The Government Accountability Office has dismissed protests against NASA’s award of a potential $2.89 billion contract to SpaceX to further develop a human landing system that would transport two astronauts to the surface of the moon as part of the Artemis program. NASA said Saturday GAO’s decision will enable the space agency and SpaceX to...
Marshall Smith, former deputy associate administrator for systems engineering and integration within a NASA directorate, has joined Voyager Space Holdings subsidiary Nanoracks to serve as senior vice president of commercial space stations. Voyager said Monday Smith will oversee Nanoracks’ commercial space services from a new Huntsville, Alabam...
Anduril Industries has named former senior government and national security officials David Goldfein, Kevin McAleenan, Katharina McFarland, Constantine Saab and Scott Swift to the newly formed advisory board to help inform the defense technology company’s strategy and build up relationships with government partners. The company said Tuesday the me...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI), Information Management Services and Westat have secured positions on a five-year, $149.9 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide computer-related support services to the government’s principal cancer research organization. The agency named the three awardees for the Biomedical Computing, Analytic ...
Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was presented a 2021 Wash100 Award for his thought leadership and being a driving force for defense solutions that support warfighters’ competitive edge in digital warfare. In addition, Wenzel has also been influential in growing the company’s revenue through securing val...
The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Philadelphia Division has awarded seven small businesses positions on a six-year, $249.7 million contract to engineer shipboard and shore-based systems. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide cybersecurity engineering, integrated logistics and quality assurance services to the U.S. Navy’s s...
Software research and development company Galois has formed an independent company that will aim to produce integrated chip technologies. Galois said Friday its technology projects on field-programmable gate arrays, cyber-physical systems and application-specific integrated circuits serve as the foundation of work at the new entity named Niobium Mic...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) reported a 3 percent increase in revenue for the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year to $9.2 billion from the prior year period and lifted its full-year earnings and sales guidance Thursday. Revenue for the space business came in at $2.7 billion, up 34 percent from the same period last...
SAS looks to streamline select operational processes, enhance financial reporting structure, increase focus on segments with growth potentials and begin other preparations for initial public offering by 2024. Jim Goodnight, cofounder and CEO of SAS, said in a statement published Thursday the company’s move toward IPO preparedness is built on i...
The National Nuclear Security Administration is seeking potential vendors to participate in an upcoming solicitation for managed information technology and cybersecurity services. A presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov says NNSA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer intends to procure contractor services to modernize classified a...
