Merrick Garland, a more than two-decade veteran of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has emerged as President-elect Joe Biden's pick to be the next U.S. attorney general, Politico reported Wednesday. Garland most recently served as the DC Circuit chief judge and previously received a nomination to serve in the U.S....
Scott Pace has stepped down as executive secretary of the White House's National Space Council to rejoin George Washington University, where he previously served as director of its Space Policy Institute. “I am so proud of the team here and the work we’ve done to set a foundation for continued progress and advancement," Pace said....
Sean Daily, former vice president of finance and business operations at Lockheed Martin's (LMT: NYSE) space segment, has joined Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions as chief financial officer. CAES said Monday that Daily will also join the board of directors of the Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense electronics provider....
Naval Sea Systems Command has selected Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors for a potential $178M contract to design and build two ships for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's oceanographic research....
The General Services Administration has released a draft request for proposals for the Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract for use by federal agencies to buy information technology platforms and services from small businesses....
The Senate moved to pass the $740.5B National Defense Authorization Act into law via an 81-13 vote Friday that overruled President Donald Trump’s veto of the NDAA, The Wall Street Journal reported....
President-elect Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Kathleen Hicks, former deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and forces during the Obama administration, as deputy secretary of defense....
Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) has won a potential five-year, $882.5M recompete contract to help the U.S. Army operate, maintain and secure the military branch's communications infrastructure. Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus and six-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the company will continue to support the Operations, Maintenance and Defense of ...
Brian Goodger, acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, said NITAAC expects the final request for proposals for the potential five-year, $40B follow-on governmentwide acquisition contract for IT support services to be released between Jan. 11 and 15, Government CIO reported Tuesda...
Moderna has received a six-month, $1.97B contract modification from the U.S. Army to manufacture 100M more doses of the company's messenger RNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus....
