ManTech Awarded $49.8 Million Navy Modification for Air Systems Support
The Herndon, Virginia defense contractor received a $49.8 million ceiling increase to continue engineering and technical services for Naval Air Systems Command through September 2027.
HERNDON, VIRGINIA — ManTech Advanced Systems International Inc.received a $49.8 million contract modification to keep supporting the Navy’s air weapons and training programs.
The award raises the ceiling on an existing cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery contract and funds continued engineering, research, integration and technical training work through September 2027, the Department of Defense said in a statement. The Navy obligated no money at award; funds attach to individual orders as it issues them.
“This modification increases the contract ceiling to provide continued engineering and technical services,” the Department of Defense said in the contract announcement, describing support for weaponeering integration, aviation training procedures and technical information product teams.
ManTech Advanced Systems International, a subsidiary of the Herndon, Virginia-based defense contractor ManTech International Corporation, reported revenue of $2.55 billion in 2021 and employed about 9,800 workers, according to wikipedia.org. The private-equity firm The Carlyle Group acquired ManTech in a deal valued at $3.9 billion, according to wikipedia.org.
The work spreads across six naval aviation hubs. Oceana, Virginia carries the largest share at 26%, followed by Herndon, Virginia at 18%, Patuxent River, Maryland at 17%, Lemoore, California at 17%, Whidbey, Washington at 17% and Fallon, Nevada at 5%, according to war.gov. Those sites host strike fighter wings, test operations and the Navy’s weapons school.
The stakes fall to the Naval Air Systems Command, which relies on outside engineers to keep weapons integration and pilot training documentation current. ManTech gains steady project flow into 2027, while smaller rivals lose out on a task order stream the Navy competitively procured. Taxpayers absorb the reimbursable cost, though the ceiling structure caps total exposure.
The award marks the first contract to ManTech Advanced Systems International in 2026, lifting the company’s year-to-date total to $49.8 million, according to firestore records. It ranks as the 148th Defense Department contract awarded in Virginia during 2026. The company’s record contract stands far higher, at roughly $1.48 billion.
For the average reader, the modification changes little in daily life. It reflects the steady, low-visibility spending that keeps naval aviation running behind the headlines of larger weapons buys.
Has this happened before? It has. ManTech has held Naval Air Systems Command support work for years and supports more than 50 U.S. government agencies across more than 1,000 contract vehicles, according to wikipedia.org. Ceiling increases on multi-year service contracts are routine as task orders accumulate.
The next decision rests with the Naval Air Warfare Aviation Division at Patuxent River, Maryland, the contracting activity that will issue individual orders. A date for the next order has not been announced.
Defense service contracting has anchored northern Virginia’s economy for decades, as it does today. Franc Wertheimer and George J. Pedersen founded ManTech in Livingston, New Jersey in 1968, then grew revenue from $431 million in 2001 to $1.96 billion in 2018, according to wikipedia.org. The firm went public in February 2002 and traded on the Nasdaq for two decades before Carlyle took it private in 2022, a path that turned the two founders’ venture into one of the capital region’s largest defense employers.
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