The Department of Energy has cleared a funding vehicle worth potentially $1.355B for a public power consortium-led project that includes construction of a small modular reactor plant by NuScale Power, which Fluor holds a majority stake in. Fluor said Monday it plans to support Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and NuScale in establishing a clean-energy SMR system through UAMPS' Carbon Free Power Project.

The number of Starlink satellites SpaceX has deployed to orbit reached 835 following Sunday's launch of an additional 60 units from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, CBS reported Monday.

One of the two Naval Undersea Warfare Center divisions will host multiple virtual industry days this month to provide insights into how small businesses can pursue U.S. Navy business opportunities. NUWC Division Newport partnered with the National Contract Management Association's Rhode Island chapter to facilitate the webinars on Oct. 20, 22, 27 and 29, Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday.

Google has updated search engine features to provide voters information about where they can find a voting facility or a drop box near their locations to cast votes in the presidential election. "Search for things like “early voting locations“ or “ballot drop boxes near me“ and you'll find details on where you can vote in person or return your mail-in ballot, whether you're voting early or on Election Day," Yunhan Xu, a Google product manager, wrote in a blog post published Friday.

Orbital Sidekick has secured a multiyear, $16M contract from the U.S. Air Force's commercial investment organization to support the development and deployment of satellites with hyperspectral imaging sensors designed to help government and commercial customers monitor assets.

The U.S. Air Force's AFWERX organization has named HawkEye 360 among the top 26 participants that will advance into the next phase of an interactive challenge to transform the space innovation landscape.

The U.S. Air Force has authorized a Raytheon Technologies-built “smart“ weapon for fielding on Air Combat Command's F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft following a recent test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The StormBreaker munition uses a multimode seeker technology with infrared, semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar guidance technologies that can work alongside GPS and inertial navigation systems to reach targets over 40 miles away from the aircraft, the company said Tuesday.

SBG Technology Solutions has been awarded a contract to continue helping the Department of Veterans Affairs manage, secure and maintain an information technology environment that supports 75K mobile devices.

SecuriGence has won a $68.7M task order to provide information technology support to multiple networks at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Leesburg, Virginia-based company will help DARPA engineer and manage multinetwork infrastructure to address the agency IT goals, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business demonstrated the functionality of its Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system with a laptop-based command and control technology during a recent flight test series.

BAE Systems has introduced a product suite the company designed to protect military vehicles and systems from cyber threats. The Fox Shield offering is comprised of tools that can work with ground, aerial and space platforms to help defense customers safeguard mission technologies.

Ray Johnson, former senior vice president and chief technology officer at Lockheed Martin, has joined the board of directors of Los Angeles-based drone software maker Auterion Government Solutions. 

A Concurrent Technologies Corp. affiliate has received an initial $2.1M order to produce a specialty coating intended for military use. Personnel from both EVC and CTC collaborated to create tools and processes needed for the coating's near- and long-term production, CTC said Thursday.

Denim Group has secured a follow-on contract under the U.S. Air Force's AFWERX program to help the service branch speed up the accreditation and delivery of mission software through the use of a vulnerability resolution tool. The company said Tuesday its ThreadFix platform will move on to Phase II of AFWERX's Small Business Innovation Research program after demonstrating its potential to accelerate software development under the initial phase of the SBIR contract awarded in January.

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to market Attestiv's media authentication and detection products to public sector customers through its contract vehicles and reseller partners.