Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space business has received a potential six-year, $194 million contract from NASA to design, develop and test multiple Mars ascent vehicles, including a flight system and test units. The Mars Ascent Vehicle Integrated System cost-plus-fixed-fee contract includes the design and development of the vehicle’s ground sup...
In the wake of the recent identification of a critical vulnerability in the Java-based Log4j software code and due to the alarming rise in cybercrime, ransomware attacks and information breaches, the U.S. government is ramping up its cybersecurity response and resilience efforts. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday established the count...
Paul Becker, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and former director of intelligence on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has joined the board of advisers of data analytics company Babel Street. He will work with seven other advisers to provide guidance to the executive management team and strategies to create value for customers in key...
The U.S. Army is seeking information on potential industry sources of line of sight communications capabilities that could be interoperable with terrestrial LOS radios and provide greater throughput and other improved capabilities. The service expects the LOSC2 system to boost transmission diversity of an internet protocol-based architecture to furt...
Garett Presson, formerly vice president of enterprise platforms at Abt Associates, has been promoted to global chief information officer of the Rockville, Maryland-based consulting and research company. He will lead the global strategy and operations of Abt’s information technology organization with responsibility for cybersecurity, infrastruc...
John Sherman, chief information officer at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, will assume responsibility for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program from the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment as part of a realignment effort. “The CMMC team, led by Stacy Bostjanick, will b...
Kathy Morgan, most recently vice president of corporate law at Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), took on a new role as chief legal officer at the McLean, Virginia-based satellite operator. She succeeded Tom Hickey, the former CLO who helped the company secure regulatory approvals for various satellite services during his decadelong career there...
The Potomac Officers Club’s Achieve Information Dominance: Counter Gray Zone Warfare Through Unifying Data Forum on Wednesday united top officials from military branches, industry organizations and the Department of Defense in timely conversations on the role of data and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the United States’ hybrid...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy to produce nine more CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. Lockheed said Thursday the nine helicopters are part of the Marine Corps’ 200 program of record aircraft and are expected to be delivered starting in 2025. CH-53K King...
North Wind Portage has won a potential 10-year, $614 million contract to perform site cleanup and closure work for the Department of Energy’s environmental remediation project in Moab, Utah. The Moab Remedial Action contract includes task orders to excavate and dispose of residual radioactive waste, construct a disposal cell and maintain facil...
