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ManTech secures $118M Navy contract
Herndon contractor will support Naval Surface Warfare Center
Herndon-based tech contractor ManTech International Corp. has secured a $188 million, five-year contract to support the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane by providing tech solutions for intelligence, surveillance
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DroneUp inks deal with Walmart, acquires AirMap
Walmart deal will create drone delivery hubs
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Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC is making moves at the end of the year, with a new partnership with Walmart Inc. and the acquisition of Santa Monica, California-based AirMap Inc., a
SAIC lands $90M Air Force contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor will help DOD commands guard against unmanned aircraft threats
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Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a $90 million contract to help protect Department of Defense Combatant Commands from small unmanned aircraft systems.
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DroneUp names chief strategy officer
Carl Smit joins Virginia Beach-based drone solutions company
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Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC announced Tuesday it has hired Carl Smit as its chief strategy officer. In his new role, he will advise CEO Tom Walker and DroneUp’s senior leadership
HII acquires unmanned systems business
Huntington Ingalls Industries buys Spatial Integrated Systems' autonomy business
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Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Monday it has acquired Virginia Beach-based Spatial Integrated Systems Inc.’s (SIS) autonomy business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the
Unmanned aircraft company creating 249 jobs in Warren County
Silent Falcon to invest $6M to locate East Coast headquarters in Front Royal area
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Silent Falcon UAS, an unmanned aircraft systems service provider and equipment manufacturer, will invest $6 million to locate its new East Coast headquarters for research development and manufacturing at the
Northrop Grumman lands potential $4.8B Air Force drone modernization
Contract to run through 2030
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Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a potential $4.8 billion contract to update, refurbish and sustain the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract
Huntington Ingalls to establish unmanned systems center in Hampton
Nation's largest shipbuilder to create 250 jobs
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the nation’s largest military shipbuilding company, will establish an unmanned systems center in Hampton, which will create more
Unmanned Systems Association of Va. names board chair
Former state Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson will help promote unmanned systems industry
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The New College Institute in Martinsville announced Tuesday that interim Executive Director Karen Jackson has been elected as board chair of the Unmanned Systems Association of Virginia (USAV). The association