Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has assembled a microwave instrument for the second Joint Polar Satellite System being built to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring efforts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company began testing JPSS-2's Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder to determine whether the technology can withstand environmental conditions during liftoff and in space, NASA said Thursday.

Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, reported on top U.S. Army officials speaking about the importance of budget stability for the military service during the annual AUSA meeting and exposition.

Harold Poston, former principal at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has been appointed vice president for  Department of Defense accounts at Octo Consulting Group.

A General Atomics business unit will produce mechanical, cabling and electrical systems for the U.S. Army's Common Hypersonic Glide Body program as part of a Dynetics-led industry team that won a $351.6M other transaction agreement in September.

Investment firms American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg are seeking to acquire the management services business of AECOM (NYSE: ACM) in a deal that could be worth up to $2.4B, Bloomberg reported Sunday.

Guidehouse, a management consultancy backed by Veritas Capital, has closed its purchase of Navigant Consulting to broaden work in both the government and commercial sectors. "Together we will serve our clients with distinction around the world, helping them address their most difficult challenges," said Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse and a 2019 Wash100 awardee.

James Cassella, formerly senior vide president of business development at DynCorp International's aviation operating segment, has been promoted to chief growth officer of the global government services provider. “Jim is perfect for this new position, given his proven leadership of business development and years of service at DI,” said George Krivo, DynCorp CEO and a 2019 Wash100 awardee.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) and Supermicro have developed computing platforms that employ a full-stack workload protection technology built through a partnership between Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).

SparkCognition, which aims to build artificial intelligence technology platforms, has raised $100M through a Series C funding round led by March Capital Partners.

Lily Kim, general manager of Azure government at Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), higlighted some of the company's latest efforts to help agencies address cloud computing requirements in a blog entry posted Monday.