.

The program has helped encourage some students who may have looked farther from home for their higher education to stay local, Palm says.

“We’re reaching those students who — many students want to go elsewhere — they want to leave home to go to college,” Palm says.

At NSU, Donald Alexander credits the personal attention and family atmosphere he’s found there with helping him push himself, something he’s unsure might have happened if he’d gone to a non-HBCU. He’s been a member of NSU’s student government, including its chief justice during the 2021 to 2022 academic year, and after the Black Lives Matter protests he served as an SGA liaison to handle student relations with campus police.

He likes that the university hosts “Soul Food Thursday,” offering Southern comfort foods like fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and cornbread.

“There’s nothing like an HBCU, honestly, and any HBCU student could attest to that,” he says. “The atmosphere there is unmatchable. It’s just something that is going to stick with you for the rest of your life.”

Sarah King contributed to this story.

Virginia HBCUs at a glance

Virginia has five historically Black colleges and universities, spread across Hampton Roads and Central Virginia. Some of the oldest in the nation, these institutions are a mix of public and privately run schools. 

Hampton University

Located in Hampton, the private, not-for-profit university is on
314 acres and has 3,317 students, 2,867 of them undergraduates.1 It was founded in 1868 as Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. In July 2022, Hampton welcomed its new president, retired U.S. Army Gen. Darrell K. Williams; he succeeds William R. Harvey, who had served as the university’s president since 1978.

Norfolk State University

The four-year public school near downtown Norfolk was founded in 1935. It has a 134-acre campus and has 5,786 students. NSU’s December 2021 commencement speech was delivered by music superstar and Virginia Beach native Pharrell Williams, who also hosted his Elephant in the Room business forum at NSU that year. NSU unveiled its 6,000-square-foot Micron-NSU Nanofabrication Cleanroom in October 2021.

Virginia State University

Virginia State University was founded in 1882 as one of Virginia’s two public land-grant institutions (the other is Virginia Tech). Located in Chesterfield County’s Ettrick area near Petersburg, its 231-acre campus overlooks the Appomattox River. VSU has 4,300 undergraduates and 348 graduate students.

Virginia Union University

The private university was founded in 1865. Hartshorn Memorial College, a women’s college established in Richmond in 1883, became part of VUU in 1932. Storer College, a Black Baptist college in West Virginia that closed in 1955, merged its endowment with VUU. The university has 1,730 students, 1,243 of them undergraduates.1

Virginia University of Lynchburg

Virginia University of Lynchburg traces its origins to the 1886 founding of the Lynchburg Baptist Seminary. Renamed over the
years, VUL was incorporated as Virginia University of Lynchburg
in 1996. The private not-for-profit school has 558 students, 217
of them undergraduates.1

1 National Center for Education Statistics

Boeing receives $2.25B Air Force tanker contract

Arlington-based Co. will help the expand its fleet of tanker aircraft under a $2.25 billion contract modification announced by the Friday.

The award covers the service’s ninth production lot and includes 15 of the tankers as well as data, subscriptions and licenses. To date, 68 KC-46A Pegasus tankers have been delivered and are operationally deployed worldwide, and the Air Force is on contract to buy 128 of the tankers.

The KC-46A Pegasus delivers fuel and data to the fleet and also provides cargo, personnel and aeromedical transportation. In September 2022, the Air Force Air Mobility Command approved the KC-46A for global operations including combat deployment.

“The combat-ready KC-46A is transforming the role of the tanker for the 21st century,” James Burgess, Boeing vice president and KC-46 program manager, said in a statement. “We’re proud to work side-by-side with the Air Force ensuring the Pegasus provides unmatched capabilities and continues to evolve for the U.S. and its allies’ global mission needs.”

Boeing, ranked No. 60 on the in 2022, builds the Pegasus aircraft on its 767 production line in Everett, Washington. The company said last week that it expects to hire 10,000 employees in 2023 to meet production needs, including increased deliveries of its 737 Max aircraft, Reuters reported.

Rocket Lab launches first mission from U.S. soil

After more than a month’s delay, Rocket Lab USA’s first from U.S. soil at ‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Accomack County blasted off Tuesday evening.

The mission, “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” lifted off around 6 p.m. EST from the company’s Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within the NASA facility, sending its 60-foot-tall rocket into space, where it successfully deployed three into low Earth orbit for -based satellite analytics company .

About 90 seconds after lift off, Electron’s nine Rutherford engines were propelling the rocket at speeds of about 3,000 kilometers per hour, or more than 1,800 miles per hour, according to video of the launch.

The Electron rocket launch from Virginia supplements Rocket Lab’s New Zealand-based Launch Complex 1 from which 31 Electron missions have previously taken off. Combined, the two pads can support more than 130 launch opportunities every year, Rocket Lab said in a news release. Launch Complex 2, which was built for Electron, is expected to support up to 12 missions annually.

“We’re immensely proud to have delivered mission success for HawkEye 360,” Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck said in a statement. “With Launch Complex 2, we set out to create a new path to orbit from U.S. soil after more than 30 Electron launches from New Zealand, and what could be more fitting for the first Virginia mission than launching a Virginia-built satellite? We couldn’t ask for better mission partners in HawkEye 360 and Virginia Space, and we look forward to many more missions together.”

The mission is the first of three planned with HawkEye 360 through 2024 as the company seeks to boost its ability to collect radio frequency data across the globe and expands its constellation to 18 satellites. HawkEye opened a new, 19,000-square-foot facility in Herndon in July to boost production of its satellites.

“We are happy to report that our Cluster 6 next-generation satellites have reached orbit and we look forward to ramping up operations in the weeks ahead and fully integrating them into our constellation,” HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini said in a statement. “We are grateful for our valued mission partners, Rocket Lab and the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, who worked alongside our fantastic HawkEye 360 team to make this inaugural Virginia launch a success.”

Rocket Lab initially announced in November 2022 that it had established a 13-day launch window in December 2022. That was set following progress by NASA in certifying its Autonomous Flight Termination Unit software, which is required to enable Electron launches from Virginia. The NASA Wallops Flight Facility blamed unfavorable weather conditions and range/airspace availability for delays on its social media.

Electron’s first U.S. launch brings even more visibility to Virginia’s as well as to the state’s space industry. Rocket Lab announced in February 2022 that it had selected Wallops Island as the location for its launch site and a new manufacturing and assembly complex for its new, reusable rocket, a move that is expected to bring 250 jobs.

“We are honored to support the launch of this historic mission,” , CEO and executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, known as Virginia Space, said in a statement. Virginia Space owns and operates the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops. “In addition to being Rocket Lab’s first and only U.S. launch location, we will also be building rockets and processing their payload right here in Accomack County — something that has never been done in Virginia. Our partnership with Rocket Lab is a unique opportunity for the commonwealth of Virginia to create long-term economic development opportunities in the form of high-paying , launch viewing tourism, and construction of new facilities on the Eastern Shore.”

 

HII names new exec VP, CIO

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries has promoted Chris Soong to and chief information officer, the federal contractor announced Tuesday.

Soong’s promotion is effective April 1. He served as at ‘s Mission Technologies division beginning in August 2021 and is replacing Bharat Amin who is retiring March 31.

Soong will be responsible for establishing HII’s IT and digital strategy with a focus on cybersecurity and will lead corporate IT governance and provide functional oversight in collaboration with HII’s business units.

“I want to thank Bharat for his leadership as HII’s first companywide CIO, specifically in the area of cybersecurity,” HII President Chris Kastner said in a statement. “Going forward, Chris has the experience and familiarity to hit the ground running and ensure a streamlined, secure digital infrastructure that supports the business and adds value for our key stakeholders.”

Soong joined HII with its $1.65 billion acquisition of Alion Science and Technology in 2021, where he served as CIO and senior vice president overseeing Alion’s corporate information technology group. He has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has held leadership positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. and Sprint Corp.

Soong has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech and a leadership certificate from the of Maryland. He also was a participant in the CIO Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. Soong was named the corporate category winner of the 2020 Capital CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards, was recognized as “One to Watch” by CIO Magazine and was named among the Asian American Business Development Center’s “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business.”

The nation’s largest military shipbuilder, HII employs more than 44,000 workers and is Virginia’s largest industrial employer. Its Newport News Shipbuilding division is the United States’ only manufacturer of -powered aircraft carriers. HII posted $10.54 billion in annual revenue for fiscal 2022, up from $9.52 billion for fiscal 2021.

Prism Maritime receives $250M Navy contract

-based Prism Maritime LLC has received a contract valued up to $250.8 million to install, modify and upgrade various combat systems for the , Coast Guard and for foreign militaries, according to the .
The cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-type contract, announced Friday, will continue through October 2027 if all options are exercised. Work will be performed on shore at land-based test facilities, shipyards and onboard ships in port or at sea for the Navy, Coast Guard and at foreign military sale locations and supports the Alteration Installation Team at Port Hueneme Division in California.
Fiscal 2023 funds totaling $10,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Prism was among three contractors to submit a bid. In 2021, the company announced it would invest $4 million to construct two 12,000-square-foot building for manufacturing, lab and storage .

VersAbility Resources lands $140M Air Force contract

Hampton-based VersAbility Resources Inc. has received a $140.7 million contract to support mail and postal service center support at installations across the U.S., the announced Friday.

The firm-fixed-price, indefinitely delivery contract was a sole source acquisition and work is expected to be complete by Jan. 17, 20s3.

Founded in 1953, VersAbility Resources serves more than 1,800 with disabilities and their families annually with a variety of services, including employment programs and business partnerships that provide staffing solutions.

 

Amazon Web Services to invest $35B in Va. data center campuses

Amazon Web Services plans to invest $35 billion by 2040 to establish multiple campuses across Virginia, creating 1,000 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday.

Youngkin’s office said in a news release that “numerous localities in the commonwealth are under consideration” for the campuses, and specific sites “will be decided at a later date.”

established its first and operations facilities in Virginia in 2006. AWS has invested $35 billion in Virginia between 2011 and 2020, according to an economic impact study released by the company. It has 8,800 full-time AWS employees, as of Sept. 2021, the study says, but in total supported 13,500 jobs through data center construction and operation. It built a new corporate office in in 2017 and opened the first office in .com Inc’s new HQ2 East Coast headquarters, in , in 2019, according to the study.

AWS added 1,400 new full-time positions in 2021 and more than 1,000 contract-based data center roles in areas including security, facility maintenance, electrical and mechanical contracting, according to the study.

“AWS has a significant presence in Virginia, and we are excited that AWS has chosen to continue their growth and expand their footprint across the commonwealth,” Youngkin said in a statement. “Virginia will continue to encourage the development of this new generation of data center campuses across multiple regions of the commonwealth. These areas offer robust utility infrastructure, lower costs, great livability, and highly educated workforces and will benefit from the associated and increased tax base, assisting the schools and providing services to the community.”

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with the ‘s Major Employment and Investment (MEI) Project Approval Commission to secure the AWS expansion for Virginia.

Pending General Assembly approval, the commonwealth is developing a new state Mega Data Center Incentive Program, which AWS would be eligible for. The program would include an up to 15-year extension of data center sales and use tax exemptions on qualifying equipment and enabling software. Also subject to General Assembly approval, AWS would be eligible to receive an MEI custom performance grant of up to $140 million, including site and infrastructure improvements, workforce development and other project-related costs.

The issue of data centers and their locations have become a controversial topic in recent years. Legislation proposed by Del. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, seeks to slow or stop the proposed Digital Gateway in , while a joint resolution filed by state Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, asks the state’s Department of Energy to study the impacts of data centers on the commonwealth, including how they affect the economy, energy and climate change, WTOP reported. In Fauquier County, residents have fought a proposed 220,000-square-foot AWS data center, citing noise concerns. A public hearing and a vote on the matter is set for Feb. 14, according to the Fauquier Times.

In Loudoun County alone, AWS has 65 data centers in operation or in development.

“It’s always great news to see the commonwealth invest in great businesses and in our most important industries. has been actively investing in Loudoun for more than a decade and is one of our largest taxpayers,” Buddy Rizer, executive director for Loudoun County’s economic development department, said in a statement. “Importantly, they are also one of our most active corporate citizens, making major investments in our school system, Northern Virginia Community College and in other important social initiatives in the county. We’re proud to say that Northern Virginia is home to more AWS facilities than anywhere in the world, with more than 65 data centers in operation or in development in Loudoun alone. To see their continued growth in our county and throughout Virginia is great for everyone involved.”

BWXT names general counsel

Lynchburg-based has promoted . to senior vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary, the Fortune 1000 federal contractor announced Wednesday.

The promotion was effective Tuesday. Whitford, who joined in 2017 and has most recently served as vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant corporate secretary, replaced Thomas E. McCabe, who will retire Aug. 1. McCabe will serve as special adviser to BWXT CEO and President until his retirement.

In his new role, Whitford will be responsible for BWXT’s legal, ethics and compliance functions and serve as an executive liaison and secretary to the board of directors.

“As a part of our succession planning process, we are extremely fortunate to have someone of Chip’s caliber and experience fully ready to take on this crucial position for BWXT,” Geveden said in a statement. “We wish Tom McCabe, our outgoing general counsel, all the best in retirement and appreciate him staying with us in an advisory capacity through July 2023.”

Whiffed served as in-house counsel for companies in the manufacturing, financial services and software industries prior to joining BWXT. He served as general counsel and secretary of Tasty Baking Co., which makes Tastykake snacks; vice president, legal and assistant secretary of financial services company PHH Corp.; associate general counsel and assistant secretary of tobacco manufacturer Lorillard Inc.; and group vice president, associate general counsel and assistant secretary of Rimini Street Inc., which provides third-party software support.

Whitford began his legal career in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics and English from the of Michigan and a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

This is the second job-related announcement for BWXT in 2023. On Jan. 2, the company announced that it had named Omar Meguid as a senior vice president and to the new role of chief digital officer.