TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 22, 2020 — The U.S. Navy awarded Amentum a three-year, $22M contract to support the development of a Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division facility for undersea missile test data collection efforts, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 9.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 10, 2020 — Nuclear Waste Partnership, a joint venture of Amentum and BWX Technologies (BWXT), will continue to operate the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Plant in New Mexico under a potential two-year, $296M contract option, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 21.

Camille Nichols, executive vice president for project services at Amentum and a retired U.S Army major general, has joined nLight's board of directors to provide the semiconductor company with expertise on military procurement. Nichols held multiple leadership roles at the Department of Defense where she oversaw budgets and programs on procurement, culminating her military tenure as deputy commanding general of the Army’s Installation Management Command, nLight said Thursday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2020 — Amentum, which leads the Savannah River Remediation joint venture, will continue to support liquid waste management efforts at the Department of Energy's nuclear reservation site in South Carolina, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 15.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 4, 2020 — The Amentum-led Washington River Protection Solutions joint venture will continue to help the Department of Energy operate and maintain tank farms at DOE's Hanford site in Washington state under a 12-month, $725M contract, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 14.

Amentum has been awarded a $22M task order to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology’s (S&T) Mission Capability Support (MCS) office. Amentum will identify, develop and demonstrate multi-domain technologies and solutions that meet the agency’s research and development (R&D) operational priorities.

John Vollmer, chief executive officer with Amentum, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the company’s recent announcement of its planned acquisition of DynCorp. He addressed how the purchase would expand the combined company’s offerings, the expansive culture and the new markets that will come into play after they complete integration. 

A joint venture of Amentum, Fluor and Atkins has received a notice to proceed from the Department of Energy to begin transition activities for cleanup work at the Hanford site in Washington.

Wade “Hamp” McManus and Earl Johnson of Amentum wrote in a joint commentary published Wednesday on Defense News that the Department of Defense should pursue the establishment of a joint synthetic training environment and leverage advances in communications technology to improve the readiness of the joint force.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 4, 2020 — A joint venture between Amentum and Envirocon will offer deactivation, decommissioning and removal services to the Department of Energy through a contract vehicle worth potentially $3B over 10 years, GovCon Wire reported July 22.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2020 — Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Camille Nichols, who most recently served as vice president of business operations at Fluor's (NYSE: FLR) government business, assumed the role of executive VP for project services at Amentum, GovCon Wire reported July 16.

Ronald Hahn, executive vice president of strategic growth at Amentum, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the company’s launch and branding, and how it has led to greater growth and access to new markets. Following AECOM’s sale of its Management Services business to private equity in Feb. 2020, the newly independent company has become more responsive and diverse, expanding access to new technologies and capabilities.