Boeing has received its second task order from NASA to transport crews and their cargo to the International Space Station under the company’s potential $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract. The company secured the order after it completed internal design assessments and interim developmental milestones for its CST-100 Starliner space capsule, United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V […] More

SpaceX has secured a task order from NASA to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station in 2017 under a potential $2.6 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract. SpaceX has conducted the critical design evaluation phase on the Crew Dragon space vehicle and Falcon 9 rocket that comprise its crew transportation platform, the space agency said […] More

The Professional Services Council has teamed up with the California Technology Council in an effort to help early-stage firms and entrepreneurs offer their technological platforms and services to federal agencies through the government procurement process. The memorandum of understanding calls for PSC and CTC to collaborate through content development and participation in each other’s events, PSC […] More

Brennan Hogan, program manager at LMI Research Institute, has said at a panel discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution that an incremental approach is one method for the U.S. Defense Department to innovate. LMI said Wednesday that during the forum, Hogan also provided her insight into how the defense sector should leverage three-dimensional printing technology. […] More

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Robert Dail, a member of LMI Government Consulting‘s board of directors since 2009, has been inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Hall of Fame in recognition of his role as former director of the combat logistics support agency. Dail oversaw organizational changes in DLA when the Defense Department implemented the enterprise […] More

A consortium led by consulting firm LMI has launched a website – www.ghsc.lmi.org — to inform government agencies and non-governmental organizations about the assistance the U.S. Agency for International Development offers under its Global Health Supply Chain Program. LMI said Wednesday the website is designed to provide technical assistance and help address financial management, procurement and health supply chain issues. “More […] More

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received two awards from the National Safety Council in recognition of the company’s safety performance at work. CTC earned the Perfect Record Award for completing the working hours between March 4, 2013, and December 12, 2014, the company said Monday. The company also won the Million Work Hours Award for achieving […] More

Ciber has been tasked to administer the enterprise resource planning systems of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, a local government association formed to aid in resources coordination efforts. The company will perform user help desk and technical network support, application administration, license management, and data center and hosting services on NCTCOG’s Infor ERP application, […] More

The Ethisphere Institute has named Dell, Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Parsons to the research organization’s list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2015. This is the second time that Dell has earned the designation, the third for Concurrent Technologies and the sixth for Parsons. “I’m proud of our team’s ongoing commitment to engaging ethically […] More

CACI International has been named to Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2015, ranking sixth company overall in the information technology services industry. The company said Monday that it is the fifth time to be bestowed the distinction, a recognition CACI President and CEO Ken Asbury said validates the Arlington firm’s mission to innovate in the […] More

The Government Accountability Office has denied Sierra Nevada‘s protest against the award of contracts for the NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program to Boeing and SpaceX. Ralph White, managing associate general counsel for procurement law at GAO, said Monday the agency found NASA clearly notified CCtCap program bidders that their proposals would be evaluated against a […] More

NASA and its industry partners Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corp. and SpaceX together passed 23 milestones in the Commercial Crew Program in 2014 as they seek to develop crew space transportation systems. NASA said Monday the program also included technical review sessions to ensure the reliability and safety of those systems, which would carry astronauts to and from the […] More