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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."

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.

Stockholders at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) approved at their respective meetings the companies’ agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction and create a technology provider that will be known as Raytheon Technologies.

Nicolas Pujet, a corporate vice president and part of the strategy team at United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), will lead technology and engineering operations at UTC on an interim basis, Hartford Courant reported Wednesday.

Anthony “Toby” O’Brien, chief financial officer of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), will become CFO of the combined company once Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) complete their merger.

Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said the Department of Defense sees “no major concerns” with the proposed merger of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Defense One reported Monday.

A new PwC report says the value of mergers and acquisitions in the global aerospace and defense industry was $58.3B in the second quarter of 2019 and the total deal value for year-to-date 2019 was $64.4B, increasing by 2.7x when compared with YTD 2018.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has secured unconditional approval from the European Commission for its proposed acquisition of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for $34B cash, nearly two months after the U.S. Department of Justice cleared the transaction. The commission said Thursday the merger, which both companies first announced in October 2018, would not put market competition at risk.

Harris (NYSE: HRS) and L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) set June 29, Saturday, as the closing date for their all-stock merger deal after they secured the regulatory clearances needed to complete the transaction.

The Department of Justice has given L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) an antitrust approval to advance their merger through an all-stock transaction, Reuters reported Friday.