The Department of Defense has awarded a task order worth $1M to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) under the potential 10-year Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract.

Brandi Smith, an 18-year executive at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been appointed program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the division.

The Space Development Agency has asked industry to submit executive summaries, proposal abstracts and full proposals for novel concepts, technologies, systems and capabilities in support of its planned National Defense Space Architecture.

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is set to take off as early as Jan. 31 from a launch complex in New Zealand to launch a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Todd Probert, a 10-year Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) executive, will assume the role of president of defense and security group at CAE (NYSE: CAE) on Jan. 27.

Information technology companies Smartronix and Trident Technologies have received strategic investments from New York-based private equity firm OceanSound Partners.

Carmen Krueger, senior vice president of North American enterprise sales at Qualtrics, has said federal agencies seeking to enhance mission outcomes and client satisfaction should begin with improving the employee experience.

BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary has agreed to acquire two businesses that are being divested in order for United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to secure the required antitrust approval for their pending merger.

A Bloomberg Government webinar revealed that a Department of Defense component agency, two service branches and a civilian agency plan to recompete six of the largest contracts this year, Federal News Network reported Thursday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded 22 companies positions on a potential $3B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for professional and technical services.