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The State Risk and Authorization Management Program, the regional version of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, will require greater accountability from organizations supporting or providing cybersecurity services to the U.S. government, said Ted Cotterill, Indiana's chief privacy officer and general counsel for the Management Performance Hub. Speaking to Bill Sullivan, vice president and general manager of U.S. federal business at Denodo, Cotterill provided an overview of the StateRAMP model implementation in different states as well as private sector cooperation with the program.

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GE Aerospace intends to invest $650 million this year to upgrade its manufacturing facilities and strengthen its supply chain. The General Electric operating unit said Tuesday that, of that total, $450 million will be allocated for the enhancement of 22 facilities across the U.S., an effort that includes the acquisition of additive manufacturing equipment and other machines and tools that will be used to assemble, test and produce engines for military and commercial aircraft.

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Bell Textron held on March 11 the grand opening of a new weapon systems integration lab at its Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas. The 47,000-square-foot facility will serve as home to future development programs, including the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, Bell Textron said Monday.

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General Atomics' electromagnetic systems division has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin's space business arm to build and deliver missile warning, tracking and defense payloads for integration into the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites. GA-EMS will produce 16 wide-field-of-view missile warning and tracking infrared payloads and two fire control and missile defense infrared payloads for integration into the 18 satellites Lockheed is building for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture's tracking layer, General Atomics said Monday.

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