Egypt has secured approval from the U.S. State Department to acquire 720 Stringer missiles and other equipment and services under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the potential deal is estimated to cost $740 million, citing RTX (NYSE: RTX) as the principal contractor. Egypt plans to...
Data is king in the digital age, and it has become an increasingly crucial element in informing the United States’ strategies both on and off the battlefield. In this Executive Spotlight interview, Henry Choi, vice president of growth and strategy at HII Mission Technologies, shared his thoughts on how data enables CJADC2, major GovCon ma...
Steve Witt, director of public sector at Nintex, said government agencies that plan to shift from paper-based processes into real-time online services to deliver a better digital experience to employees and citizens should adopt a document generation platform. “To fully modernize the way documentation is managed, agencies must automate the gen...
The Department of Homeland Security is spending billions on contracts. According to a Deltek report, DHS agencies invested over $1 billion into contract awards in 2023, and by the end of fiscal year 2024, the department’s contract obligations are expected to hit up to $12 billion — over 11 percent of its $103.2 billion budget. Get...
As the Intelligence Community continues to push modernization, organizations, including the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, are working towards making more innovative investments in future capabilities and partnerships. During a keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Intel Summit, Dr. William Benard, t...
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to launch a competition for a follow-on contract to continue providing development and implementation support for the Investigative Case Management system. According to a notice published Monday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, ICE expects the recompete...
The Intelligence Community wants to collaborate with industry partners to advance the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. During a panel dubbed “Accelerating Mission IT for the Intelligence Community” at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Intel Summit, several IC leaders discussed how the comm...
The Department of Labor has awarded Serco‘s U.S. arm a potential five-year, $192.9 million contract to provide support services for the Transition Assistance Program. According to a notice published Friday on the Federal Procurement Data System, DOL received five offers for the contract, which has a one-year base period and four option years t...
The U.S. Navy and the private sector have partnered to expand the production capacity of the U.S. submarine industrial base as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s maritime dominance and national security. Contract Award to Austal USA Austal USA said Monday it secured a potential $152 million contract from the Navy to invest in...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Earlier this Summer, the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced more than $18.2 million in Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program awards to assist tribal nations with managi...
