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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
The Department of Defense has exercised a one-year contract option for reactor design engineering company X-energy as the U.S. military is eyeing potential energy applications of nuclear power to bases and operations. DOD said Wednesday the Rockville, Maryland-based company will further develop its transportable microreactor technology under Project Pele with the goal of securing a […] More
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have wrapped up 25 years of rocket engine testing collaboration that supported 44 national space launches. The engine builder’s hydrogen-fueled RS-68 technology helped government customers launch key missions, such as the U.S. Air Force-led Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program, while working with NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, the agency said […] More
Rocket Lab has booked a follow-on contract from Leidos to carry out additional launches for the latter’s hypersonic test project with the U.S. Navy. The deal covers four missions to support the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed program, managed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division, and follows an initial large-scale test in June […] More
General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has placed a $10.6 million order for Austal USA to produce electronic deck modules as part of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear submarine procurement effort. The order comes seven months after Electric Boat initially procured command-and-control system modules, Austal said Monday. GDEB is under contract to build Block V submarines […] More
Nine small businesses have won positions on a five-year, $99.2 million contract to support a U.S. Marine Corps directorate responsible for developing and integrating warfighting systems. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract encompasses technical, analytical and engineering services to USMC’s Capabilities Development Directorate over an ordering period of five years, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Marine […] More
The Defense Innovation Unit has chosen a subsidiary of aerospace technology company Metrea to provide software for game engine-based U.S. Air Force pilot training. Metrea Simulations has been selected as the sole provider of Virtual Training for Air Dominance software to facilitate a synthetic training environment for USAF’s fighter and bomber pilots, the company said […] More
Rolls-Royce has met initial goals in the testing period of a new engine that will power the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress bomber platform and expects the phase to conclude by the end of the year. The F130 tests taking place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi are part of risk reduction efforts for […] More
RTX, Draper and Beam Co. have won contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to design relay technologies to serve as the foundation of an airborne wireless energy distribution concept. DARPA said Thursday the three companies will develop conceptual designs of the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay and perform benchtop tests under the POWER […] More
Textron’s Bell subsidiary has chosen GE Aerospace to build data infrastructure components for a new U.S. Army tiltrotor platform called the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. The components will form part of an open avionics system to be integrated into the V-280 Valor, which won the FLRAA competition in December last year, GE Aerospace said […] More
QED Secure Solutions will continue to assess the cybersecurity of U.S. Air Force weapon and infrastructure assets under a five-year, $42 million contract awarded through the Small Business Innovation Program. The SBIR Phase 3 award covers the delivery of test and evaluation tools designed to help the service branch uncover system vulnerabilities, QED said Wednesday. […] More
Raymond Holder, a two-decade government market veteran, has joined Maximus to serve as vice president of digital growth. Holder announced his new position Wednesday on LinkedIn and came to Maximus from Amazon Web Services, where he spent the last four years as an executive strategist for the latter’s federal business. He was previously growth leader […] More
Brandi Halleckson, business development executive for defense and intelligence at Presidio, has been promoted to vice president of strategy and growth within the company’s federal subsidiary. “In my new role, I’ll continue to work with team members & leadership, and our partners to refine our strategy and future growth, driving mission success for our customers,” […] More
