Anchored at $107.9 billion, the Department of Homeland Security’s fiscal year 2025 budget request represents a $4.5 billion increase over its FY 2024 request. With these allocations, which include $62.2 billion in discretionary funding, DHS aims to rise to evolving homeland security challenges shaped by new technologies and other shifts in today...
Unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, have become essential assets across the defense landscape. In this Executive Spotlight interview, TCOM Vice President of Business Development Nigel Sutton shared how the company’s partnership with Aerostar and Equinox is changing the game for ISR missions and transforming how the government deploys UAS. Sutton...
A joint venture between KAIVA Tech and DRT Strategies has secured a $100 million contract from the Food and Drug Administration for professional, administrative and consulting services. DRT said Tuesday KAIVA Strategies will provide the FDA with subject matter expertise and consulting in IT, science and medicine, finance, and communications over a f...
The U.S. government is seeking to increase the transparency of shared data throughout its joint forces to prepare to face upcoming challenges as a global united front. During a panel discussion titled “Putting the C in CJADC2” at the Potomac Officers Club’s GovCon International Summit on Oct. 10, government and intellige...
In the defense landscape, and especially at the tactical edge, communications are critical to the success of the mission. But often, our nation’s warfighters are in denied and degraded environments with barriers to connectivity and communications. The solution to this challenge is decentralized comms, according to SpiderOak CEO Dave Pear...
The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) an additional contract ceiling of $743 million to continue producing Switchblade loitering munition systems for the military branch and several allied countries, including Sweden, Lithuania and Romania. The company said Monday the award includes a $54.9 million delivery order issued under the pr...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed higher at $5,505.35 (+1.44%) after recovering from a steep 1.05% decline on Thursday. The index, which tracks the stock performance of 30 major government contractors, posted a 0.65% week-on-week gain, maintaining its winning run. Wall Street’s major stock indexes also finished strong before ...
Chris Owen has been elevated to the role of vice president of defense application development and networking at Peraton, the executive announced on LinkedIn Saturday. Prior to his promotion, Owen was Peraton’s senior director for the U.S. Air Force and Army. Owen was with Perspecta when it was acquired by Veritas Capital and the...
Interos will bring together the brightest minds in supply chain risk management for a one-day event this October to discuss pressing issues across artificial intelligence, cyber, geopolitical risks, ESG and more. One of the sessions at Interos’ 2024 Risk Intelligence Summit will be featuring Paul Nakasone, a retired U.S. Army general who serve...
Activity is constantly moving across and into the theater of the Middle East and central Asia, with sizable impacts for global security and global commerce. There are countless “ripple effects” from this area, such as Iranian drones that have appeared on battlefields in Ukraine. To manage such a complex and expansive situation, partnerships and ...
