Robert W. Council

The American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc. operates as a professional engineering society for engineers, scientists, and allied professionals who conceive, design, develop, test, construct, outfit, operate, and maintain complex naval and maritime ships, submarines and aircraft, and their associated systems and subsystems. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Gryphon Marine LLC provides naval architecture and marine engineering and logistical support services. It offers systems engineering, detailed design, overhaul advance planning, logistics and configuration control, and testing for all types of ship and marine platforms. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Coconut Grove, FL.

Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. designs, constructs, repairs, overhauls, and refuels nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Its facilities include seven graving docks, a floating dry dock, two outfitting berths, five outfitting piers, a module outfitting facility and various other shops .The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Newport News, VA.

CDI Government Services, Inc. provides ship design, naval engineering, aviation engineering, and technical consulting services to the defense and government sectors. It engineers solutions, manages projects, and sources talents for its clients. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA.