Virginia-headquartered BWX Technologies announced that it will build the first advanced nuclear microreactor in the United States under a contract awarded by the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office. The prototype will be built under a cost-type contract valued at approximately $300 million, depending on the options requested by the government customer, BWXT said Thursday. […]
Virginia-headquartered Brillient Corporation announced that it has been awarded a $310.6 million contract to support the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services‘ National Benefits Center. The deal calls for assisting in the adjudication of applications and petitions for benefits, adjustments of status, adoption, asylum, work visas and other related immigration processes, Brillient said Thursday. In a […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Office of the Inspector General said that massive cost overruns on a new mobile launch platform can delay the first launch of the next-generation Space Launch System rocket by several years. This was gleaned from an internal audit showing that the platform being built by Bechtel can cost up […]
A spokesman for the U.S. Army revealed plans to increase the number of cyber warfare personnel from just over 3,000 today to more than 6,000 by 2030. The service is doubling the size of its active-duty cyber corps to meet growing threats posed by advanced adversaries like Russia and China, FedScoop reported Friday. The spokesperson […]
The Department of Energy announced that it closed on a $504.4 million loan guarantee to help finance the construction of the largest clean hydrogen storage facility in the world. Benefiting from the loan guarantee is the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Utah, which, when completed, will be capable of providing long-term, low-cost, seasonal energy […]
A ranking Department of Defense official said that the 70-year-old partnership between the United States and South Korea is currently being focused on the joint development of technologies. David Honey, deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, disclosed that scientists from both nations have agreed to leverage their comparative advantage to enhance public and […]
CyberSeek, which connects job seekers and employers hiring cybersecurity talent, on Tuesday published a report indicating that the demand for cybersecurity professionals has surged more than 40 percent over the past year. The report shows that employers in America have posted ads for some 714,000 cybersecurity vacancies in a 12-month span ending in April 2022, […]
Houston-headquartered Oceaneering International announced that its aerospace and defense business unit, Oceaneering Space Systems, has been selected to join a Collins Aerospace-led team to develop next-generation extravehicular spacesuits for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Astronauts will require spacesuits with a range of new technologies for missions as early as 2025 through 2034, Oceaneering said […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s chief data officer revealed plans to expand data-sharing programs with commercial and government partners to increase the use of data as a strategic asset. Ron Thompson said he has already met with counterparts at the Space Force to discuss prospects for better operational data-sharing and other potential areas of […]
Stuart Kippelman is the chief information officer and commercial cybersecurity business leader at Parsons Corporation, working out of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. He loves technology and its ability to continuously change the world in ways people could not have imagined only a short time ago, according to his LinkedIn profile. Kippelman says he is “passionate […]
