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...
Day & Zimmermann has launched a new division focused on helping intelligence partners and security organizations mitigate and respond to complex threats in a rapidly evolving security environment. D&Z said Wednesday that the National Intelligence Division, or NID, uses advanced data analytics, real-time threat assessment, integrated securit...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a $1.5 billion contract to establish a domestic uranium enrichment capability to provide nuclear fuel for defense requirements. DUECE Pilot Plant Under the contract, BWXT said Tuesday it will initiate requirements to construct the Domestic Uranium ...
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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a request for proposal for the National Weather Service Commercial Data Program, or National Mesonet Program. National Mesonet Program Contract Scope According to the solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov Wednesday, the NOAA seeks contractors that can provide meteorological, hydrolo...
General Dynamics Information Technology has named Melissa Frye, a 14-year GDIT veteran, vice president of program. “From starting in Contracts, making the leap to Ops, and now VP — my journey proves that with grit, mission focus, and treating people right, anything is possible,” Frye said in a LinkedIn post announcing her new role. Who...
The Missile Defense Agency has issued a request for proposals for its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle valued at up to $151 billion. Through SHIELD, the MDA aims to develop continuous, layered protection against air, missiles, space, cyber and hybrid threats,...
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...
The General Services Administration has released the lists of apparent awardees under the rolling awards process for the Unrestricted, Total Small Business and three socioeconomic small business set-aside tracks of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus, or OASIS+, contract program. In separate notices published Tuesday on SAM.gov...
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...
