{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"164958","rtpr_id":"nBw3Y96qsa-20261008","ticker":"AMTM","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["AMTM"],"title":"Amentum Opens Global Nuclear Headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-08T21:59:00.094Z","article_body":"Amentum Opens Global Nuclear Headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee\n\nInnovative Hub to Deliver Advanced Engineering and Energy Solutions\n\nAmentum\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=Amentum&index=1&md5=7254fe0cb3903900f8169487ac538438)\ntoday opened its Global Nuclear headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The\nfacility, which houses Amentum’s Nuclear Center of Excellence\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2Fnews%2Famentum-announces-nuclear-center-of-excellence-in-oak-ridge-tn%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=Nuclear+Center+of+Excellence&index=2&md5=44b4a78a09c29c048540fb9b87a33b11)\n, now serves as a centralized hub for the company’s international nuclear\nbusiness operations.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/)\n\nRibbon cutting at Amentum's Global Nuclear HQ.\n\nLocated at 151 Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, the hub employs more than 150\nsubject-matter experts dedicated to delivering innovative engineering,\ntechnology solutions and advanced energy capabilities. The facility anchors\nAmentum’s deepening footprint in east Tennessee, where the company already\nserves as the lead partner in United Cleanup Oak Ridge\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2Fproject%2Fucor-cleaning-up-the-former-oak-ridge-gaseous-diffusion-plant-and-other-sites-on-doe-oak-ridge-reservation%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=United+Cleanup+Oak+Ridge&index=3&md5=b48870bd0eec6847d0ebdc1dca604f3f)\n(UCOR), the U.S. Department of Energy’s prime environmental management\ncontractor for the Oak Ridge Reservation.\n\n“The opening of our Global Nuclear Headquarters represents a monumental step\nforward for our business and our industry,” said Mark Whitney, president of\nAmentum’s Energy & Environment division. “By centralizing our global\nnuclear operations in Oak Ridge, we are leveraging strong local partnerships\nto deliver increased energy capacity to meet the electricity demand of the\npeople and businesses across the U.S. This facility empowers our team of\nexperts to deliver next-generation nuclear innovation, and it builds directly\nupon the strong operational foundation we've established in the region through\nour Amentum-led UCOR partnership while contributing directly to regional\neconomic growth.”\n\nTo sustain the industry’s rapidly expanding need for professional and\ntechnical labor, Amentum simultaneously launched the Amentum Nuclear Scholars\nProgram. This transformational initiative establishes a synchronized\nscholarship pipeline between Roane State Community College and the University\nof Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). The newly founded partnership is headlined by a\nfive-year investment from Amentum totaling $500,000 towards developing\ncurriculum and scholarships that build the critical talent pipeline for the\nworld’s growing nuclear energy demands. When combined with other Amentum-led\nSTEM sponsorships and donations in the Oak Ridge community, total student\nsupport for these two academic institutions exceeds $1 million.\n\n“By launching the Amentum Nuclear Scholars Program alongside our new\nheadquarters, we are directly investing in the local student talent who will\npioneer the future of advanced energy and infrastructure solutions,” Whitney\nsaid.\n\nThe educational pipeline will launch its first student cohort stateside in\nlate 2026, followed by integration with Amentum’s international academic\npartners in the fall of 2027.\n\nTo celebrate the opening, Amentum hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring\nCEO John Heller\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2Fexecutive-leadership%2Fjohn-heller%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=CEO+John+Heller&index=4&md5=90f9e8094ad609e24ca49b35584e3b03)\n, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03) local elected leaders and school\nofficials.\n\n“This partnership paves the way for students to gain the educational\nfoundation necessary to excel as future leaders in the nuclear industry,”\nsaid UTK Tickle College of Engineering (TCE) Dean Matthew Mench, the Wayne T.\nDavis dean’s chair of the college. “Through the financial support from\nAmentum and practical internship experiences, TCE students will be prepared to\nstep directly into high-demand roles that will positively impact our\ncommunity, state and country.”\n\n“By partnering with Amentum, we are opening doors for students to start\nright here in their community and graduate onto a global stage,” said Dr.\nChris Whaley, Roane State Community College president. “The Amentum Nuclear\nScholars Program removes the financial hurdles that often halt a student’s\nmomentum, providing a direct, supported pathway from our classrooms straight\ninto high-wage, high-impact careers.”\n\nAbout Amentum\n\nAmentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology\nsolutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most\nsignificant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability.\nOur people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless\nimagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are\nunderpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are\nintegral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have\napproximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all seven\ncontinents.\n\nVisit us at amentum.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=amentum.com&index=5&md5=fd7d218914cb1c8d26dffe7062842ff7)\nto learn how we advance the future together.\n\nForward-looking statements\n\nThis press release contains or incorporates by reference statements by Amentum\nHoldings, Inc. (the “Company”) that relate to future events and\nexpectations and, as such, constitute “forward-looking statements” as that\nterm is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and\nother federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements may be\ncharacterized by terminology such as “believe,” “project,”\n“expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “outlook,”\n“target,” “endeavor,” “seek,” “predict,” “intend,”\n“strategy,” “plan,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,”\n“would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” or\nthe negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology generally\nintended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements, other than\nhistorical facts, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the\nanticipated work and revenue under the awarded contract, and the Company’s\nobjectives, expectations and intentions, applicable legal, economic and\nregulatory conditions, and any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing,\nare forward-looking statements.\n\nA number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially\nfrom those contained in or implied by these forward-looking statements,\nincluding those factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and\nExchange Commission (SEC), including, among others: the occurrence of an\naccident or safety incident; the ability of the Company to control costs, meet\nperformance requirements or contractual schedules; and other factors set forth\nunder Item 1A, Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal\nyear ended Sept. 27, 2024, which can be found at the SEC’s website at\nwww.sec.gov\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sec.gov&index=6&md5=7b4db969650ecc58fe6a3020f1e7d236)\nor the Investor Relations portion of our website at www.amentum.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=www.amentum.com&index=7&md5=25ea6caf4364459d340411c2874000b1)\n. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is\nmade, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise such\nstatement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,\nexcept as required by applicable law.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/)\n\nMedia contact:\nRob Roxburgh\nrob.roxburgh@amentum.com (mailto:rob.roxburgh@amentum.com) \n(509) 438-1216\n\nInvestor contact:\nJoseph DeNardi\nIR@amentum.com (mailto:IR@amentum.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw3Y96qsa-20261008","title":"Amentum Opens Global Nuclear Headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"AMTM","created":"2026-10-08T21:59:00.094Z","tickers":["AMTM"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Amentum Opens Global Nuclear Headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee\n\nInnovative Hub to Deliver Advanced Engineering and Energy Solutions\n\nAmentum\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=Amentum&index=1&md5=7254fe0cb3903900f8169487ac538438)\ntoday opened its Global Nuclear headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The\nfacility, which houses Amentum’s Nuclear Center of Excellence\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2Fnews%2Famentum-announces-nuclear-center-of-excellence-in-oak-ridge-tn%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=Nuclear+Center+of+Excellence&index=2&md5=44b4a78a09c29c048540fb9b87a33b11)\n, now serves as a centralized hub for the company’s international nuclear\nbusiness operations.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/)\n\nRibbon cutting at Amentum's Global Nuclear HQ.\n\nLocated at 151 Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge, the hub employs more than 150\nsubject-matter experts dedicated to delivering innovative engineering,\ntechnology solutions and advanced energy capabilities. The facility anchors\nAmentum’s deepening footprint in east Tennessee, where the company already\nserves as the lead partner in United Cleanup Oak Ridge\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2Fproject%2Fucor-cleaning-up-the-former-oak-ridge-gaseous-diffusion-plant-and-other-sites-on-doe-oak-ridge-reservation%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=United+Cleanup+Oak+Ridge&index=3&md5=b48870bd0eec6847d0ebdc1dca604f3f)\n(UCOR), the U.S. Department of Energy’s prime environmental management\ncontractor for the Oak Ridge Reservation.\n\n“The opening of our Global Nuclear Headquarters represents a monumental step\nforward for our business and our industry,” said Mark Whitney, president of\nAmentum’s Energy & Environment division. “By centralizing our global\nnuclear operations in Oak Ridge, we are leveraging strong local partnerships\nto deliver increased energy capacity to meet the electricity demand of the\npeople and businesses across the U.S. This facility empowers our team of\nexperts to deliver next-generation nuclear innovation, and it builds directly\nupon the strong operational foundation we've established in the region through\nour Amentum-led UCOR partnership while contributing directly to regional\neconomic growth.”\n\nTo sustain the industry’s rapidly expanding need for professional and\ntechnical labor, Amentum simultaneously launched the Amentum Nuclear Scholars\nProgram. This transformational initiative establishes a synchronized\nscholarship pipeline between Roane State Community College and the University\nof Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). The newly founded partnership is headlined by a\nfive-year investment from Amentum totaling $500,000 towards developing\ncurriculum and scholarships that build the critical talent pipeline for the\nworld’s growing nuclear energy demands. When combined with other Amentum-led\nSTEM sponsorships and donations in the Oak Ridge community, total student\nsupport for these two academic institutions exceeds $1 million.\n\n“By launching the Amentum Nuclear Scholars Program alongside our new\nheadquarters, we are directly investing in the local student talent who will\npioneer the future of advanced energy and infrastructure solutions,” Whitney\nsaid.\n\nThe educational pipeline will launch its first student cohort stateside in\nlate 2026, followed by integration with Amentum’s international academic\npartners in the fall of 2027.\n\nTo celebrate the opening, Amentum hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring\nCEO John Heller\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2Fexecutive-leadership%2Fjohn-heller%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=CEO+John+Heller&index=4&md5=90f9e8094ad609e24ca49b35584e3b03)\n, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03) local elected leaders and school\nofficials.\n\n“This partnership paves the way for students to gain the educational\nfoundation necessary to excel as future leaders in the nuclear industry,”\nsaid UTK Tickle College of Engineering (TCE) Dean Matthew Mench, the Wayne T.\nDavis dean’s chair of the college. “Through the financial support from\nAmentum and practical internship experiences, TCE students will be prepared to\nstep directly into high-demand roles that will positively impact our\ncommunity, state and country.”\n\n“By partnering with Amentum, we are opening doors for students to start\nright here in their community and graduate onto a global stage,” said Dr.\nChris Whaley, Roane State Community College president. “The Amentum Nuclear\nScholars Program removes the financial hurdles that often halt a student’s\nmomentum, providing a direct, supported pathway from our classrooms straight\ninto high-wage, high-impact careers.”\n\nAbout Amentum\n\nAmentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology\nsolutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most\nsignificant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability.\nOur people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless\nimagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are\nunderpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are\nintegral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have\napproximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all seven\ncontinents.\n\nVisit us at amentum.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com%2F&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=amentum.com&index=5&md5=fd7d218914cb1c8d26dffe7062842ff7)\nto learn how we advance the future together.\n\nForward-looking statements\n\nThis press release contains or incorporates by reference statements by Amentum\nHoldings, Inc. (the “Company”) that relate to future events and\nexpectations and, as such, constitute “forward-looking statements” as that\nterm is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and\nother federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements may be\ncharacterized by terminology such as “believe,” “project,”\n“expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “outlook,”\n“target,” “endeavor,” “seek,” “predict,” “intend,”\n“strategy,” “plan,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,”\n“would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” or\nthe negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology generally\nintended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements, other than\nhistorical facts, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the\nanticipated work and revenue under the awarded contract, and the Company’s\nobjectives, expectations and intentions, applicable legal, economic and\nregulatory conditions, and any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing,\nare forward-looking statements.\n\nA number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially\nfrom those contained in or implied by these forward-looking statements,\nincluding those factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and\nExchange Commission (SEC), including, among others: the occurrence of an\naccident or safety incident; the ability of the Company to control costs, meet\nperformance requirements or contractual schedules; and other factors set forth\nunder Item 1A, Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal\nyear ended Sept. 27, 2024, which can be found at the SEC’s website at\nwww.sec.gov\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sec.gov&index=6&md5=7b4db969650ecc58fe6a3020f1e7d236)\nor the Investor Relations portion of our website at www.amentum.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amentum.com&esheet=54618668&newsitemid=20261008186894&lan=en-US&anchor=www.amentum.com&index=7&md5=25ea6caf4364459d340411c2874000b1)\n. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is\nmade, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise such\nstatement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,\nexcept as required by applicable law.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/)\n\nMedia contact:\nRob Roxburgh\nrob.roxburgh@amentum.com (mailto:rob.roxburgh@amentum.com) \n(509) 438-1216\n\nInvestor contact:\nJoseph DeNardi\nIR@amentum.com (mailto:IR@amentum.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-08T21:59:00.138921551Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791496740138},"received_at":"2026-10-08T21:59:00.192Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261008186894/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"153359","press_release_id":"164958","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Aerospace & Defense","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"Amentum opened its Global Nuclear headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a hub housing its Nuclear Center of Excellence with more than 150 subject-matter experts supporting international nuclear operations.\n\nThe company simultaneously launched the Amentum Nuclear Scholars Program, a five-year, $500,000 scholarship pipeline with Roane State Community College and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, bringing total student support there above $1 million.\n\nThe move deepens Amentum's east Tennessee footprint, where it leads UCOR, the DOE's prime environmental management contractor for the Oak Ridge Reservation.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Facility opening and modest scholarship investment reinforce nuclear growth positioning but carry no near-term financial impact."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"hq_employees":"more than 150 subject-matter experts","employee_count":"approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries","total_student_support":"exceeds $1 million","scholarship_investment":"$500,000 over five years"}},"quotedText":"The opening of our Global Nuclear Headquarters represents a monumental step forward for our business and our industry","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Mark Whitney","role":"President, Amentum Energy & Environment division"},{"name":"John Heller","role":"CEO"},{"name":"Chuck Fleischmann","role":"U.S. Representative (R-TN-03)"},{"name":"Matthew Mench","role":"Dean, UTK Tickle College of Engineering"},{"name":"Chris Whaley","role":"President, Roane State Community College"}],"products":["Nuclear Center of Excellence","Amentum Nuclear Scholars Program"],"companies":[{"name":"Amentum Holdings, Inc.","ticker":"AMTM","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR)","relationship":"Amentum-led partnership; DOE prime environmental management contractor"},{"name":"Roane State Community College","relationship":"education partner"},{"name":"University of Tennessee, Knoxville","relationship":"education partner"},{"name":"U.S. Department of Energy","relationship":"customer"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"$500,000","context":"five-year Amentum investment in Nuclear Scholars Program curriculum and scholarships"},{"amount":"$1 million","context":"total student support for the two academic institutions including other STEM sponsorships"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"Facility opening and a $500,000 scholarship program are incremental corporate/PR news with no immediate financial impact disclosed. 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