Our Company

History

A Legacy of Transformation

Tracing our earliest roots to 1866, VTG has built a 150-year legacy of delivering transformative warfighting capabilities to the U.S. military and its allied partners. Today, VTG provides full lifecycle engineering for C5ISR, naval, aerospace, network, and digital requirements that ensure our Defense and National Security customers achieve new levels of performance and productivity.

2023
A&M Capital Partners

A&M Capital Partners, a private equity firm, becomes VTG's new majority investor

2022
Next Rev Technologies

VTG acquires Next Rev, enhancing its cloud and software development capabilities, and adding new Intelligence Community customers.

2021
Advanced Systems Supportability Engineering Technologies and Tools (ASSETT)

VTG acquires ASSETT, enhancing its undersea warfare and unmanned systems capabilities, and adding software engineering, DevSecOps, data science, and AI/ML expertise.

2021
Intelligent Shift

VTG acquires Intelligent Shift, enhancing its digital transformation capabilities and adding Intelligence Community members to its customer portfolio.

2020
VT Group Becomes VTG

VT Group rebrands to reflect the company’s expanded modernization solutions and full lifecycle engineering capabilities. The brand name is changed to VTG.

2019
DELTA Resources

VT Group acquires DELTA Resources, expanding its naval and C5ISR systems engineering capabilities, and its digital, cybersecurity, and IT modernization portfolio.

2019
National Technologies Associates (NTA)

VT Group acquires National Technologies Associates (NTA), expanding its aerospace engineering, logistics, and training capabilities.

2012
The Jordan Company

The Jordan Company, an American private equity firm based in New York, acquires VT Group. The Company becomes fully U.S. owned.

2010
Evergreen Unmanned Systems

VT Group expands into unmanned aircraft systems operations and sustainment by acquiring Evergreen Unmanned Systems.

2007
MILCOM Systems Corp.

VT Group acquires MILCOM Systems Corporation, expanding its naval engineering capabilities into ship and submarine C4ISR system installation and integration, and converged IT for shore-based military installations.

2007
Advanced Engineering & Planning Corp.

VT Group acquires Advanced Engineering and Planning Corporation (AEPCO), expanding into aerospace engineering and logistics.

2005
The Cube Corporation

VT Group acquires The Cube Corporation, expanding its facilities management business.

2002
VT Group

VT Group is formed as a combination of Vosper Thornycroft’s legacy shipbuilding business and its emerging services business.

2001
Griffin Services

Vosper Thornycroft acquires Griffin Services, entering the US Defense market as a provider of engineering and logistics services.

1977
British Shipbuilding Group

Vosper Thornycroft is nationalized as part of the British Shipbuilding Group; it is later reprivatized and begins diversifying into services.

1966
Vosper Thornycroft Limited

Vosper Limited and John I. Thornycroft and Company merge. Vosper Thornycroft Limited emerges as a world-leading designer and builder of advanced warships.

1871
Vosper Limited

Herbert Vosper forms Vosper Limited of Portsmouth to refit and repair coastal vessels. Vosper evolves into a leading builder of custom-designed high-speed craft.

1866
John I. Thornycroft & Co.

John Thornycroft forms John I. Thornycroft and Company. Over the ensuing century, Thornycroft designs and builds a variety of military and commercial maritime vessels. 

2021
Advanced Systems Supportability Engineering Technologies and Tools (ASSETT)

VTG acquires ASSETT, enhancing its undersea warfare and unmanned systems capabilities, and adding software engineering, DevSecOps, data science, and AI/ML expertise.

2021
Intelligent Shift

VTG acquires Intelligent Shift, enhancing its digital transformation capabilities and adding Intelligence Community members to its customer portfolio.

2020
VT Group Becomes VTG

VT Group rebrands to reflect the company’s expanded modernization solutions and full lifecycle engineering capabilities. The brand name is changed to VTG.

2019
DELTA Resources

VT Group acquires DELTA Resources, expanding its naval and C5ISR systems engineering capabilities, and its digital, cybersecurity, and IT modernization portfolio.

2019
National Technologies Associates (NTA)

VT Group acquires National Technologies Associates (NTA), expanding its aerospace engineering, logistics, and training capabilities.

2012
The Jordan Company

The Jordan Company, an American private equity firm based in New York, acquires VT Group. The Company becomes fully U.S. owned.

2010
Evergreen Unmanned Systems

VT Group expands into unmanned aircraft systems operations and sustainment by acquiring Evergreen Unmanned Systems.

2007
MILCOM Systems Corp.

VT Group acquires MILCOM Systems Corporation, expanding its naval engineering capabilities into ship and submarine C4ISR system installation and integration, and converged IT for shore-based military installations.

2007
Advanced Engineering & Planning Corp.

VT Group acquires Advanced Engineering and Planning Corporation (AEPCO), expanding into aerospace engineering and logistics.

2005
The Cube Corporation

VT Group acquires The Cube Corporation, expanding its facilities management business.

2002
VT Group

VT Group is formed as a combination of Vosper Thornycroft’s legacy shipbuilding business and its emerging services business.

2001
Griffin Services

Vosper Thornycroft acquires Griffin Services, entering the US Defense market as a provider of engineering and logistics services.

1977
British Shipbuilding Group

Vosper Thornycroft is nationalized as part of the British Shipbuilding Group; it is later reprivatized and begins diversifying into services.

1966
Vosper Thornycroft Limited

Vosper Limited and John I. Thornycroft and Company merge. Vosper Thornycroft Limited emerges as a world-leading designer and builder of advanced warships.

1871
Vosper Limited

Herbert Vosper forms Vosper Limited of Portsmouth to refit and repair coastal vessels. Vosper evolves into a leading builder of custom-designed high-speed craft.

1866
John I. Thornycroft & Co.

John Thornycroft forms John I. Thornycroft and Company. Over the ensuing century, Thornycroft designs and builds a variety of military and commercial maritime vessels.