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Leidos buys Aussie special missions biz
Acquisition from Cobham Ltd. adds to Leidos' Australian portfolio
Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. has entered into an agreement with British technology aerospace manufacturer Cobham Ltd. to purchase the special missions business from its Australia-based Cobham
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PAE aviation division receives $136.5M Air Force contract
Will provide aerial target mission ops, maintenance services
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Arlington-based PAE Aviation and Technical Services LLC has received a $136.5 million contract to provide aerial target operations and maintenance for the Air Force, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Under the
Averett students take flight at Danville airport
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Times are changing at Danville Regional Airport. Averett University became the airport’s fixed-base operator in July 2021, replacing General Aviation Inc., a family-owned business which served as the FBO for
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Airbus U.S. Space & Defense promotes COO to CEO
Robert Geckle has worked with Airbus in multiple countries
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Robert Geckle has been promoted to be the CEO of Arlington-based aerospace and aviation contractor Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc., moving up from serving as the chief operating officer
Aery Aviation to add 211 jobs, expand Newport News HQ
Government contractor to build new hangar and engineering tech center
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Newport News-based defense contractor Aery Aviation LLC will add 211 jobs with the $15.3 million expansion of its headquarters in Newport News, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The aviation company
Intelsat closes $400M cash deal for commercial aviation business
McLean-based satellite telecom firm acquires division from in-flight broadband provider Gogo
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McLean-based communications satellite services provider Intelsat Corp. announced Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of in-flight broadband connectivity provider Gogo Inc.’s commercial aviation business for $400 million in cash. The
Arlington logistics, security company names CFO
Josh Golden joins Cambridge International Systems Inc.
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Arlington-based Cambridge International Systems Inc. announced Tuesday it has hired Josh Golden as chief financial officer. With more than 25 years of experience, Golden was most recently the CFO and
ROA passenger traffic up 7.1% from last year
The airport serves approximately 719,000 passengers per year.
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The Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport’s (ROA) January grew 7.1% on a year-over-year basis, with 53,016 passengers flying in January 2020, the airport announced Friday. ROA has sustained passenger growth since September
Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport saw 17.7% increase in December
300 more passengers flew daily in December
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The Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) saw a traffic increase of 17.7% increase from December 2018 to December 2019, the airport announced Tuesday. For the year, ROA saw an 8.9% overall
Richmond International Airport broke passenger record in 2019
RIC handled more than 4.3M passengers in the past year.
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Richmond International Airport (RIC) handled a record 4.3 million passengers in 2019 — a 7.4% bump from 12 months ago. In December 2019, RIC had a passenger traffic count of