The Government Accountability Office has dismissed protests against NASA’s award of a potential $2.89 billion contract to SpaceX to further develop a human landing system that would transport two astronauts to the surface of the moon as part of the Artemis program. NASA said Saturday GAO’s decision will enable the space agency and SpaceX to...
Marshall Smith, former deputy associate administrator for systems engineering and integration within a NASA directorate, has joined Voyager Space Holdings subsidiary Nanoracks to serve as senior vice president of commercial space stations. Voyager said Monday Smith will oversee Nanoracks’ commercial space services from a new Huntsville, Alabam...
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) technical solutions division has received a potential five-year, $346 million task order to help U.S. Africa Command and its international partners rescue, recover and evacuate military personnel. The company said Monday it will conduct airlift and airdrop efforts, plan and manage rescue operations, s...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI), Information Management Services and Westat have secured positions on a five-year, $149.9 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide computer-related support services to the government’s principal cancer research organization. The agency named the three awardees for the Biomedical Computing, Analytic ...
A LexisNexis Risk Solutions platform has received approval from Kantara Initiative as a component service operating at Identity Assurance Level 2 following its compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Special Publication 800-63 rev. 3 requirements. The Risk Defense Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions is a risk-based...
Brillient will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services process applications and petitions under a potential five-year, $310.6 million contract. An award notice posted Friday on SAM.gov says the company will provide administrative and clerical services to the agency’s field operations directorate through the small business set-aside ...
Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business reported $6.87 billion in sales during the second quarter of 2021, reflecting a 4 percent increase from the prior-year period. The company said Wednesday the BDS segment’s revenue jump for the quarter was driven by a higher volume on KC-46A tanker and P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft...
The National Nuclear Security Administration is seeking potential vendors to participate in an upcoming solicitation for managed information technology and cybersecurity services. A presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov says NNSA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer intends to procure contractor services to modernize classified a...
The General Services Administration has released the full list of awardees on a potential 10-year, multiple-award master contract to research, develop, maintain, support and operate manned, optionally manned and unmanned platforms and robotics systems. GSA divided the awardees on the ASTRO contract into 10 pools encompassing various services in supp...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will continue providing support for the U.S. Army’s geospatial information program as part of a $151.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Army Geospatial Center. Under AGC’s High-Resolution, 3-D Geospatial Information program, Leidos will perform operation and technology integration work through Sept. 5, ...
