Monica Jackson

The federal government has asked feedback from industry and academia regarding the proposed development of an applied research center, meant to facilitate the delivery of citizen services through public-private partnerships. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the government wants to learn about the possible objectives, operational focus, governance structure and funding approaches of the Government […] More

Lockheed Martin has reached its goal of hiring 1,800 workers to support the F-35 program, which has completed 310 aircraft deliveries to date. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed CEO and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said in a statement released Monday the company will continue to hire more employees as it aims to accelerate the pace of F-35 production […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a three-year, $73.2 million contract modification to an L3 Technologies business unit to procure aircraft that can accommodate an updated High Altitude Observatory system. L3 Aeromet will help MDA buy and equip three used planes with the HALO platform under the modification, which increases the contract’s total potential value from $564.1 million […] More

Carahsoft Technology and Feature Labs have partnered to market the latter’s products designed to help government customers create and deploy machine learning models to automate the data science process. Feature Labs said Thursday it developed tools and application programming interfaces for agency data scientists and software engineers to manage data sets and identify key insights. The software […] More

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has announced that the company will hire new apprentices and fund vocational and trade programs meant to boost workforce in the aerospace and defense industries. The Bethesda, Ma.-based firm said Thursday it will provide 8,000 openings for internships and programs for rotation, mid-career development and technical apprenticeships. Lockheed will also […] More

BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm will invest $45.5 million to establish manufacturing and office facilities in Huntsville, Ala., as part of an expansion initiative. The company said Monday it plans to expand its offices on Discovery Drive and build a facility at Cummings Research Park that will include spaces for engineering development, manufacturing and laboratories to support […] More