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Class A office, industrial space in high demand
Leaders of a regional engineering firm figured finding office space in the Town Center of Virginia Beach would be a breeze. Newspapers were reporting that demand for offices was down
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Hydrogen catches big air in Newport News
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Already home to a nascent 176-turbine wind farm off the coast of Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads is expanding its foray into the clean energy industry with the creation of a
General Dynamics, HII subsidiaries receive $14.58B in Navy contracts
Contractors will build 10 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers during next decade
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Reston-based General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary and Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding will construct Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers for the Navy during the next 10 years
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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CHRISTOPHER D. KASTNER
PRESIDENT AND CEO, HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, NEWPORT NEWS
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Kastner has now completed his first year as head of the nation’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries, which owns Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia’s largest industrial employer. He was
Finance | Insurance 2023: TOM RYAN
PRESIDENT AND CEO, LANGLEY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, NEWPORT NEWS
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Ryan’s business philosophy is simple: “Take great care of your team and they’ll take care of our [customers], and the business will take care of itself.” Ryan joined Langley Federal
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JENNIFER BOYKIN
PRESIDENT, NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, NEWPORT NEWS
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After receiving her bachelor’s degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a master’s in engineering management from George Washington University, Boykin began her career at Newport
Manufacturing 2023: KAI FRIEDRICH
MANAGING DIRECTOR, LIEBHERR USA, NEWPORT NEWS
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Friedrich has worked for Swiss equipment manufacturer Liebherr Group for almost 20 years, and after holding management roles in Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Switzerland, he joined Liebherr’s U.S. operations
Real Estate 2023: RONALD J. LAUSTER JR.
PRESIDENT, W.M. JORDAN, NEWPORT NEWS
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Lauster joined W.M. Jordan in 1997 and became its president in 2018. He has managed notable projects such as the Ferguson Center for the Arts at Christopher Newport University and
Bon Secours taps Mary Immaculate Hospital president
Alan George comes from Georgia hospital
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Alan George, a former health care executive from Georgia, started as president of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News this week, the health care system announced Tuesday. George
Navy awards $1.1B more for sub construction
General Dynamics, Newport News Shipbuilding sharing construction duties for Virginia-class subs
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General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received nearly $1.1 billion more from the Navy to continue building Virginia-class submarines, and its teammate, Newport News Shipbuilding, has received