The Layoff Club

Laid off from V2X.

V2X's layoff notices have each covered one site, most at military bases and NASA's Armstrong center. The 2015 severance plan V2X still files for salaried staff leaves out workers under union contracts, nearly a third of its employees, unless their contract opts in.

What we know about V2X severance and layoffs

  • 12 tracker filings by V2X or units it now owns, 2009 to 2026
  • 550 jobs in Exelis's 2014 Fort Benning layoff, our tracker's largest for V2X
  • About 16,200 full-time V2X employees and 7,300 subcontract workers at 2025's end
  • About 30% of V2X employees represented by 60 union contracts in 2025
  • $1.5 million in severance expense for Vectrus's 2016 headquarters cut
  • Up to 52 weeks, the 2015 Vectrus plan's cap for eligible salaried staff

The most recent V2X layoff we've found

V2X's newest notice on record went to California in January 2026 and covers the permanent closing of its NASA Armstrong operation in Edwards, according to the state's 2025-26 WARN report.

What V2X layoffs have meant for employees

Federal contracts bring in most of V2X's revenue, and its 2025 annual report warns that some have to be rebid when their terms end, which gives competitors a chance to take market share away. For people working on a V2X contract, that makes the contract itself a source of risk, since jobs tied to work that's rebid or lost can end with it. Keesler is the one V2X notice on record where a state gives that reason, with Mississippi's quarterly WARN report recording the 2023 layoff as the result of a lost contract. Contracts come the other way too, and Vectrus's May 2018 release called the Sheppard base maintenance it had just won new work.

The same annual report counts moving employees from completed contracts to new assignments among the things V2X's profitability depends on. If your severance offer or agreement points to the 2015 Vectrus severance plan and V2X rehires you on another contract while you're receiving payments, that version stops the remaining payments at the rehire date, which is worth weighing against how long the new assignment looks likely to last. That version also says that if a rehired worker is let go again before their prior service is bridged, they're eligible only for the portion they gave up.

That version names regular salaried executive and corporate-level staff in the U.S. as eligible, and says local businesses or divisions are covered but may have different payment schedules. Union contracts covered about 30% of V2X's staff when 2025 closed, and the 2015 version leaves workers under a bargaining agreement out unless the agreement brings them in. It rules out anyone who resigns or retires voluntarily. If you're covered by that version, are holding a notice and are offered work by another contractor at the same site before the notice's effective date, resigning early to take it would end your eligibility. It also pays in installments, trims severance by whatever is paid toward a WARN obligation, and credits years at ITT and Exelis, the companies Vectrus came out of. The 2025 annual report also lists a separate senior executive severance pay plan, amended and restated in December 2024.

Paperwork comes with the money. When Vectrus cut its headquarters staff in 2016, its 2016 annual report said part of the severance had been paid under agreements with the affected employees, and the 2015 version pays only people who sign a release of claims and don't revoke it.

Looking up a notice means knowing the names. V2X is what Vectrus and Vertex Aerospace became in July 2022, and state lists still show its notices under Vectrus Systems, Vertex Aerospace or a site name, so the older names are worth searching too. California's 2024 notice, for one, went in as V2X dba Vertex Aerospace. Older filings went in under ITT, Exelis and L3 unit names, and our WARN tracker counts them for V2X because it follows who owns each unit today.

How much warning the notices gave has varied. The Fort Bragg closure notice came two weeks before its effective date, according to North Carolina's 2022 WARN summary; Vertex's New River notice came about four months ahead, per the state's 2023 summary; and the Armstrong notice came a month ahead, by California's report for 2025-26. If one of these notices reached you, our unemployment benefits pages for California, Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Georgia cover the states where V2X's notices have landed.

A sourced history of V2X layoffs

  • January 2026, NASA Armstrong closure notice

    V2X notified California that its operation at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards would close permanently, listing 62 jobs at a Lilly Drive warehouse; the state's WARN report for 2025-26 dates the notice January 30, effective March 1.

  • August 2024, Vertex Aerospace closure notice in San Diego

    Filing as V2X dba Vertex Aerospace, the company told California on August 20 that its site at 9470 Pless Road in San Diego would close permanently, with 46 jobs set to end October 31, per California's 2024-25 WARN report.

  • July 2024, Sheppard Air Force Base layoff notice

    Vectrus Systems told Texas on July 17 that 123 jobs at Sheppard would end September 30, per our WARN tracker, and ASRC Federal announced July 29 that it had won Sheppard's base operations, with work starting in August.

  • June 2023, Keesler base services layoff after a lost contract

    Vectrus's Keesler Base Services unit notified Mississippi on June 9 of 191 layoffs dated July 31, which the state's April-June 2023 WARN list puts down to a lost contract; three days later, Akima announced it had won Keesler's base operations.

  • May 2023, Vertex layoff notice at MCAS New River

    Vertex Aerospace LLC told North Carolina on May 24 that 57 jobs at MCAS New River in Jacksonville would end September 30 in a permanent layoff, the state's 2023 WARN summary shows.

  • June 2022, Vectrus Mission Solutions closure at Fort Bragg

    Vectrus Mission Solutions Corp dated a notice June 16 for a permanent closure at Fort Bragg affecting 122 people, effective June 30, North Carolina's 2022 WARN summary shows; the state logged it on June 21.

  • October 2016, Colorado Springs headquarters reduction in force

    Vectrus cut 62 Colorado Springs headquarters positions in a reduction in force announced October 18, recording a $1.5 million severance expense for the year, part of it paid under agreements with affected employees, per its 2016 annual report.

What to do if you're laid off from V2X

V2X layoff and severance questions

What severance has V2X given laid-off employees?

Vectrus booked $1.5 million of severance expense on its 2016 headquarters cut, its 2016 annual report says. For eligible salaried U.S. staff let go other than for cause, the 2015 version of its severance plan, which V2X's 2025 annual report still lists, lets the company pay at its discretion, up to 52 weeks of pay absent another determination, and leaves out workers whose terms are set by a union contract unless that contract opts in.

How many WARN notices has V2X filed?

Our WARN tracker has seven filed under the V2X, Vectrus or Vertex Aerospace names and five more from ITT, Exelis and L3 units V2X owns today, filed before it owned them, for 12. North Carolina's 2022 WARN summary lists a 13th outside it, a Vectrus Mission Solutions closure at Fort Bragg, so the total on record is at least 13. The largest, 550 jobs, was a 2014 Exelis layoff at Fort Benning, and the one notice dated 2025 or later is the 62-job Armstrong closure.

Is V2X the same company as Vectrus?

V2X came out of the July 5, 2022 merger of Vectrus, Inc. with Vertex Aerospace Services Holding Corp., as its 2025 annual report records. Notices since have kept the old names, and four of the five in our WARN tracker from after the merger name Vectrus or Vertex Aerospace.