TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 22, 2021 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) appointed Thomas Moore, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, as vice president of nuclear operations within its technical solutions business, GovCon Wire reported Jan. 15.
Read More »General Atomics to Design 50-MW Electric Reactor System Under DOE Program
The Department of Energy has selected General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business to develop a 50-megawatt electric reactor concept under a cost-shared partnership.
Read More »Lockheed Vet Robert Smith Named BWXT Government Operations President
Robert Smith, former vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's radar and sensor systems unit, has joined BWX Technologies as president of government operations. BWXT said Monday Smith will oversee the company's nuclear business lines in the U.S. covering work for government customers such as the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration and NASA.
Read More »DOE Awards $70M to Reactor Design Concepts
Advanced Reactor Concepts, General Atomics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will collectively receive a total of $70.4M in funds from the Department of Energy to mature their nuclear reactor concepts as part of the fiscal year 2020 iteration of a technology demonstration program.
Read More »Rave Emergency Comms Product Gets FedRAMP Approval
Rave Mobile Safety's emergency communications platform has been certified for government use under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
Read More »BWXT, DOE Collaborate on Additive Manufacturing for Reactor Components; Kenneth Camplin Quoted
BWX Technologies and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have teamed up to develop 3D printing technology for the production of metallic compounds needed to build a nuclear reactor system.
Read More »DOE to Award $130M in Solar Tech Research Project Funds
The Department of Energy has selected 67 solar technology research projects to receive $130M in total grants to help address electricity cost, manufacturing competitiveness, grid resiliency challenges in the country.
Read More »Amentum-Led Nuclear Waste Partnership to Extend DOE WIPP Mgmt Support; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 10, 2020 — Nuclear Waste Partnership, a joint venture of Amentum and BWX Technologies (BWXT), will continue to operate the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Plant in New Mexico under a potential two-year, $296M contract option, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 21.
Read More »Amentum Gets DOE Savannah River Remediation Contract Extension; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2020 — Amentum, which leads the Savannah River Remediation joint venture, will continue to support liquid waste management efforts at the Department of Energy's nuclear reservation site in South Carolina, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 15.
Read More »Amentum Secures $725M to Continue DOE Hanford Tank Operations; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 4, 2020 — The Amentum-led Washington River Protection Solutions joint venture will continue to help the Department of Energy operate and maintain tank farms at DOE's Hanford site in Washington state under a 12-month, $725M contract, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 14.
Read More »DOE Unveils New Small Biz Funding Opportunity for Scientific R&D Projects
The Department of Energy has announced plans to earmark $30M in fiscal 2021 grants for small businesses' research and development projects that aim to support the DOE Office of Science mission.
Read More »Amentum-Envirocon JV to Pursue DOE Site Cleanup Task Orders Under $3B Contract; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 4, 2020 — A joint venture between Amentum and Envirocon will offer deactivation, decommissioning and removal services to the Department of Energy through a contract vehicle worth potentially $3B over 10 years, GovCon Wire reported July 22.
Read More »Parsons’ Chuck Harrington Joins Quality of Life Plus Board
Parsons CEO and Chairman Chuck Harrington has been appointed to the board of directors at Quality of Life Plus, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the lives of wounded military veterans through innovation.
Read More »Fluor Holds Spot on $3B DOE Environmental Mgmt Office Contract; Tom D’Agostino Quoted
The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has awarded Fluor a position on a potential 10-year, $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide nationwide deactivation, decommissioning and removal of facilities, waste management and program support, the company announced Wednesday.
Read More »Akima Subsidiary Lands DOE Technical Support Task Order
An Akima subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $7M task order to provide technical support services to a power marketing administration under the Department of Energy.
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