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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | National security, defense, healthcare, engineering |
| Predecessor | |
| Founded | February 4, 2020 Germantown, Maryland |
| Headquarters | Falls Church, Virginia |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | John Heller, CEO |
| Products | government services |
| Owner | |
Number of employees | 50,000 [1] |
| Website | amentum.com |
Amentum formally Amentum Government Services Holding LLC, is an American government and commercial services contractor. The company was formed in 2020 from the spinout of AECOM's Management Services / federal group.[2] After Leidos, it is the second-largest government services (non equipment producing) contractor in the US government contracting market. [3]
History
Amentum was founded in 2020 as a spinout of the Management Services Group of AECOM, consisting of the non-construction parts of the company's federal work as well as it's commercial operations and maintenance business. This came as a result of a process by AECOM to realign its business to focus more clearly on the architect, engineering, and construction market[4].
Amentum traces its AECOM roots back to several well-known government contracting firms that now form the basis of its current work. These firms came to be a part of the company by way of AECOM's acquisition of URS Corporation and include EG&G, Washington Group International, Westinghouse Government Services, and Lear Siegler. [5]
Growth through acquisitions
As part of the strategy by its owners, Amentum has pursued acquisitions of other government contractors including:
Notable Projects
- Training of all US Army helicopter pilots at Fort Rucker for the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence [9]
- Various operations roles for nuclear remediation at the Savannah River Site and the Hanford Site [10]
- Operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - the US nuclear waste repository
- Elimination of chemical and biological weapons under the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program as well as the creation of labs to study diseases [11]
- Operations of the Kennedy Space Center during the space shuttle years
See also
References
- ^ Staff Writer (2022-02-24). "John Heller Tapped as Amentum CEO". WashingtonExec. WashingtonExec. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Wilkers, Ross (2020-02-04). "What's next for 'Amentum' after AECOM spinoff". Washington Technology. Washington Technology. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Leuthy, Cameron; Levinson, Rob (2021-06-01). "The 200 government contractors shaping the federal market". Bloomberg Government. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ AECOM (2020-01-30). "Management Services Sale". Press Releases. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "Corporate Lineage". Amentum. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Wilkers, Ross (2020-09-28). "How the Amentum-DynCorp deal came to be in a COVID world". Washington Technology. Washington Technology. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Biesecker, Cal (2020-11-24). "Amentum Closes Deal For DynCorp". Defense Daily. Defense Daily. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Losey, Stephen (2022-02-15). "Amentum closes $1.9 billion acquisition of PAE". DefesneNews. DefenseNews. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Keller, Katie (2021-01-07). "Amentum Awarded US Army Contract for Flight and Simulator Training". ClearanceJobs. ClearanceJobs. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Barber, Wayne (2020-02-07). "Amentum is New Name With Familiar Faces to DOE Crowd, Executive Says". Exchange Monitor. Exchange Monitor. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Pasternack, Alex (2013-08-29). "Why The U.S. Is Building A High-Tech Bubonic Plague Lab In Kazakhstan". Motherboard. Popular Science. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
External links
Category:Defense companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Falls Church, Virginia