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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
James Reagan, chief financial officer at Leidos, has said the Reston, Virginia-based company plans to submit a bid for a contract to provide logistics support to the U.S. Special Operations Command, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. James Bach writes the potential contract could be part of what an analyst at Credit Suisse’s recent Industrials Conference described […] More
Lockheed Martin has conducted a demonstration to assess the capability of two unmanned aerial systems and a prototype UAS traffic management platform in a firefighting mission. The company used the UTM system to monitor the operations of Stalker XE UAS and Kaman Aerospace-built K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter and communicate with the air traffic controllers during the […] More
The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to award a potential $49.5 million contract to commercial companies to develop software programs that could help the service branch block potential cyber attacks and hack threat actors’ computer systems, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes the military branch published the draft contract for the “Offensive Cyberspace Operations […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Sevatec two prime contracts to provide support for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Student Exchange and Visitor Program. Each of the contracts awarded under the DHS Eagle II contract vehicle contains a base term of one year and four option years, Sevatec said Tuesday. SEVP aims to help […] More
A Mitre-operated federally funded research and development center and the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved have forged a partnership in an effort to address health disparities and improve health for underserved communities. The CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare FFRDC will work with the NHIT Collaborative to include underserved populations in discussions as the […] More
Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems have begun construction on a new facility in Australia that seeks to help government and industry satellite operators track and monitor orbital space debris objects. The tracking facility will work to help prevent collisions of satellite payloads with debris objects in space, Lockheed said Tuesday. The new site will house […] More
Facility management services contractor Centerra Group has received a potential five-year contract from Los Alamos National Security to provide security police personnel and other protective force services support for Los Alamos National Laboratory in Santa Fe, New Mexico. LANS awarded the contract through a competitive acquisition process, Centerra said Tuesday. The New Mexico-based laboratory works […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has used 3-D printing technology to produce 12 nozzle extensions for installation onboard the Orion spacecraft’s crew module reaction control system. “These components are the first additively manufactured parts we have provided for the Orion spacecraft,” Julie Van Kleeck, vice president of advanced space and launch programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne, said in a […] More
Angela “Angie” Messer, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has told Bloomberg BNA that companies should have cyber response plans in place in the event of a cyber attack. Messer said in an interview published Monday that firms should exercise such plans on a regular basis through cyber wargames in order to practice […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has ended its plans to use a modified version of F-15 fighter jet to launch satellite payloads into space after two unmanned tests of a pre-mixed propellant resulted in explosions, Space News reported Monday. Tests on the NA-7 propellant were part of DARPA’s Airborne Launch Assist Space Access program that seeks […] More
Hanks, Hanks & Associates has been awarded a potential five-year, $29.3 million contract to provide clerical support, records maintenance and other administrative services for NASA’s Alabama-based Marshall Space Flight Center and New Orleans-based Michoud Assembly Facility. The space agency awarded the firm-fixed-price contract through a competitive acquisition as part of the government’s 8(a) initiative for small […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished its 100th AJ60 rocket motor for United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V launch vehicle. Aerojet said Monday 87 AJ60 solid rocket boosters have been used in 24 Atlas V missions since it won the contract from the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture in 1999. AJ60 is a 67-foot long wound composite SRB designed to carry over 90,000 […] More
