The Department of Defense will advance the development of a B61 nuclear gravity bomb variant to meet the needs of an evolving security environment as discussed in the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review. The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration would develop and produce the proposed B61-13 bomb as part of efforts to strength...
HII‘s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division will help the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity develop live, virtual and constructive training software under a potential five-year, $134 million task order. The award covers software engineering, development, integration and test support for the service branchR...
Seventeen cybersecurity and defense agencies from different countries joined the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in updating a guidance on the implementation of secure-by-design principles in software development. The joint guidance was revised based on input from individuals, nonprofit organizations and industry members workin...
Juan Toves, a business development executive at Peraton, has taken on the role of vice president of business development for defense mission and health solutions sector at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology services contractor. He announced his new position in a LinkedIn post on Monday and will bring to the role his knowledge and expe...
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced more than $500 million in awards to support companies as they move their vaccine candidates to Phase 2b clinical trials and further develop new technologies as part of Project NextGen. Project NextGen is a $5 billion government initiative that seeks to speed up the development of...
Chris Moody, a professional with over a decade of experience at the federal-focused arm of Cherokee Nation Businesses, has been elevated to vice president of business development at the company, according to his LinkedIn post published Sunday. His most recent role at Cherokee Federal was executive general manager, a position he held for mo...
Ryan Leo, a technology industry executive, has been appointed vice president of business development and strategy at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), he announced in a LinkedIn post. Leo most recently served as a program director at the Reston, Virginia-based defense and technology services contractor. He is an experienced program manager and systems engineer a...
Ken Diller, a military and industry veteran, has joined Millennium Corp. as vice president of business development. In this capacity, he oversees the company’s business development strategy, proposal and capture activities and works with the operations team to create strategies meant to help address complex challenges facing customers. Diller&...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue working on Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar Space Vehicles 1 and 2 under a $235 million contract modification from Space Systems Command. The Department of Defense said Thursday the award raises the contract’s total cumulative face value to $2.15 billion and covers work at the compan...
The U.S. Army has started soliciting comments on a draft statement of work and related attachments for a contract to modernize the service branch’s military payroll system used to support pay generation and disbursement procedures. The service intends to award a single contract to one company to meet the Army Military Payroll requirement under...
