Solstar Space has won a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer contract from the Department of the Air Force to assess the company’s Slayton Space Communicator for high-speed data communications. In conducting this work, Solstar Space will partner with Andrei Zagrai, a professor of mechanical engineering at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the Santa Fe, […] More

NASA and a Northrop Grumman-led industry team that built the James Webb Space Telescope will be presented with the National Space Club and Foundation’s highest award, the 2023 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy. The recognition is for the program’s contribution to the advancement of U.S. astronautics after the telescope completed the first-ever deployment of sunshield […] More

Northrop Grumman will conduct phase E operations and maintenance work on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope under a $31.2 million contract. The company will check JWST systems performance, perform flight software updates and make safety recommendations as part of the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the space agency said Thursday. Services under the sole-source award are scheduled to […] More

Forcepoint has received Authorized designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for expanded services of its cloud-native Security Service Edge platform. The company said Tuesday the expanded FedRAMP certification covers Forcepoint ONE’s security services, including Cloud Access Security Broker, Secure Web Gateway, Zero Trust Network Access and Data Loss Prevention. Forcepoint ONE is […] More

Over 99% of businesses in the United States are considered small. It’s equivalent to almost 32.5 million firms, according to Small Business Administration statistics in 2021. The federal government has shown continued interest in their success by providing grant money to eligible entrepreneurs to support their businesses. Here, you will learn the ups and downs […] More

Artificial intelligence software company C3 AI and software services organization CITI have received a five-year, $90 million joint blank purchase agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services. Under the Solutioning with Holistics Analytics Restructured for the Enterprise BPA, C3 AI and CITI are expected to introduce and deepen AI technologies in a variety of HHS functions […] More

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is widely considered the world’s top premier space agency. With a budget of approximately $24 billion, a 5.3% increase from the previous fiscal year, and a workforce of 18,000 and its contractors, it programs and operates a worldwide network of research laboratories and facilities. Among the numerous projects […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected the research teams that will work on a program that seeks to develop an integrable filter technology designed to mitigate interference for wideband active electronically scanned arrays operating in congested environments. The primary focus area of the COmpact Front-end Filters at the ElEment-level program will use emerging […] More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, through a prize challenge, seeks to provide first responders with unmanned aircraft systems tailored to enhance their indoor search and rescue operations. The First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge requires competitors to design, develop and demonstrate drones capable of assisting firefighters and first responders by increasing their situational awareness, […] More

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Haywood “Woody” Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ government business and LexisNexis Special Services, as a 2022 recipient of the prestigious Wash100 Award – an annual recognition of the top players within the government contracting community. Talcove is awarded this year for his persistent fraud prevention efforts and transformation of LexisNexis into […] More

John Wasson, CEO of ICF and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview detailing ICF’s significant growth through key acquisitions, company culture, its focus on public health and more. “I’m John Wasson and I’ve been the chairman and CEO of ICF since 2019, but have been at […] More

The James Webb Space Telescope built by a Northrop Grumman-led industry team for NASA lifted off Saturday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Space Agency’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The telescope separated from the rocket about 30 minutes after launch to mark the start of a two-week deployment process to prepare for […] More