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Amentum Wants to Hire 1,200 RGNext Workers at Sites for Space Force Range Contract

Frank Wolfe

Friday, August 22nd, 2025

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Amentum Wants to Hire 1,200 RGNext Workers at Sites for Space Force Range Contract

Pictured is the liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Apr. 11 last year from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. for the U.S Space Force mission carrying the first Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) satellite (U.S. Space Force Photo)

Amentum [AMTM] wants to hire at least 95 percent of the 1,200 Range Generation Next LLC (RGNext) employees who have worked on the Space Force Launch and Test Range System Integrated Support Contract, as Amentum plans to begin work by Dec. 1 on the new 10-year, up to $4 billion Space Force Range Contract (SFRC). "My goal is to get as close to 100 percent [of the 1,200 employees] as we can," Randy Lycans, Amentum senior vice president and program…

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