With one of the highest shares of active duty troops relative to state residents, Virginia employers stand to benefit as service members prepare to transition into civilian life - and take their talents with them.
The global aerospace industry is reinventing itself, with innovation spanning materials, engineering, and a more expansive vision for how we take to the skies. Virginia sits at the heart of this transformation as a breeding ground for ingenuity.
Identified as a place where academic institutions, private industry and government could come together, a 462 acre plot in Albemarle County is the latest addition to a growing cluster of industries coming to define the Charlottesville area.
Backed by monumental funding deals, a peaking business profile, and a strong entrepreneurial undercurrent, Virginia is building an accessible, collaborative, and truly thriving innovation ecosystem far and wide across the Commonwealth.
AI requires powerful cloud systems, and data centers power these innovations. Virginia’s strong data center infrastructure is a draw, but companies are also focused on ensuring a robust local workforce to staff the facilities.
OpenAI's ChatGPT is only the start: experts say that generative AI - this smarter, more flexible version of artificial intelligence - offers organizations the possibility of revolutionizing not only how work is done, but who does what.
VFP Inc., a custom building solutions manufacturer, will invest $5 million to expand its facility in Scott County, creating 50 new jobs.
TECHnista, LLC, an education consulting company, will invest $1.5 million and create 15 new jobs to support a Department of Defense contract in Pittsylvania County.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Inc., a global provider of defense and aerospace systems, will invest $71 million to establish a facility in James City County, creating 180 new jobs.
Optimum Technologies LLC, which provides space flight hardware design, manufacturing, integration and test, will invest $999,000 to expand in Loudoun County, creating 40 new jobs.