GovExec Space Project

1 week ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded three companies positions on a five-year $250 million contract for shoreline mapping services to aid in how NOAA monitors coastal regions. Dewberry Engineers, NV5 Geospatial and Woolpert will compete for task orders to help NOAA use geospatial collection products that are deployed in sensors onboard ground, aircraft, vessels and/or satellite-based systems.

1 week ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Meghann Myers

Updated: May 28, 10:01 a.m. ET. After this week, Defense Department civilians will no longer have to submit an email list of five things they accomplished over the previous week, according to a Friday email from the Pentagon’s acting personnel chief, ending a requirement the Pentagon put in place back in March. Their last email, due Wednesday, must include one idea that will “improve the Department’s efficiency or root out waste,” according to the message from Jules Hurst.

2 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Ross Wilkers

The Air Force is now ready for industry to start working on their bids in pursuit of a potential five-year, $485 million contract to help the service branch train uniformed personnel on cyber matters. Air Force leaders have reserved the contract for 8(a) small businesses and structured it to support the 39th Information Operations Squadron, which is charged with providing initial and advanced information operations and cyber training across the Air Force.

2 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Patrick Tucker

An architecture, a price tag, and a development leader have been set for the ambitious Golden Dome anti-missile defense system, President Trump said Tuesday. “We have officially selected an architecture for this state-of-the-art system that will deploy next-generation technologies across the land, sea, and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors,” Trump said from the White House.

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Meghann Myers

HONOLULU – The Defense Department has struggled to get U.S.-made diapers to commissaries in Korea in the past, the former head of the Defense Commissary Agency said Tuesday, so logistics in the Indo-Pacific has a long way to go to be ready for war with China. Preparing for conflict requires not just manpower and sophisticated weapons, but the logistical might to get everything where it needs to go while enemies are trying to jam up the system.