MANTECH has secured a potential seven-year, $910 million task order to provide enterprise-level cyber and data-informed IT services for U.S. Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, and mission partners. The company said Thursday the General Services Administration awarded the task order. “Always advancing the capabilities of our warfighters and deliver...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is more than a compliance checklist. It is, in my view, a strategic transformation designed to strengthen the entire defense industrial base against today’s and tomorrow’s cyber adversaries. What...
The U.S. Department of State has cleared Peru’s $3.42 billion foreign military sales request for F-16 fighter aircraft, related equipment and support services. Join U.S. military leaders and industry experts as they discuss international partnerships, FMS, coalition warfare, technological advances and more at the Potomac Officers Club’s ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded ASRC Federal Data Network Technologies a $525.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for sustainment and support under the Cyber Support Services 3 program. Work will be performed primarily at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and at multiple base locations worldwide, with completion expected by Sept. 11, 2030, th...
Veritas Capital has raised $14.4 billion in capital commitments for its ninth fund, allowing it to further advance its strategy of investing in technology companies that provide mission-critical products and services for government and commercial customers worldwide. The New York-based private equity firm said the oversubscribed Fund IX exceeded the...
UES, a business unit of BlueHalo acquired by Aerovironment in May, has been awarded contracts with a combined value of $747.1 million by the U.S. Air Force to provide research services for the High-Performance Electromagnetic Spectrum Survivable Materials Advancement program. HELMSSMAN Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Wednesda...
Justin Falck, head of product for endpoint security at Broadcom, said government agencies can become more proactive in detecting, preventing and responding to security risks and breaches by having real-time visibility into data and endpoints across their network. “That visibility is a crucial first step in the shift to threat-informed prioriti...
While the AI boom seemingly began in Silicon Valley with OpenAI’s ChatGPT three years ago, 2025 has been proof that China is highly competitive in the artificial intelligence field — if not the frontrunner. The Eastern superpower is building its own open-source AI programs that have demonstrated high performance as they put ubiquity and eff...
Textron subsidiary Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has won a task order from the U.S. Marine Corps to support the service’s F-35 stealth strike fighter flight training. The task order, valued at up to $198 million, was awarded under the Combat Air Force Combat Air Support II multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity...
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business unit has received a U.S. Air Force contract with a ceiling value of $14.1 billion to support the development, procurement, sustainment and retrofit of the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft system. International Remotely Piloted Aircraft IDIQ Solution Contract Scope The Department of War said T...
