GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, the nuclear business of energy equipment company GE Vernova, has chosen BWX Technologies subsidiary BWXT Canada to become the first member of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor supplier group. As part of the supplier group, BWXT Canada will work to ensure that the BWRX-300 SMR, which is being designed by GEH, […] More

Army Contracting Command – Orlando has awarded Client Solution Architects a spot on the Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support II contract. CSA said Wednesday that under the $975 million multiple-award indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract, it will work to enhance the readiness of military units by providing live, virtual, constructive and gaming training as well as technical support. […] More

QinetiQ‘s U.S. subsidiary will help the U.S. Army’s C5ISR Center develop, demonstrate and field advanced threat detection technologies under a $41 million contract. The company said Friday it will support C5ISR Center’s Research & Technology Integration Directorate in areas such as software engineering, sensor development and optimization, prototype hardware development, development of detection algorithms and […] More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced its intent to issue a task order to Microsoft under the first pool of the STRATUS program for cloud service provider core services. USDA issued a request for quotes in October and awarded Microsoft a basic ordering agreement under STRATUS Pool 1 on Friday following the assessment of […] More

Don Parente, vice president of sales and solution architecture for the federal sector at MetTel, said a software-defined wide area network could serve as a revolutionary architecture that could enable federal agencies to deliver secure network connectivity to multiple sites. SD-WAN “uses a centralized control plane to route traffic, allowing administrators to write rules and […] More

Collaboration software developer Mattermost has partnered with Parabol to drive the integration of artificial intelligence capabilities to support agile workflows across Microsoft Azure AI and Atlassian tools. The partnership will integrate Parabol Agile Meetings and Atlassian Jira with Mattermost to provide an AI-enhanced platform designed to facilitate incident response, ChatOps and DevSecOps in highly secure […] More

V2X will provide the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific with operation and maintenance support under a potential $88 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The company received an initial $15.4 million award to operate and maintain Navy communication, electronic and computer systems over a 12-month base period, the Department of Defense said […] More

SES and Intelsat have agreed on a $3.1 billion acquisition deal that would see the U.S. satellite services provider combine with the Luxembourg-based satellite firm to establish a multi-orbit operator with expanded coverage, resources and capabilities to support customers. In a joint announcement Tuesday, both companies said existing cash and equivalents, as well as new […] More

Boeing will assume the capabilities and operations of a St. Louis-based facility that produces critical components for its F/A-18 and F-15 fighter jets after it agreed to buy the site from GKN Aerospace and its parent company Melrose Industries for an undisclosed sum. The Arlington, Virginia-headquartered aerospace and defense contractor said Friday it will also […] More

The U.S. Air Force has increased the ceiling value of a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering worldwide contingency and humanitarian support services from $6.4 billion to $15 billion. Six companies will continue to provide contingency planning, force training, emergency and contingency construction services, logistics and commodities under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V contract, the […] More

Last week, GovCon Index reached an average of $4,879.91, an increase of 1.90% from the previous week. GovCon Index is an aggregate index that compiles stock market data from 30 of the most influential government contracting organizations and presents it in real time. Users are able to leverage this information to make their own assessments about […] More

The recent Elastic Public Sector Summit offered several key takeaways into how government agencies could better handle data in order to improve citizen engagement and deliver public service more efficiently, according to Chris Townsend, vice president of public sector at search analytics company Elastic. First, tools that can rapidly transform large data sets into actionable […] More