NASA is preparing its astronauts for a CST-100 Starliner crewed flight mission scheduled to fly around June 2021 at the earliest. The mission will fly NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Nicole Mann and Barry Wilmore to the International Space Station. Succeeding Boeing's Chris Ferguson, Wilmore will serve as the commander of the manned mission, ExecutiveGov reported. […]
T-Rex Solutions CEO Seth Moore has received his first Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic, an international leadership organization that acknowledges influential individuals in the government contracting sector. Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Moore with the award in recognition of his success in improving T-Rex's sustainment and expansion, as well as its […]
Leidos is set to purchase 1901 Group, a Virginia-based information service company, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is expected to enhance the defense contractor’s position in the digital modernization market and advance its ability to address the accelerating cloud and IT services markets. The deal will also enable Leidos to respond to customers’ requirements […]
The U.S. Space Force has announced that warfighters can now access the limited version of the latest military GPS signal following the upgrade of the service’s grounds system. The encrypted M-Code programming language offers new anti-spoofing and anti-jamming capabilities meant to provide positioning, navigation and timing data to combatants notwithstanding opponents attempting to disrupt the […]
VMware said the federal government should rely on “intrinsic security” to achieve zero-trust security in a primarily telework environment. VMware Vice President of Sales Bill Rowan, a Potomac Officers Club member, said that a system with intrinsic security is protected at the infrastructure and container levels, Federal News Network reported. “We have so many […]
LMI has been awarded a five-year contract to support digital transformation at the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service. Under the terms of the $20M contract, LMI will create an online portal that will serve as an application hub for GSA PBA employees worldwide. It will house applications used for managing, leasing and maintaining buildings […]
The Space Force and its industrial base are working out what framework the service should use to train its warfighters for future conflict in the contested space domain. Frank Backes, senior vice president for federal space at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, said the Space Force's training plan would depend on its envisioned tactics, strategies […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space a five-year basic ordering agreement for DevSecOps LevelUP software services. The LevelUP program was created to help the military branch establish its Cyber Works “cyber factory” and Unified Platform, a cyberspace operations system for future cyber mission force capabilities. “To combat increasingly fast, capable and […]
Steven Holland and Alex Barenblitt have joined the National Property Management Association as national director for legislative affairs and chairman for Council of Fellows, respectively. NPMA nonprofit, membership organization for personal property and fixed-asset professionals is committed to building leadership through training, certification programs and educational opportunities. In the role, Holland will advise the executive […]
Amentum has teamed up with the Yellow Ribbon Fund in an effort to enhance the lives of the country’s wounded military members and their families. The company’s sponsorship will allow the veteran-service organization to provide two apartments near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for family members of active-duty armed forces personnel or veterans undergoing […]
