The First Responder Network Authority Board has earmarked $190 million for the government’s 2023 fiscal year to update the nationwide wireless emergency communications network that contractor AT&T (NYSE: T) helped build. FirstNet said Wednesday the allocated funds for network modernization are part of a $358 million annual spending package...
Bechtel Corporation is an American procurement, project, and construction management firm founded in San Francisco, California, in 1898. The Bechtel group headquarters are in Reston, Virginia, after it relocated to the Washington D.C. area in 2018. It is the largest construction company in the U.S. and offers primary services, including finance, tun...
Zero trust has quickly gained a foothold in the U.S. federal government as the latest and greatest cybersecurity measure. At the start of 2022, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum that mandated a federal zero trust architecture strategy and required agencies to meet cybersecurity standards by fiscal year 2024’s close. Now, as...
Dovarius Peoples, chief information officer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said the federal government’s zero trust strategy is forcing the agency to rethink its approach to securing information technology, networks and operational technology that support critical infrastructure such as waterways. “Technology has allowed us to mode...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded eight companies positions on a potential $400 million blanket purchase agreement for technical, engineering and programmatic services. DOE named the contractors on the NNSA TEPS III BPA through an award notice published Saturday on the SAM.gov website. The awardees are...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a five-year, $3.1 billion basic ordering agreement to sustain aircraft weapon systems for the U.S. Navy and its foreign military sales clients, DVIDSHub reported Monday. The company will repair 194 items and provide 164 spares for F/A-18 and EA-18G flight control surfaces, refueling systems, airframe components and supp...
Dr. Colin Chinn, chief medical officer of the global health and financial solutions sector at Peraton, has joined a federal advisory committee that advises the Department of Defense on health-related matters. He will serve a four-year term on the Defense Health Board and help provide independent advice to the DOD secretary on issues associated with...
In the most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Patrick Clancey, president and CEO of IDEMIA National Security Solutions, to talk about how his plans to drive growth for the company in the national security sector. He also discussed the work IDEMIA is doing to support the latest government initiatives and to address the...
MAG Aerospace will provide a U.S. Army program executive office with systems engineering technical assistance covering five product management offices under a potential five-year, $258 million task order. The company said Friday it was awarded the SETA task order in support of the Project Manager Electronic Warfare & Cyber within the Army PEO In...
The current global security threat landscape is constantly changing, and government contractors are having to flex and adapt to meet the evolving needs of their customers. According to Terry Ryan, CEO of Constellis, we’re seeing three major categories of security threats in the U.S. and globally: natural, human-caused and accidental. Natural Thr...
