General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has christened the U.S. Navy’s newest expeditionary sea base ship during a ceremony in San Diego, California. The future USNS John L. Canley is the fourth vessel to join the service branch’s ESB fleet that supports a broad range of maritime operations such as airborne mine countermeasure mission and limited crisis […] More

A Terran Orbital-built satellite was integrated aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket in preparation for a planned launch on Monday, June 27, from a launch complex in New Zealand in support of NASA’s Artemis program. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, also known as the CAPSTONE satellite, will lift off to test […] More

Michael Hollis, formerly a Jacobs program director focused on intelligence community systems and a 16-year Northrop Grumman veteran, has been appointed vice president of the civil sector at Stellar Solutions. Stellar said Thursday that Hollis brings two decades of industry experience to the woman-owned company that offers systems engineering services to the government and commercial […] More

Defense contractor Hexagon US Federal has won a contract from a U.S. Army office to conduct research and development activities for space-based satellite tools and sensor technologies. Hexagon US Federal’s work under the cooperative research and development agreement will involve a collaborative effort with the Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center to develop and test airborne […] More

Defense and space company Corvid Technologies has received a potential five-year, $44 million contract to develop mathematical algorithms as well as provide computational and range safety analysis for the Missile Defense Agency’s flight test activities. The sole awardee will receive firm-fixed-price task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The task orders will continue […] More

Thirty small businesses were selected by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to join the first leg of its research initiative aimed at meeting homeland security technology requirements. Phase I of the DHS Small Business Innovation Research program will focus on proof-of-concept research about automated artificial intelligence distress alerts and monitoring, broadband […] More

The Professional Services Council and 33 other organizations submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission their feedback on proposed rules on cybersecurity incident disclosures and risk management. PSC said Friday it also relayed comments on SEC’s proposed regulations on climate-related disclosures. For the cybersecurity aspect, PSC and other organizations called on SEC and other agencies […] More

Raquel Bono, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and a three-time winner of the prestigious Wash100 Award, will bring nearly four decades of expertise in military medicine and health care administration to CNSI’s Health Advisory Board. “Raquel Bono is a highly respected authority on large-scale healthcare operations, and we are honored to have the benefit of her […] More

Vanguard Pacific, a Foley, Alabama-headquartered small business, has secured a potential $48.1 million contract from NASA for architect and engineering design services in support of the Marshall Space Flight Center. The Facilities Engineering Design and Inspection Services II contract encompasses master planning, surveillance, inspection and design services for construction projects worth $1 million or less, […] More

Kim Waiyaboon, CEO of SDV International, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the core values that drove the company to highly successful recent quarter results as well as how everyone is working to capitalize on that growth for the rest of 2022 and beyond. In addition, Waiyaboon also discussed her recent appointment as CEO back in January as […] More

Slowly but surely, America is now on its way to recovery from the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. Small businesses, who were the most affected by the government-mandated lockdowns and supply chain stagnation, are reopening their doors once again. But another barrier seems to block these small businesses from making a full recovery—government regulations on […] More

Department of Defense-supporting software developer Monkton has debuted a new mobile application that measures aircraft payload for the U.S. Air Force. Balanced was created alongside the USAF Special Operations Command and funded via Monkton’s MATTER indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Thursday. It also utilizes a cloud-based system founded in the DOD DevSecOps Playbook Reference […] More