Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

VSE Corp. / VSEC

About VSE Corp.

2550 Huntington Ave., Alexandria, Va. 22303
www.vsecorp.com | 703-960-4600 | Founded: 1959

Industry: Government And Professional Services | Category: Public Companies

VSE's basic business is to refurbish old, decommissioned Navy ships and sell them to the military and foreign countries. Two deals with the Army — one to provide technical support services in tracking improvised explosive devices and another to do maintenance and logistics work for equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan — boosted its revenue by nearly $500 million for the past two years. In 2007, the company acquired Integrated Concepts and Research, a technical and management services company.

Chairman: Donald M. Ervine

2007 Financial Data

Revenues: $653,164,000 | Net Income: $14,102,000
Asssets: $171,771,000 | Earnings Per Share: $2.82
Stockholder Equity: $56,376,000 | Annual Dividend: $0.16
Total employees: 1,223 | Local employees: 450

Company Leadership

Ralph Edward Eberhart Director
Don Ervine Executive Chairman
Clifford M. Kendall Director
Calvin Scott Koonce Director
James Lafond Director
David M. Osnos Director
Jimmy D. Ross Director
Bonnie K. Wachtel Director

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Did You Know

PUNCTURE PROOFING: The company has a $100 million contract to spray a polyurethane-based ballistic coating on fuel tankers used in Iraq. If the tanker is hit by a small arms round, the coating seals the metal so the fuel cannot leak and ignite.

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