NASA plans to release a solicitation for the third iteration of its Safety and Mission Assurance Services contracting vehicle and expects the maximum ordering value for SMAS III to reach $226 million. According to a presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will procure services for independent surveillance, ...
Stoke Space raised $100 million in new Series B investment and the latest Industrious Ventures-led round brought the reusable rocket builder’s total funding to $175 million. The funding round logged participation from the University of Michigan, Sparta Group, Long Journey, and existing investors In-Q-Tel, Breakthrough Energy, YCombinator, Poin...
Retired U.S. Army Major General and Accenture Federal Services Managing Director George Franz has been appointed chair of the Cyber Group within Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 Leadership Series. The 4×24 program is a connective force in the government contracting industry, weaving an executive-level fabric between senior members ...
Greg Burrill, 5G/networking alliance manager at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said the transition to virtualization with 5G is driving innovative developments that could enable government agencies to better manage data workloads. He wrote in an article published on Carahsoft.com that major hyperscaler cloud providers are working to facilitate the ...
Every year, the Potomac Officers Club hosts the government contracting industry’s premier events featuring the most prominent and influential speakers from the public and private sectors. Now, POC is gearing up for its biggest, most exciting year yet. In 2024, POC will be hosting an exciting lineup of in-person events, including must-attend month...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has secured a seven-year, $630 million contract to provide the U.S. Space Force with systems engineering and integration services for space sensing capabilities, such as the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites. The project builds on Booz Allen’s existing partnership with the Space Systems Com...
Frank Varga, formerly vice president of operations at Apogee, has been promoted to the chief operating officer role at the Colorado Springs, Colorado-headquartered national security and defense technology provider. Varga will work with the Apogee leadership team to advance the delivery of space, cyber and special operations capabilities to national ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential three-year, $178 million contract from the U.S. Navy to expand the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant at the Allegany Ballistic Laboratory in West Virginia. Work on the firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action will occur in Rocket Center, West Virginia, through September 2026, the Depar...
Vincent DiFronzo, senior vice president of SAIC’s Air Force, Combatant Command and Department of Defense Agency unit, has been appointed chair of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 DOD Group. The 4×24 leadership series is the government contracting industry’s premier executive networking program. Designed to promote the sharing of ide...
According to Young Bang, principal deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, the service branch is engaging in multiple efforts to join forces with small businesses, which offer a number of new warfighting capabilities. One of these programs is Project Vista, which he noted during a panel discussion at ...
