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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, performs a sortie above the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 3, 2024. The F-16, originally from Holloman Air Force Base, executed a routine flying pattern for training. Photo courtesy U.S. Air National Guard, by Airman 1st Class Halley Clark
Dec 20, 2024

Leidos lands $987M Air Force contract

Leidos has won an up to $987 million Air Force contract to provide sustainment support for F-16 Foreign Military Sales customers, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Thursday. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a supersonic multirole fighter aircraft used for air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. General Dy[...]

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Dec 5, 2024

HII division lands $6.7B Air Force contract

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division a $6.7 billion contract to provide electronic warfare engineering and technical services support, according to a Thursday announcement from the defense contractor.  The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract is [...]

USS Green Bay (LPD 20) departed San Diego for forward deployment to the Navy's 7th Fleet in 2015. Photo by U.S. Navy/MCCS Donnie W. Ryan.
Dec 3, 2024

BAE Systems wins up to $238M Navy ship repair contract

Falls Church-based federal contractor BAE Systems Inc. has won a Navy contract worth up to $238.8 million to maintain, modernize and repair a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. The Department of Defense announced the $212 million firm-fixed-price contract award, which has options that would bring its cumulative va[...]

Nov 26, 2024

Maximus announces feds have backed off $6.6B contract rebid

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct an error in the original version, which incorrectly stated that the contract, not the rebidding process, had been canceled. Tysons-based Maximus, a government contractor specializing in administrative support for Medicare and Medicaid, announced Tuesday that the U.S. Depart[...]

GDIT received two contracts worth a combined $330 million to provide training support services to the Army.
Nov 26, 2024

GDIT wins $330M in Army training support contracts

Falls Church federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology has won two Army contracts totaling $330 million, the General Dynamics subsidiary announced Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command – Orlando awarded the task orders to GDIT in August as part of the $975 million Mission Training Complex Capabilities Supp[...]

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Nov 26, 2024

Unanet acquires D.C. AI firm

Dulles-based software company Unanet has acquired Washington, D.C.-based GovPro AI, Unanet announced Friday. Unanet did not disclose financial details of the transaction, which it completed in November. Unanet provides project-based enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software solutions for governme[...]

USS Wasp in Norfolk Ship Repair in June 2021. Photo courtesy BAE Systems.
Nov 21, 2024

BAE Systems lands $202M in Navy ship repair contracts

Falls Church-based BAE Systems Inc.’s Norfolk Ship Repair unit has received two U.S. Navy contracts worth a combined $202 million for maintenance, modernization and repair of two vessels. The U.S. arm of British defense giant BAE Systems announced the awards Monday. Its shipyard employees and their subcontractors will begin wo[...]

a multi-beam, multi-band ground terminal on a production floor
Nov 20, 2024

AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo for $4.1B

AeroVironment, an Arlington County defense contractor, announced this week it will purchase aerospace and defense tech firm BlueHalo for approximately $4.1 billion in an all-stock transaction. Also based in Arlington, BlueHalo is owned by private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners and works in space technologies, counter-unc[...]

Nov 14, 2024

Paragon Systems fined $52M for alleged fraud

Herndon-based federal contractor Paragon Systems agreed Tuesday to pay $52 million to resolve allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that Paragon used its own subsidiaries to fraudulently win small business set-aside contracts, violating the federal False Claims and Anti-Kickback acts. The company is one of the federal go[...]

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Nov 6, 2024

Accenture Federal Services wins $1.6B task order

Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a task order of up to $1.6 billion to scale and enhance Cloud One, the cloud computing platforms available to the U.S. Department of Defense that are managed by the Air Force, the Arlington County federal contractor announced last week.  “Accenture Federal Services will help the U.S[...]

Soldiers stand next to a tank.
Nov 1, 2024

Army awards $676M contracts for weapon system

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $676 million contract to continue manufacturing the TOW weapon system, which provides heavy anti-tank guided missile capability, RTX, the Arlington County parent company of Raytheon, a defense contractor, announced Wednesday.  Two separate awards consist of a $430 million contract for FY 202[...]

Todd Gentry, president of the All-Domain Operations group in HII's Mission Technologies division
Nov 1, 2024

HII’s Mission Technologies secures $3B DOD contract

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division won a $3 billion contract to provide the Department of Defense logistics and intelligence support and technology. Under the Logistics Services, ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance] Operations and Next-Gen Technology (LOGIX) task order, the[...]

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