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Federal Contracting

Jan 11, 2024

HII names two legislative affairs execs

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries has promoted Peter Courtney to corporate vice president of legislative affairs and hired Betsy Bina Benedict as director of legislative affairs. Courtney was previously HII’s director of legislative affairs and takes the place of Carolyn Apostolou, who retired in December 20[...]

Jan 9, 2024

SAIC lands $375M Navy contract

Science Applications International Corp. has won a $375 million U.S Navy contract supporting the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Tuesday. Under the five-year contract, SAIC will provide Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) fielding and integration on land-based vehicle platforms in continental and overseas[...]

Rick Schult. Photo courtesy Amyx
Jan 8, 2024

Amyx announces new COO

Amyx has appointed Rick Schult as its new chief operating officer, the Reston-based federal contractor announced Monday. Schult will manage more than 600 employees. He succeeds John Selman, who served as COO since 2021. Amyx announced Selman’s retirement on Thursday. Schult joins Amyx from QinetiQ US, where he was most recentl[...]

Jan 5, 2024

General Dynamics names new CFO, makes other leadership changes

Reston-based General Dynamics, the world’s sixth-largest aerospace and defense company, announced a slew of personnel changes Friday, including a new chief financial officer. Kim Kuryea, currently senior vice president of human resources and administration, will become General Dynamics’ CFO on Feb. 15, replacing Jason Aiken,[...]

Jan 4, 2024

V2X awarded $190M Army contract

The U.S. Army has awarded McLean-based aerospace and defense contractor V2X a contract worth $190 million to provide training support and instruction in Kuwait and other locations. The fixed-price contract will span five years, according to V2X’s Thursday announcement, and is part of the U.S. Army Central Command Training and Range Operations Maintenance Services contract […]

A StormBreaker smart weapon. Photo courtesy RTX
Jan 3, 2024

RTX subsidiary wins $345M Air Force contract

Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County-based aerospace and defense contractor RTX, won a $344.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Raytheon will produce more than 1,500 StormBreaker smart weapons, which are air-to-surface, network-enabled weapons that can engage moving t[...]

Dec 28, 2023

HawkEye 360 acquires RF Solutions

Herndon-based HawkEye 360 has acquired RF Solutions from Westminster, Colorado-based Maxar Intelligence, the satellite analytics company announced last week. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. It’s the first acquisition for HawkEye 360 and gives the company ownership of two new satellites, intellectua[...]

Dec 20, 2023

16 Va. companies receive LGBTQ inclusivity awards

Sixteen Virginia companies received the top score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index, released in November. Nationally, more than 1,384 companies, including 378 Fortune 500 companies, participated in the organization’s 21st Corporate Equality Index (CEI) survey. Companies that do not[...]

Dec 19, 2023

Parsons lands $250M classified contract

Parsons won a classified federal contract valued at more than $250 million, the Chantilly-based Fortune 1000 defense contractor announced Tuesday. “This award represents a critical task that the corporation and its acquired companies have been performing for over a decade,” according to a Parsons news release. The contract has a base period of one year […]

Dec 11, 2023

SAIC reorganizes C-suite, with changes effective in Feb.

Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Monday that it is reorganizing its business, leading to four executives’ promotions and the departure of two others, effective Feb. 2, 2024. SAIC’s defense and civilian sector and national security and space sector will be replaced by five new business groups: Army, Navy, Air […][...]

Dec 8, 2023

Noblis CIO set to retire in April 2024

Gail Hogan, Noblis’ chief information officer and vice president, will retire after 44 years, the not-for-profit federal contractor announced Thursday. Her last day is April 5, 2024. In addition to overseeing the company’s IT workforce, Hogan assumed leadership for Noblis’ facilities, real estate and corporate asset management. Noblis has started an executive search for the […]

Dec 1, 2023

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney division receives $701M aircraft contract

Arlington-based defense giant RTX’s Pratt & Whitney aerospace division in Connecticut will provide sustainment and other support services for propulsion systems on the F-35 fighter jet under a $701 million modification to a Navy contract. Pratt & Whitney will provide program management, propulsion integration, engi[...]

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