ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- BAE Systems issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: BAE Systems plc ("BAE Systems" or the "Company") announces that it has entered into a definitive Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire the Ball Aerospace business from Ball Corporation for c.$5.55bn in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. The proposed stock transaction will be treated as an asset purchase for federal tax purposes, with an expected net present value tax benefit of c.$750m mak  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- BAE Systems issued the following news release: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs(TM) research and development organization a $14 million contract for the Massive Cross Correlation (MAX) program. BAE Systems will develop technology aimed at enabling the deployment of advanced signal processing and computation on a new smaller category of military platforms. Signal processing is at the heart of critic  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 18 -- The University of Maryland School of Law issued the following news: Christopher Mathis joins the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law faculty as an assistant professor of law in the 2023-2024 academic year. Mathis comes to Maryland Carey Law from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he was a visiting assistant professor, and the University of Virginia, where he was both an American Bar Foundation/Access Lex Institute Doctoral Fellow in   more

JOINT BASE LANGLEY EUSTIS, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Disney World issued the following news release: The Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games, hosted by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), will return to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida, in June 2024. "Adaptive sports play such a powerful role in the mental and physical recovery of wounded, ill and injured military members, and we are excited to once again be back at ESPN Wide Wo  more

RESTON, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Leidos, an information technology, engineering and science solutions and services company, issued the following news release: Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE 500 science and technology leader, was recently awarded a new task order by Naval Sea Systems Command to manage, operate and maintain the U.S. Navy's Overlord and medium unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The single-award task order has a one-year base period of performance and two one-year options. The task order   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: More than 200 McGuireWoods attorneys from the firm's U.S. offices were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 16 of whom were named "Lawyers of the Year," an honor given to only one lawyer in each practice area per city. Three McGuireWoods partners were selected as Lawyers of the Year in multiple categories. Mary Nash K. Rusher was named Raleigh "Lawyer of the Year" f  more

TYSONS, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Squire Patton Boggs, a law firm, issued the following news: Squire Patton Boggs has advised Gordon Brothers, the global advisory and investment firm, on its acquisition of global consumer electronics brand Telefunken. Squire Patton Boggs advised Gordon Brothers on all legal aspects of the transaction with a team led by Corporate partner Sascha Konwalski and Financial Services partner Andreas Lehmann, and which included Dr. Kai Mertens, Dr. Sandra Muller, Dr. Jan He  more

TYSONS, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- TEGNA, a broadcast, digital media and marketing services company, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Shareholders of TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today overwhelmingly approved the re-election of nine Board members and an advisory resolution on the compensation of the company's named executive officers. TEGNA shareholders re-elected Board Chairman Howard D. Elias, president and CEO Dave Lougee, Gina L. Bianchini, Stuart J. Epstein, Karen H. Grimes, Scott  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Gov. Jim Justice held a ceremony today at the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility in Clarksburg to sign Senate Bill 1037, which provides a $1 million supplemental appropriation to the facility for a facility-wide bed replacement. "Our veterans have given so much and asked for so little in return, and it is only right we take care of them as much as possible," Gov. Ju  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Gov. Jim Justice held a ceremony today at the Robert C Byrd National Aerospace Education Center on the grounds of the North Central West Virginia Airport to sign Senate Bill 1029, which provides a $25 million supplemental appropriation to Pierpont Community & Technical College's Aviation Maintenance Technology program for a new aviation maintenance training facility. The  more