
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday officially unveiled U.S. Space Command as the 11th unified combatant command led by Air Force Gen. John Raymond. “Gen. Raymond is acutely aware of the vital role that space plays in U.S. national security and our way of life and is an ideal choice to lead this new command,” Esper, a 2019 Wash100 winner,...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential $349M cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to continue modernizing the Tomahawk cruise missile system as part of the U.S. Navy's rapid deployment capability efforts. The company will begin phase 2 of the Maritime Strike Tomahawk program after completing design, integration, test and evaluation effort...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) broke ground on a facility in Utah to support the U.S. Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile modernization project. The company said Tuesday its future Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program office near Hill AF Base will open in mid-2020 and create more than 2K jobs in the state....