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Manassas company to develop short takeoff, landing aircraft for Air Force
Electra developing $85M prototype that can operate in soccer field-sized spaces
Manassas-based aerospace company Electra.aero Inc. has received a Strategic Funding Increase award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX arm that secures up to $85 million for development of a prototype
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Reston contractor lands $235M extension for Iraq base support
Acuity International contract with Air Force extends into 2024
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A subsidiary of Reston-based federal contractor Acuity International LLC won a $235.6 million U.S. Air Force contract modification to provide base support and security services for the Iraq F-16 program,
HII taps Northrop Grumman exec as new VP
Mike Aldinger to be vice president of LVC training solutions
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Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Wednesday it has hired Mike Aldinger as vice president of the live, virtual, constructive (LVC) training solutions department in its technical solutions division. Aldinger joins Newport
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Leidos wins $531M Air Force task order
Reston contractor will support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations
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Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a potentially $531 million task order from the Air Combat Command (ACC) Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC), the company announced
Northrop Grumman wins $109M Air Force contract modification
Work will be done in South Korea and Arizona
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Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $108.8 million U.S. Air Force contract modification, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the contract,
Alexandria firm secures $164M Air Force contract
DCS Corp. will provide professional services at multiple bases
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Alexandria-based national security contractor DCS Corp. has won a $164 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate (AFLCMC/WA) and Bombers
BAE Systems appoints Gina Haspel, Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson to board
Their terms run through April 2024
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Former CIA director Gina Haspel and retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson have been appointed to Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc.’s board of directors, the company announced
CACI wins $496M Air Force contract
Arlington contractor to develop automated test system
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Arlington-based Fortune 500 federal contractor CACI Innovations Inc. has won a nine-year contract potentially worth $496 million with the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center. Under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity
Shield AI acquires Alexandria-based defense contractor
Companies creating AI pilots for military aircraft
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Alexandria-based defense contractor Heron Systems Inc. was acquired by San Diego-based technology company Shield AI, according to announcement Thursday from Shield AI. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
F-22 fighter jet training unit will relocate to Joint Base Langley-Eustis
700 personnel and contractors plus 1,600 dependents to move to Hampton Roads
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The U.S. Air Force is relocating the branch’s only advanced training unit for F-22 Raptor fighter jets from Florida to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, bringing some 2,300 people to