The National Institutes of Health has launched a new initiative to accelerate the development and commercialization of testing technologies for the new coronavirus. The Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics program will use $1.5B in federal stimulus funds to invest in efforts that work on new COVID-19 testing technologies, NIH said Thursday....
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $74.8M contract from Consortium Management Group to begin the second phase of development for the U.S. Army’s Multi-Function Electronic Warfare Air Large program. The company said Wednesday it will develop the “air large” component of the MFEW-AL system, which is designed to deliver combined cyber and ele...
Allison Transmission has secured a $162M contract to manufacture and deliver systems to power the U.S. Army's M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks....
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has appointed Gabe Camarillo, most recently vice president of strategy, and Josh Jackson, an 18-year company veteran, as senior vice presidents and operations managers within the defense solutions group. Camarillo will succeed the retiring Rick Sabol to oversee SAIC’s Naval Sea and Air System...
NASA is set to reveal the contractors it selected to develop human landing systems for a manned lunar mission in 2024. The space agency said Tuesday it will facilitate a teleconference on Thursday to make the announcement....
Primer has added federal service veterans Brett McGurk and Sue Gordon to the San Francisco-based data analysis automation company's board as an independent director and a strategic adviser, respectively....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2020 — KBR (NYSE: KBR) will vie for task orders to support the U.S. government's contingency and humanitarian operations through the company's position on a potential eight-year, $6.4B U.S. Air Force contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported April 16....
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc and disruption on many aspects of security, work, and commerce. The virus has also called attention to the vulnerabilities of the supply chain, whether it be in secure sourcing and reliability of operations, or surrounding the cyber insecurities of interconnectivity....
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the Department of Defense acquisition office and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has said that DoD is looking to require suppliers of prime contractors to meet the foundational requirements for its new certification program, Federal News Network reported Friday.Arrington will serve as a keyn...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has exercised its right to cancel its master transaction agreement with Embraer to form a new strategic partnership after the latter did not meet the conditions of the MTA....
