NASA has released a second request for proposals in search of more companies to help the agency research and develop deep-space habitation systems, advanced propulsion technologies and small satellites. The agency said Wednesday it seeks “evolvable” approaches to long-duration habitation by astronauts and aims to build full-s...
Greg Godbout, chief technology officer and U.S. digital services lead at the Environmental Protection Agency, will join cBrain™s international team effective May 1. Godbout will work to introduce updates to the F2 platform and help the Denmark-based software company expand into the U.S. market, cBrain said Tuesday. The cBrain F2 autom...
The U.S. Air Force does not want to publicly disclose the Long Range Strike Bomber contract’s value because the military service believes a disclosure may give adversaries a hint about the aircraft’s specifications, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Randall Walden, director of the Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Offi...
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has been awarded a three-year, $67 million contract to design and build electric propulsion technology for use in NASA‘s deep-space exploration missions. The company will help develop a propulsion system that will comprise a thruster, a power processing unit, an electrical harness and a ...
The U.S. Army has awarded four companies positions on a potential five-year, $122.5 million contract to help the National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence demonstrate and transition technology platforms for the Defense Department. The program is scheduled to run through Oct. 19, 2021, and the Army Contracting Command will determ...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA April 19, 2016 — David Ramirez, FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE) president of the global government business, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his contributions in global sales strategy. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and p...
The GovCon Index held onto a positive close for the third consecutive session Tuesday at 0.148 points to 76.362 after a descent from a strong open to negative territory in early afternoon trade before a reversal into green. Losses by technology shares on disappointing earnings reporters weighed on U.S. markets but were offset by ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2016 ” Parsons and the National Security Agency have partnered on a cybersecurity competition for students of military institutions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said April 12 the Cyber Defense Exercise was held at its cyber center in Maryland, with the winners announced...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2016 ” CACI International (NYSE: CACI) will provide enterprise IT network support, systems engineering, software engineering and IT infrastructure maintenance services to the Department of Veterans Affairs under a $22.3 billion contract vehicle awarded in March, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The com...
Jonathan Greenert, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and formerly its top uniformed officer, has joined the board of directors at BAE Systems Inc. – the British contractor’s U.S. subsidiary — and will serve for a term of up to three years. Board Chairman Michael Chertoff said Tuesday the subsidiary elected Greenert to...
