The global supply chain has come under heightened scrutiny and concern in the past few years, largely due to disruptions caused by COVID-19. As U.S. leaders turn their focus toward building and maintaining a secure, resilient supply chain, federal agencies are taking a closer look at the vendors they partner with in national security missions....
The U.S. Space Force has issued a list of future commercial satellite communications requirements to help interested vendors prepare for potential solicitations in fiscal year 2023. The service noted that the 11 planned procurement contracts projected for the next 11 months are subject to change, according to a sources sought notice published Thursd...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) reported $26.5 million in service revenue for its U.S. government business during the third quarter of 2022, up 2.3 percent from the prior-year period of $25.9 million driven by a contractual step-up in the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services contract with the U.S. Space Force in September 2021. The McLean,...
Trend Micro has formed a committee composed of six executives currently working in the U.S. government as the cybersecurity company targets a 15 percent footprint growth in the federal market. Members of the U.S. Federal Excellence Committee represent agencies that provide oversight of the critical infrastructure, energy, finance and transportation ...
Six service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses have been selected to support financial improvement and audit readiness efforts at the Defense Logistics Agency under a blanket purchase agreement worth $181.1 million over five years. The DLA Contracting Services Office received 11 responses to an SDVOSB set-aside solicitation for the firm-fixed-p...
Tricia Fitzmaurice, a 27-year government information technology thought leader, has joined Rancher Government Solutions as vice president of sales. Her appointment comes amid the increasing adoption of Kubernetes and containerization in the federal market and RGS’ recent contract wins, including a contract with the U.S. Air Force’s Kessel Ru...
Eight companies have secured positions on a 10-year, $194.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide commercial aircrew and maintenance training services to domestic and international students. Each awardee will receive $2,500 at the time of award from fiscal 2022 administrative funds under the Pentagon’s foreign military sales program, the ...
NASA is inviting potential offerors to review and give feedback on a planned acquisition program for Earth observation data from commercial small satellites. The space agency wants to procure smallsat data products and services through a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth potentially $476 million over five years. ...
In recent years, the U.S. intelligence landscape has seen a clear shift away from counterterrorism and a pivot toward “hard target” adversaries like China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. Within the intelligence community, this shift has spurred a reevaluation of intelligence tradecraft, a more concentrated focus on technology and an increased rel...
5G technology is helping the U.S. government to modernize its communications and network capabilities, especially in military applications. But because so many government and military operations, weapons systems and communications rely on network connectivity today, 5G is no longer just an option, but a necessity, experts argue. “From my perspecti...
