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Climate Change Adaptation for Built Infrastructure

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Attend a presentation titled Climate Change Adaptation for Built Infrastructure. Washington, DC. The details for the meeting are as follows: Wednesday, June 19, 2013. to 10:15 a.m. Keck Center of the National Academies. 500 Fifth Street NW.

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Aireon Relocating, Expanding HQ In Virginia

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Aireon chose to remain in Fairfax County and expand the headquarters due to its proximity to downtown Washington, DC, the Federal Aviation Administration and the area’s regional and international airports,” said Rich Nyren, chief financial officer of Aireon. Image: Aireon, LLC).

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Separated at Birth

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Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways. DC now is moving forward with a $1.3-billion Thankfully, the need to defend the U.S. It’s not a stretch to call Ike’s legacy project, most of which was built between 1956 and 1990, one of the greatest feats of human engineering.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A fter several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study. percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7

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BUSINESS REPORT: Stafford County – Where Connectivity And Opportunity Intersect

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The East Coast’s primary north-south passenger rail line bisects Stafford, with CSX and Amtrak service complemented by Virginia Railway Express, which provides commuter service to DC. INVESTING IN 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE. Based in northern Virginia, SummitIG is a custom network solutions and bandwidth infrastructure provider.

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Study: Unmanned Aircraft Industry Poised To Create 70k New U.S. Jobs In Three Years

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Many of these jobs are portable and will gravitate toward states with favorable regulatory structures and infrastructure. Jenkins is the author of the Handbook of Airline Economics and previously served as the director of the Aviation Institute at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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The existing computer center was constructed in 1979 and the infrastructure systems are approaching the end of their useful lives. Education & Research, Energy & Sustainability, Aerospace & Defense. We’ve seen a big interest from Maryland companies, especially defense companies. MD HAS PLENTY.