IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Center for The Business of Government and the National Academy of Public Administration have established a new center to advance the development and implementation of Agile government principles. G. Edward DeSeve, a visiting fellow of the IBM Center and a fellow of the academy, will lead the Agile Government Center, the academy ...
Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and a 2019 Wash100 award winner, said the Reston, Va.-based defense contractor expects to start building the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine by the end of 2020, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday....
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and the U.S. Navy have finalized a multibillion-dollar agreement for the company to build 9 Virginia-class attack submarines, Bloomberg reported Monday....
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will perform additional baseline upgrades to the Aegis ballistic missile defense system under a potential one-year, $185.6M contract modification. The award has a base value of $139.7M and a three-month option that would increase the total contract value to $3.21B....
The Aspen Cybersecurity Group announced that 15 companies have expressed their commitment to implementing talent management principles meant to narrow the cybersecurity skills gap....
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."...
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....
Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the establishment of U.S. Space Command has resulted in improvements in how the Department of Defense communicates and engages with industry, Defense News reported Wednesday....
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has handed over to the U.S. Air Force a high-energy laser counter-drone system designed to trace and neutralize rogue unmanned aircraft....
The eerie silence spoke volumes about the storm™s aftermath. Chris Schulze noticed the unusual stillness when he first arrived 48 hours after Hurricane Michael obliterated most of Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. œIt was so quiet with no aircraft flying. Storm debris everywhere made it very hard to drive around on roads...
