The U.S. Navy has awarded Amentum a $461.8 million contract to run the Bahamas-based Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, which provides a testing environment for military maritime warfare research. Six proposals were submitted to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division for the AUTEC operation and maintenance contract, the Depart...
PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) and Amentum are expected to carry on with their planned merger after the Falls Church, Virginia-based defense and government services contractor did not secure an alternative acquisition offer during the go-shop period that expired Monday. Germantown, Maryland-based Amentum agreed to buy PAE in an all-cash deal worth approximately ...
Robert Smith, formerly a human resources executive at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has joined Amentum as vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion. He brings more than three decades of government and industry experience to his position and will be responsible for reinforcing Amentum’s workplace culture, the company said Tuesday...
A partnership between Amentum and Fluor (NYSE: FLR) has won a potential $28 billion contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration to manage and operate the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Texas. The 10-year contract to Nuclear Production One covers a five-year base period of performance and five one-y...
William Condon, a senior vice president of Amentum and a three-decade industry veteran, has been appointed as head of the company’s nuclear operations and cleanup business. He succeeds Jim Blankenhorn, who transitioned to a new role as lead for Amentum’s technical services unit, the company said Friday. In his new capacity, Condon will l...
In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Paul Cummings, vice president of Transformational Training Systems for Amentum, about how U.S. military branches are implementing the latest training systems and a new “train as you fight” approach, and what is the future advancement of these systems as technology continue...
An industry team composed of Amentum, Jacobs (NYSE: J) and Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has won a potential 10-year, $8.3 billion contract to support environmental cleanup efforts across the Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. United Cleanup Oak Ridge, a limited liability company formed by the winning team, will help DOE implement re...
Amentum has agreed to acquire PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.9 billion as part of efforts to establish a technology services provider serving U.S. federal agencies and allied governments. PAE’s board of directors approved the transaction that is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of...
Jim Blankenhorn, senior vice president of operations at Amentum and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has been appointed to serve as head of the company’s technical services business starting Monday. In his new role, Blankenhorn will manage an organization that works with government and commercial clients to operate complex facilities, Am...
An Amentum-led industry team will create a synthetic training environment prototype for the U.S. Army under an other transaction agreement from the service branch’s program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation. Amentum said Tuesday it teamed up with FN America, Cole Engineering Systems, Cornet Technologies and SoarTech...
