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Brandi Smith, an 18-year executive at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been appointed program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the division.

The U.S. Army intends to recompete a program to develop a squad multipurpose equipment transport vehicle, National Defense reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Army has awarded 22 companies positions on the potential 10-year, $5.1B Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II contract vehicle.

ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has partnered with General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology and mission systems businesses to pursue the U.S. Army’s potential $957M contract vehicle for cyber training services in support of the Persistent Cyber Training Environment.

General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has received a potential $24.1B contract modification to build nine Block V Virginia-class submarines. Electric Boat will work with Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division to build the submarines under the multiyear contract, which includes an option for one additional vessel with the Virginia Payload Module.

Jack Ginsburg, a veteran business development leader, has been named chief operating officer at HUBZone information technology consulting services firm Paradyme Management, G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday.

Chris Hiltbrand, a veteran human resources executive, will serve as vice president of people at General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business starting Nov. 18.

Jennifer Felix, a more than two-decade government services industry veteran, has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at ASRC Federal.

Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and a 2019 Wash100 award winner, said the Reston, Va.-based defense contractor expects to start building the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine by the end of 2020, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and the U.S. Navy have finalized a multibillion-dollar agreement for the company to build 9 Virginia-class attack submarines, Bloomberg reported Monday.