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class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Wholly owned subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Maritime, Aviation, Information Systems and Technology, Manufacturing and Fabrication, IT, Engineering, Infrastructure & Installation, Unmanned, Logistics & Training, Base Operations, Healthcare, Hospitality, Commercial, Government Solutions, Security & Surveillance, DoD</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vosper_%26_Company" title="Vosper & Company">Vosper & Company</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_I._Thornycroft_%26_Company" title="John I. Thornycroft & Company">John I. Thornycroft & Company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1866</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Chantilly,_Virginia" title="Chantilly, Virginia">Chantilly, Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">John Hassoun (CEO)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">VT Holdings, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">VT Milcom Inc.<br />VT Services Inc.<br />VT Aepco Inc.<br />VT Griffin Inc.<br />National Technologies Associates, Inc.<br />Delta Resources, Inc.<br />Intelligent Shift, LLC<br />Advanced Systems Supportability Engineering Technologies and Tools (ASSETT)<br /> Next Rev Technologies, Inc.<br />Vana Solutions<br />Clear Cloud</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vtgdefense.com/">vtgdefense<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2506669#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>VTG</b> (formerly <b>VT Group</b>) is a privately held United States defense and services company, with its origins in a former British shipbuilding group, previously known as <b>Vosper Thornycroft</b>. The British part of VTG was integrated into <a href="/wiki/Babcock_International" title="Babcock International">Babcock International</a> in the early 2010s. In July 2012, The Resolute Fund II, LP, an affiliate of The Jordan Company acquired VTG. In September 2023, VTG received a new majority investment from A&M Capital Partners. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VT_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>VT Group plc was a British defence and services company, formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft. The company had diversified from shipbuilding into various engineering and support services, becoming involved in many areas of provision through five main operating groups: <a href="/wiki/VT_Communications" title="VT Communications">VT Communications</a>, VT Education and Skills, VT Services Inc and VT Support Services. VT Group exited the shipbuilding industry in October 2009, after selling its 45% share of the Shipbuilding Joint Venture company <a href="/wiki/BVT_Surface_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="BVT Surface Fleet">BVT Surface Fleet</a> to <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a>. Formerly listed on the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a> and a constituent of the <a href="/wiki/FTSE_250_Index" title="FTSE 250 Index">FTSE 250 Index</a>, the remainder of the firm was acquired by Babcock International Group in July 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-babcock_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babcock-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vosper_Thornycroft_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Vosper_Thornycroft_logo.svg/220px-Vosper_Thornycroft_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Vosper_Thornycroft_logo.svg/330px-Vosper_Thornycroft_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Vosper_Thornycroft_logo.svg/440px-Vosper_Thornycroft_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="326" /></a><figcaption>Vosper Thornycroft company logo</figcaption></figure> <p>The company was formed by the merger of two shipbuilding companies <a href="/wiki/Vosper_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Vosper Limited">Vosper Limited</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/J_I_Thornycroft" class="mw-redirect" title="J I Thornycroft">J I Thornycroft</a> of <a href="/wiki/Woolston,_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Woolston, Hampshire">Woolston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> in 1966, at which time the Company became listed on the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a> as <i>Vosper Thornycroft</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-learning_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-learning-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Vosper Ltd</i> built small boats and <i>J I Thornycroft</i> had a long history of building destroyers and similar sized craft. The company was <a href="/wiki/Nationalised" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalised">nationalised</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Labour_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour (UK)">Labour</a> Government in 1977, becoming a division of <a href="/wiki/British_Shipbuilders" title="British Shipbuilders">British Shipbuilders</a>. It became a commercial company again after a <a href="/wiki/Management_buyout" title="Management buyout">management buyout</a> in 1985. </p><p>Vosper Thornycroft flourished even during lean times for warship building, mainly through successful sales efforts in exports and diversification outside the core shipbuilding business into training and support. In 1998, Vosper Thornycroft acquired the specialist military <a href="/wiki/Boat_building" title="Boat building">boatbuilder</a> Halmatic, based in <a href="/wiki/Portchester" title="Portchester">Portchester</a>. </p><p>In 2001, in their most ambitious diversification project, VT started work on the US$55million superyacht <a href="/wiki/Mirabella_V" title="Mirabella V">Mirabella V</a> for former Avis Car Hire boss Joe Vittoria. At the time of its completion in 2004, Mirabella V was the world's largest single-masted sailing vessel with an overall length of 75 metres and a mast height of approximately 87 metres.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2002, the overall business was known as VT Group plc.<sup id="cite_ref-learning_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-learning-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_to_Portsmouth_Naval_Base_and_creation_of_BVT_Surface_Fleet">Move to Portsmouth Naval Base and creation of BVT Surface Fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VT_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Move to Portsmouth Naval Base and creation of BVT Surface Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From its formation in 1966, the company was based at the former Thornycroft shipbuilding yard at <a href="/wiki/Woolston,_Southampton" title="Woolston, Southampton">Woolston</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a>, Hampshire but in 2003 relocated its shipbuilding operations to new facilities in the famous <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Portsmouth" title="HMNB Portsmouth">HMNB Portsmouth</a> Naval Dockyard under the name VT Shipbuilding. In 2008, VT Shipbuilding was merged with <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a>' <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>-based <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Surface_Fleet_Solutions" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions">Surface Fleet Solutions</a> subsidiary to form <a href="/wiki/BVT_Surface_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="BVT Surface Fleet">BVT Surface Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The VT Halmatic <a href="/wiki/Boatyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Boatyard">boatyard</a> site in <a href="/wiki/Portchester" title="Portchester">Portchester</a> was also sold off to <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Wharf,_Portchester,_Portsmouth" class="mw-redirect" title="Trafalgar Wharf, Portchester, Portsmouth">Trafalgar Wharf</a>, with Halmatic also moving into Portsmouth Naval Base. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entry_into_the_nuclear_industry">Entry into the nuclear industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VT_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Entry into the nuclear industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, VT Group acquired BNG Project Services from the government-owned <a href="/wiki/BNFL" class="mw-redirect" title="BNFL">British Nuclear Fuels</a> for £75m. As the provider of nuclear decommissioning and waste treatment engineering services, Project Services gave VT Group access to the nuclear industry in the UK and abroad. The business was renamed VT Nuclear Services.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exit_from_BVT">Exit from BVT</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VT_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Exit from BVT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 28 January 2009 VT Group announced its intention to sell its share of BVT Surface Fleet to BAE Systems. VT Group's <a href="/wiki/Put_option" title="Put option">put option</a> valued its share at a minimum of £380 million subject to conditions, however VT Group was expected to make a cash injection into the business to offset difficulties with contracts with Trinidad and Tobago and Oman. Following the sale of VT Group's 45% share, BVT Surface Fleet was renamed <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Surface_Ships" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Systems Surface Ships">BAE Systems Surface Ships</a> to reflect the total ownership.<sup id="cite_ref-vtsells_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vtsells-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Takeover_and_restructuring">Takeover and restructuring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VT_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Takeover and restructuring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, the British defence and construction company <a href="/wiki/Babcock_International" title="Babcock International">Babcock International</a> purchased VT Group for £1.32bn.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Babcock integrated the UK portion of VT Group into its own business. In 2012, Babcock sold VT Group, which was by then US-based, to the <a href="/wiki/Private_equity_fund" title="Private equity fund">private investment fund</a> Resolute Fund II LP, linked to the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordan Company">Jordan Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2023, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vtgdefense.com/leading-national-security-solutions-provider-vtg-receives-majority-investment-from-am-capital-partners/">VTG received a new majority investment from A&M Capital Partners</a>. </p><p>VT Group rebranded as VTG in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsidiaries">Subsidiaries</h2><span 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