List of 41 Virginia-based Defense Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
General Dynamics NYSE : GD Reston, Virginia, United States website	Defense	47,716	37	30	7
VTG PE Backed Alvarez & Marsal Capital Partners 2023-09-19 Chantilly, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	14	14	-
ATK Acquired Orbital ATK, Inc. 2014-04-29 Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	4,775	11	9	2
PAE Acquired Amentum 2021-10-25 $1.9B Falls Church, Virginia, United States website	Defense	2,715	6	6	-
BWXT NYSE : BWXT Lynchburg, Virginia, United States website	Defense	2,704	7	5	2
Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. Acquired Keywords Studios 2017-03-08 $235M Herndon, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	4	4	-
XFS Global Private Natural Bridge, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	2	2	-
Argon ST, Inc. Acquired Boeing 2010-06-30 $775M Fairfax, Virginia, United States website	Defense	366	1	1	-
A-T Solutions, Inc. Acquired PAE 2015-05-07 Vienna, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Academi Acquired Constellis 2014-01-01 Reston, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Schafer Corp. Acquired Gryphon Technologies 2019-03-15 Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	2	1	1
Global Defense & National Security Systems, Inc. Private Reston, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
United Defense Industries, Inc. Acquired BAE System 2005-06-27 $4.2B Arlington, Virginia, United States	Defense	-	2	1	1
Leonardo DRS Private Arlington, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	2	1	1
JHNA Private Alexandria, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	1	1	-
Aries Defense Acquired Sigma Defense 2025-10-13 Suffolk, Virginia, United States website	Defense	-	-	-	-

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