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Virginia is No. 1 for Customized Workforce Training Three Years in a Row

Virginia is now ranked No. 1 in the United States for customized workforce training for the third consecutive year in a row by Business Facilities - a key demonstration of how Virginia is leading the way in preparing works for the jobs of today and tomorrow. Business Facilities, the leading location source for corporate site selectors and economic development professionals, also ranked Virginia No. 2 in the country for its business climate.

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Downtown Charlottesville

Luna Labs to Expand Research and Development Operations in Charlottesville

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Luna Labs USA, LLC, a product development company accelerating breakthrough solutions to multiple industries, will invest $200,000 to expand its operations in the City of Charlottesville.

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Delta Star Inc. Expands Lynchburg Manufacturing Facility

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Delta Star Inc., a manufacturer of power transformers and mobile substations for the electrical grid, will invest $35 million to expand their Lynchburg operations.

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Three people in the Smart Grid lab at George Mason University

March 17, 2025

Securing the Future

How Virginia is safeguarding its critical cybersecurity infrastructure.

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Brad Medairy

April 1, 2025

Investments, Tech Partnerships, and the Future of Cyber

A Conversation With Brad Medairy, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

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Downtown Roanoke

Integer to Expand Medical Device Manufacturing Operations in Salem

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Integer, a global medical contract developer and manufacturing organization, plans to make a significant investment over the next five years to expand its operations in the City of Salem.

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The Latest From Virginia

See what’s got people clicking this month, from why Virginia is considered "The Silicon Valley of the East" to how the Commonwealth is building the talent pipeline to keep innovation strong.

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Why Everyone’s Betting on Virginia: The New U.S. Capital of Innovation

Virginia’s quality of life, countryside, coast, transport networks, and smaller, distributed centers make it a potential new model for a state. One in which we burn less fuel, strain infrastructures less, and put less demand on a single megacity. Neighborhoods thrive. Talent and opportunity is free to spread outward.

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Technomics to Further Expand Operations in Arlington County

Technomics, Inc., a firm specializing in data- and analytics-driven decision support services, will invest $5,375,750 to expand its operations in Arlington County. 

 

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“There’s a tremendous number of startups and new and interesting tech coming directly out of Virginia.

It’s important for Booz Allen to be an integral part of that broader tech ecosystem — to know the capabilities and be able to help assemble and bring those capabilities into our client’s mission.”

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“The question is how to best mobilize and use AI to support proactive protection.

We’ll see greater reliance on AI to augment what I would call cyber defensive capabilities, how to repel threats before they happen, using AI to be proactive.”

 

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