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BWXT Subsidiary Awarded $122 Million Contract Extension for Uranium Downblending Services

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced that its Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) subsidiary was awarded a $122 million contract extension from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the downblending of highly enriched uranium (HEU) into low enriched uranium (LEU).

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  • BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced that its Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) subsidiary was awarded a $122 million contract extension from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the downblending of highly enriched uranium (HEU) into low enriched uranium (LEU).
  • Under this contract, NFS will continue to provide downblending services to the TVA in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) defense programs objectives.
  • This contract extension continues the current downblending operations from July 2025 to June 2027.
  • “This contract extension also enables operations and engineering continuity with our uranium conversion and purification contract with NNSA.”
    Downblending is a process in which HEU is mixed with natural uranium resulting in LEU needed for various commercial and national defense purposes.

Rebellion Nova Earns Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization to Test Department of Defense Networks

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Rebellion Defense, a leading U.S. defense software and services company, today announced it has received an Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization (PA) from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) for Rebellion Nova , enabling the DoD and defense-affiliated agencies to deploy the threat emulation software faster.

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  • Rebellion Defense, a leading U.S. defense software and services company, today announced it has received an Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization (PA) from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) for Rebellion Nova , enabling the DoD and defense-affiliated agencies to deploy the threat emulation software faster.
  • Rebellion Nova is now on the short list of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions with an IL5 PA.
  • With the DoD IL5, Rebellion Nova can now be quickly integrated by a variety of unclassified National Security Systems (NSS) to safeguard mission-critical data and harden networks.
  • Rebellion Nova can be deployed to test connected and disconnected operational environments across enterprise networks and military software factories.

Parsons Secures $21 Million Task Order to Advance NNSA Infrastructure

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Monday, January 8, 2024

CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that the company was awarded a $21 million task order by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Infrastructure.

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  • CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that the company was awarded a $21 million task order by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Infrastructure.
  • The task order, awarded through the $160 million ceiling-value Enterprise Construction Management Services contract, is for design and construction management support at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and has a three-year period of performance.
  • Under this task order, Parsons is providing project management, project control, and construction subject matter experts to the federal government for the more than $4 billion of capital line-item projects at LANL.
  • “Parsons has provided infrastructure and environmental solutions to the Department of Energy for more than seven decades, and this award continues our long-term construction management support to NNSA,” said Jon Moretta, president, Engineered Systems for Parsons.

CUTTING-EDGE AI/ML TECHNOLOGIES SHOWCASE SOLUTIONS TO U.S. SPACE FORCE AND NAVAL CHALLENGES

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Friday, November 17, 2023

The event attracted over 125 attendees eager to meet the 6 cohort companies and gain insight into their cutting-edge, dual-use technology solutions.

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  • The event attracted over 125 attendees eager to meet the 6 cohort companies and gain insight into their cutting-edge, dual-use technology solutions.
  • In attendance were Air Force, Space Force, Navy, and other Government personnel.
  • The AI/ML for Space and Maritime Applications cohort was the 12th Accelerator facilitated by CCTI, and the first joint Accelerator between the Space Force and Navy.
  • The joint U.S. Space Force and U.S. Navy Accelerator provided a unique opportunity to hasten the involvement of small business enterprises with relevant AI/ML commercial technologies into the national security ecosystem.

Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Select SambaNova Suite to Facilitate Their Generative AI and LLM Capabilities

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

SC23— SambaNova Systems , makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announce a strategic partnership to facilitate the laboratory's simulation needs.

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  • SC23— SambaNova Systems , makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announce a strategic partnership to facilitate the laboratory's simulation needs.
  • The organization is expanding its partnership with SambaNova in two ways:
    Scaling up SambaNova DataScale® to accelerate AI workloads that advance the laboratory's generative AI and LLM capabilities.
  • Deploying SambaNova Suite to advance its Generative AI and large language model (LLM) technologies.
  • “Los Alamos is investing in Generative AI to advance a broad spectrum of national security missions,” said Jason Pruet, director of the National Security AI Office for Los Alamos National Laboratory.

DDN and Sandia National Laboratories Collaboration Expands Infinia Data Platform Ecosystem for Data at Scale and Parallel Workloads

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DDN®, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management solutions, collaborated with Sandia National Laboratories to enhance its DDN Infinia ecosystem support and optimization for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The result is enhanced data provisioning, high-performance at scale and quality of service (QoS) benefits for Sandia's extreme data, scale and parallelism workload needs.

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  • The result is enhanced data provisioning, high-performance at scale and quality of service (QoS) benefits for Sandia's extreme data, scale and parallelism workload needs.
  • "Working with DDN to influence the capabilities of its data management platform for our wide range of interfaces with different usage requirements addresses interesting challenges," said James Laros, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories.
  • DDN has been a trusted technology partner, demonstrating it can handle today's data requirements with the ability to scale and troubleshoot potential data needs of tomorrow."
  • Our collaboration with Sandia has allowed us to further expand DDN Infinia's data management capabilities that will meet their complex requirements today and well into the future."

Fluor Receives Five-Year Contract Extension for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

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Monday, October 9, 2023

Consistent with the original contract, Fluor will recognize all fees earned with this new extension as equity income.

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  • Consistent with the original contract, Fluor will recognize all fees earned with this new extension as equity income.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231009261311/en/
    Fluor has received a five-year contract extension for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
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    The contract supports the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program that is jointly part of the Department of Energy’s NNSA and the Department of the Navy.
  • The NNL is solely dedicated to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and is comprised of nearly 8,000 engineers, scientists, technicians and support personnel.

BWXT to Manufacture HALEU Feedstock for Advanced Reactors

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (BWXT) will conduct this project at its unique facilities located near Lynchburg, Virginia.

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  • BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (BWXT) will conduct this project at its unique facilities located near Lynchburg, Virginia.
  • The final form of the processed material will be High Assay Low Enriched Uranium, more commonly known as HALEU.
  • BWXT will produce over two metric tons of HALEU over the next five years, with several hundred kilograms expected to be available as early as 2024.
  • To support this program, BWXT plans to hire approximately 20 new operators, engineers and safety personnel at its Lynchburg-area facility.

APTIM Selected by U.S. Department of Energy to Decommission Ion Beam Facility

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected APTIM to deactivate, decommission, and remove (DD&R) the Ion Beam Facility (IBF), a former nuclear testing site within the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

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  • Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected APTIM to deactivate, decommission, and remove (DD&R) the Ion Beam Facility (IBF), a former nuclear testing site within the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
  • APTIM will coordinate its DD&R work with the DOE Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to avoid disruptions at LANL.
  • “APTIM is proud to once again be selected by the DOE to restore and sustain the environment and surrounding communities,” said Senior Vice President of Nuclear Decommissioning David Lowe.
  • From 1952 to 1992, IBF operated horizontal and vertical accelerators to deliver a steady beam of particles with the energy, speed, and concentration necessary for research.

VMD Corp Wins $29 Million DOE NNSA Governance & Oversight Support Services Contract

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

VMD will provide cybersecurity expertise and strategic advisory services to deliver Governance & Oversight (G&O) across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) to enable the goal of effective information and data management for the Office of Mission Integration.

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  • VMD will provide cybersecurity expertise and strategic advisory services to deliver Governance & Oversight (G&O) across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) to enable the goal of effective information and data management for the Office of Mission Integration.
  • "We look forward to leveraging our cybersecurity expertise in NNSA's modernization and optimization of the enterprise-wide information infrastructure," VMD Chief Executive Officer Deepti Malhotra said.
  • This partnership with the Department of Energy enhances our Cybersecurity mission work in securing the nation's critical infrastructure."
  • Under the five-year contract, VMD will work to strengthen NNSA's security posture by providing Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) cyber assessments, enterprise project management office (ePMO) expertise, governance, enterprise policy advisory, and implementation support.