NASA is seeking additional developers of satellite bus core systems and support services to participate in the second on-ramp solicitation process under the multiple-award $6 billion Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV program. The agency indicated its intent to expand the Rapid IV Catalog in a request for proposals notice posted Thursday on SAM .gov. B...
AAR (NYSE: AIR) has appointed Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, to the aviation services provider’s board of directors. Lord, a four-time recipient of the Wash100 Award, oversaw the Pentagon’s contracting, procurement, developmental testing, logistics and materiel-related func...
Michael Bowers, a more than three-decade federal information technology services industry veteran, has joined Pragmatics as president. He will oversee business development, operations and Pragmatics’ technology solutions group and bring to the role his experience in mergers and acquisitions, organizational strategy execution, finance and contracts...
Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), has been named a 2021 Wash100 Award winner for his leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic response and relief as well as the advancement of U.S. space exploration and development of IT technology capabilities. For Scolese, this marks the second consecutive year that he’s recei...
The U.S. Navy has selected small businesses under the 8(a) Business Development program as contractors on a potential $99.8 million multiple-award contract for information technology services in support of the Business Systems Center of Naval Supply Systems Command. The small businesses, including IntellecTechs, Digital Consultants, Bowhead Total En...
The Department of Defense has released requests for prototype proposals for Risk-Informed Spectrum Access and Multiband Control Channel Architecture requirements under a potential five-year, $2.5 billion other transaction agreement with the National Spectrum Consortium. The RISA RPP seeks industry feedback to build and demonstrate prototype spectrum...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is looking for small businesses that can potentially provide development, testing and deployment support for counter-small unmanned aircraft system prototypes. AFRL said in a notice posted Wednesday that it plans to issue a potential six-year, $490.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with ta...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for sustaining company growth through acquisition deals and contract wins, promoting support to supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and advancing military technology and 5G. This marks the first-time that Taiclet...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 14, 2021 — ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) was presented with the Red Hat Partner award, recognizing the company’s use of Red Hat-made hybrid cloud and open source technologies to develop the U.S. Army’s cyber training system, ExecutiveBiz reported April 6. ManTech applied the Red Hat OpenShift Container P...
The U.S. Army has established final requirements for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program after conducting final design and risk review activities in December, Defense News reported Tuesday. The service branch’s Requirements Oversigt Council convened last week to finalize the Abbreviated Capabilities Development Document which de...
