Virgin Galactic and Social Capital Hedosophia are set to close the two firms' merger deal Friday and launch the first publicly traded space tourism company, CNBC reported Thursday. The report said Virgin Galactic could start to trade on the New York Stock Exchange by Monday under the ticker symbol "SPCE."...
Enterprise software provider Skuid has partnered with Carahsoft Technology and Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) to help three U.S. defense agencies and a large civilian agency update applications. Skuid said Thursday it received four government contracts to support the customers in app development and modernization initiatives....
The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that the Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker aircraft officially entered into the initial operational test and evaluation phase, FlightGlobal reported Thursday....
Frank X. Spencer has won a five-year, $240M contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform land survey architectural and engineering services....
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will continue to help the Department of the Interior manage and maintain a financial and business management system under a potential five-year, $250M contract....
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Vista Equity Partners are in discussions over the value of Forcepoint, a joint cybersecurity venture the companies formed in 2015, Inside Defense reported Thursday....
Engineering and construction management services provider TRC Companies has agreed to buy a Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business unit that provides energy services to gas and electric utilities....
Two presidents have been appointed to lead the Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) businesses that will be consolidated once the Waltham, Mass.-based defense contractor and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) complete their merger....
Baird’s Global Investment Banking Group announced on Wednesday that Leidos Health, LLC, a subsidiary of Leidos, Inc., has been acquired by ettain group, a portfolio company of Alvarez & Marsal Capital (œA&M Capital). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Leidos Health will be re-branded as part of ettain group™s ...
Neil Mitchill, vice president and chief financial officer of United Technologies Corp.’s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary, has been appointed to serve as UTC CFO on an acting basis, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday....
