Melanie Stricklan will lead Vast’s newly established special programs division The new division is focused on space-based capabilities for defense and intelligence missions The unit will combine Vast’s commercial platforms, engineering expertise and advanced manufacturing capabilities Former Slingshot Aerospace CEO Melanie Stricklan ha...
Spire Global has tapped Eric Mellinger to lead its global commercial organization Mellinger previously worked at MANTECH Mellinger spent 30 years in the U.S. Marine Corps before retiring as a colonel Spire Global has appointed Eric “Mell” Mellinger, a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, as chief commercial officer, effective Aug. 3. The c...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded CACI a potential $308 million contract to perform operation and maintenance for its cloud-based Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System The six-year contract is part of the agency’s plan to replace its legacy financial platforms CACI will also contribute to the continuous improvemen...
Greg Barbaccia has announced he will leave government on Aug. 31 Barbaccia has led governmentwide IT and digital service initiatives The 2026 FedCiv Summit will examine AI, cybersecurity and cross-agency programs Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia, a 2026 Wash100 Award recipient, has announced that he will leave government ...
QuSecure has added retired CIA executive Eman Blair to its federal advisory board Blair has more than 21 years of experience in the CIA, which includes leading cybersecurity modernization QuSecure is a California-based provider of post-quantum cryptography and crypto-agility Post-quantum cryptography company QuSecure announced Thursday th...
NASA has added eight companies to its CSDA contract and will buy more data products from six existing vendors The awards came under the program’s second on-ramp round, bringing in firms like Hydrosat, Muon Space and Orbital Sidekick The commercial data is meant to supplement NASA’s Earth-observing satellites with sharper, more frequent i...
Xcelerate has added former OPM official Bill Pedersen to its enterprise vetting and analysis leadership team Pedersen previously supported the federal government’s Trusted Workforce 2.0 and worked as a background investigator at DCSA Brett Mencin, president of enterprise vetting at Xcelerate, said Pedersen strengthens the company’s capab...
Army explores $99 million contract vehicle for rapid SOF technology fielding The proposed program would speed up testing and transition of commercial capabilities The effort reflects a broader push for faster acquisition and operational deployment The U.S. Army is exploring a potential $99 million contract vehicle to give the special operations comm...
ARA landed a $111.5M Navy contract for research and development services for the Center for High Performance Computing. Initial work under the award will run through May 2027 at NRL’s Washington facility. Get the latest insights on Navy innovation and modernization at the 2026 Navy Summit on Aug. 27. Applied Research Associates, or ARA, has...
NASA’s Johnson Space Center is planning to increase the cumulative value of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, contract from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion. The space agency said in a SAM.gov notice Monday that it intends to issue a sole-source contract modification to ensure the continuity of all services supporting its missions. A...
