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Maximus lands $6.6B Medicare call center contract
Maximus Inc. won an up to $6.6 billion contract for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for contact center operations, the Tysons-based federal contractor announced Thursday. Under the contract, which has a one-year base period and nine one-year options, Maximus will continue supporting CMS’ contact center. The contact center operations contract handles more 35 […]
SAIC receives $163M Navy contract
Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. on Thursday announced it has been awarded a $163 million Navy contract to maintain enterprise networks for shore-based commands and support command and control of the services’ deployed units. The work includes design, development, integration, modernization and life cycle support as well as network components and service solutions. Work will […][...]
Artemis I to launch with help from Va. contractors
EDITOR’S NOTE: Monday’s launch was scrubbed by NASA shortly after 8:33 a.m. because of an engine issue. Weather permitting, if the Artemis 1 moon mission launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning as planned, it will be powered in part by the work of Virginia-based contractors. The uncr[...]
Leidos to partner with Project HOPE to aid Ukraine
As Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in February, Leidos employees took to an internal blog and emailed senior executives to demonstrate support for the Eastern European nation. CEO Roger Krone remembers one employee who had family in the country and wanted to get them out. Six months later, the Reston-based Fortune 500 defen[...]
BWX Technologies hires new chief admin officer
Lynchburg-based BWX Technologies Inc. has hired Robert “Bob” Duffy as its senior vice president and chief administrative officer, the nuclear components and fuel supplier announced Monday. He starts Aug. 29. Duffy will take the place of Rick Loving, BWXT’s current chief administrative officer, who announced his[...]
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 ae[...]
SAIC receives $319M Air Force contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has received a $319 million contract to modernize and maintain the Air Force’s Falconer weapon system, the company announced Wednesday. Under the Falconer Air Operations Center Weapon System Sustainment contract, an SAIC team will work wit[...]
BMK Ventures to move, expand in Va. Beach
Virginia Beach-based BMK Ventures Inc. plans to invest about $6.9 million in a new headquarters elsewhere in the city and add 20 jobs. The company, which provides medical supplies to government customers including the military, first responders and others, will move from its location at 1112 Jensen Drive to Corporate Landing Business Park, between General […]
Kaléo launches government biz unit
Richmond-based Kaléo on Thursday announced the formation of a new government business unit to focus on domestic and international procurement of the company’s system to reverse the effect of weaponized opioids as well as to provide access to it for military and civilian stockpiles. Kaléo’s Rapid Opioid Countermeasure S[...]
Guidehouse consolidates national security, defense segments
McLean-based Guidehouse is consolidating its national security and defense units, the global management consulting firm announced Monday. Ed Meehan, who has led the company’s defense unit, will become chief growth officer for Guidehouse. Meehan has worked in the public and commercial sectors, and has delivered digital tr[...]
SES completes $450M purchase of Leonardo DRS satellite biz
Reston-based satellite telecommunications company SES Government Solutions has completed its $450 million acquisition of Arlington-based Leonardo DRS Inc.’s Global Enterprise Solutions satellite communications subsidiary following receiving regulatory approval. SES Government Solutions, a subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications network company, announced the deal’s completion Aug. 1. Leonardo DRS, a s[...]
General Dynamics subsidiaries land new defense contracts
Subsidiaries of Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor General Dynamics Corp. have received multiple defense contracts in recent weeks totaling more than $1.6 billion with the potential for more. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that the company’s San Diego-based National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. received an $890 million modification to a contract for construction of the seventh […]
