MITRE has booked a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $541.3 million to provide support to the National Security Engineering Center. The Department of Defense said Monday the contractor will continue serving as the administrator of the federally funded research and development center for another year. Under the cost-reimbursement option contract...
Mac Curtis, chairman of the board at Cubic Corporation, has been appointed by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to serve a four-year term on the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority’s board of directors. Also referred to as the Virginia Spaceport Authority, the VCSFA is a state organization focused on expanding access to space f...
By Ron Lear, Vice President of Models and Frameworks at ISACA The Capability Maturity Model Integration, or CMMI, has grown and evolved quite a bit in its 30-plus-year history. Tracing CMMI’s roots back to the Software CMM first released in 1991 for the Department of Defense, CMMI set the bar for process improvement and is...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has received a potential five-year, $140 million recompete task order to provide operational safety, suitability and engineering support services for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The company said Monday it will continue to conduct research and analyses to develop recommendations to help ensure interoperability, life cy...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured a $6.75 billion block-buy contract from the U.S. Navy to design and build up to eight T-AO 205 John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler ships. The Department of Defense said Friday Naval Sea Systems Command expects General Dynamics NASSCO to perform contract work in California, Louisiana, Michig...
John Bell was elevated to the role of chief technology officer at HII‘s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division, where he most recently served as technical director. The executive announced his promotion via a LinkedIn post published Saturday. According to the company website, the new HII Mission Technologies CTO is responsible for technical...
The State Department has approved the government of Romania’s $7.2 billion request to purchase F-35 aircraft, engines and related equipment. under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday the southeastern European country asked to buy 32 F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Ta...
NASA has awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued up to $121 million to Crown Consulting to support the aeronautics and exploration technology research and development efforts at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California. The NASA Academic Mission Services 2 IDIQ covers a large scope of new and emerging ca...
Brielle Terry has been appointed vice president and general manager of rocket motor systems at Anduril Industries, according to the executive’s LinkedIn post Thursday. Terry started her career in 2015 when she co-founded Adranos, a manufacturing company focused on solid rocket motors and solid rocket fuel. She served as its chie...
Frederick Lodge has assumed the role of vice president of business operations at Peraton. The finance and business operations leader with over 20 years of experience confirmed his appointment in a LinkedIn post Thursday. In his new position, Lodge will oversee business operations for Peraton’s Citizen Security and Public Services Group.&...
