GDIT Says 20 Of 565 Workers In Northern Virginia Layoff Notices Were Impacted

HERNDON, VA — General Dynamics Information Technology has issued another layoff warning affecting 155 employees at its Herndon location, but the company says contract extensions or renewals have limited the impact of four Northern Virginia layoff notices covering 565 workers to just 20.

The latest Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN), filed Oct. 30 with Virginia's Rapid Response Workforce Services Division, identified 155 employees reporting to GDIT's facility at 13857 McLearen Road in Herndon who could face permanent layoffs effective Dec. 30, 2026.

However, GDIT subsequently told Patch that it had received extensions or renewals for all contracts referenced in its WARN notices this year, including the most recent Herndon filing.

Company Says Most Workers Were Not Impacted

"We received extensions or renewals for all contracts referenced in the WARN notices," Jay Srinivasan, GDIT's senior manager of public relations, told Patch. "Of the 565 employees listed in those notices, 20 were ultimately impacted."

Srinivasan confirmed that the figures include the 155 employees identified in the Oct. 30 Herndon notice.

Based on the company's figures, approximately 96 percent of employees identified in the notices were not ultimately impacted.

GDIT did not specify whether the 20 affected employees were laid off, reassigned to other positions or experienced other employment changes. The company also did not provide a breakdown of how many employees were affected at each worksite.

The Herndon notification concerns the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) Identification System Operations & Maintenance program, known as OBIM IDENT O&M.

In an Oct. 30 email to Patch, Srinivasan said GDIT anticipated that the federal government would conduct a new competition for the contract, with a request for proposals forthcoming.

"Recompetes are a standard part of the procurement cycle for competitive federal contracts," Srinivasan said.

He emphasized that the filing did not mean the company had made a final decision to eliminate the positions.

"This WARN notification is not a definitive determination that staff employed by GDIT through the contract will be impacted," Srinivasan said.

The federal WARN Act generally requires covered employers to provide at least 60 days' advance notice of certain plant closings and mass layoffs. The notifications give employees and state workforce agencies time to prepare for potential job losses.

GDIT said it issues WARN notifications when there is uncertainty about federal contract funding to comply with federal requirements and provide employees with advance notice of potential employment changes.

"We act out of an abundance of caution whenever there is any uncertainty around funding, so we can remain fully transparent with our employees," Srinivasan said.

Earlier Notices Covered 410 Northern Virginia Workers

The latest Herndon notification follows three earlier GDIT WARN notices covering a combined 410 workers in Northern Virginia.

On June 4, Patch reported that 236 Northern Virginia workers could face layoffs because of expiring federal contracts.

Those notices involved 133 employees at GDIT's Falls Church worksite at 3170 Fairview Park Drive and 103 employees at 1401 S. Clark St. in Arlington.

The Falls Church notice cited a pending loss of work, with a contract recompete underway and an award pending. The company said those employees could be laid off July 28 if it did not receive a contract award or extension.

The Arlington notice involved GDIT's work supporting the F-35 Joint Program Office. The company said the contract's current base year was scheduled to end July 31 and that it hoped to receive an extension. Without one, 103 employees could face permanent layoffs.

Less than two weeks later, Patch reported that 174 GDIT employees working at the Pentagon could face layoffs in August.

That notice said layoffs could begin Aug. 8 or within 14 days afterward. Unlike the earlier Falls Church and Arlington notices, the Pentagon filing did not specify the reason for the potential job losses.

Combined with the latest Herndon filing, the four notices covered 565 Northern Virginia positions during 2026.

GDIT's subsequent confirmation that all the referenced contracts received extensions or renewals provides an updated picture of the employment impact. According to the company, only 20 of those 565 employees were ultimately affected.

GDIT Points To Internal Transfers And Financial Growth

In his initial response to Patch about the Herndon notice, Srinivasan said most WARN notifications issued by GDIT during the previous year did not result in employees being separated from the company.

He attributed those outcomes to federal contract funding ultimately being secured in some cases and the company's efforts to move employees into other positions.

According to Srinivasan, more than 4,000 GDIT employees change roles within the company annually, on average, allowing them to continue working on other customer programs.

GDIT also reported that its overall workforce is larger in 2026 than it was in 2025 and that the company has experienced five consecutive years of financial growth.

GDIT is a business unit of Reston-based General Dynamics, one of the Washington region's major government contractors.

As Patch previously reported, General Dynamics announced first-quarter revenue of $13.5 billion in April, an increase of 10.3 percent from the same period in 2025. The company also reported operating earnings of $1.4 billion and diluted earnings per share of $4.10, both up 12 percent from the previous year.

The Oct. 30 Herndon notice was submitted by Sarah L. Webster, GDIT's employee relations manager, and received by Virginia's Rapid Response Workforce Services Division the same day.

Although the filing originally identified Dec. 30 as the potential effective date for permanent layoffs, GDIT's subsequent response confirms that the contracts referenced in its notices have received extensions or renewals.

The company has not specified how the 20 affected employees were impacted or whether any of them were among the 155 workers identified in the most recent Herndon notice