United States officials are facing constantly evolving homeland security threats and challenges in today’s interconnected world. According to Scott Recinos, senior vice president of homeland security at LMI, environmental impacts from climate change are becoming increasingly more consequential to homeland security missions. “The escalating ...
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific has awarded five companies a $98 million contract modification to continue providing the U.S. military with incidental construction and other global contingency services. AECOM (NYSE: ACM), Fluor (NYSE: FLR), KBR (NYSE: KBR), IAP and ECC joint venture and V2X (NYSE: VVX) will provide short-ter...
Nine companies won spots on a combined $600 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform new construction as well as renovation and repair of military facilities under the jurisdiction of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command – Marianas. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, design-build construction award includes renovati...
According to Young Bang, principal deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, the service branch is engaging in multiple efforts to join forces with small businesses, which offer a number of new warfighting capabilities. One of these programs is Project Vista, which he noted during a panel discussion at ...
Congress on Saturday passed a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown and extend federal funding at current levels through Nov. 17, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Senate cleared the bipartisan stopgap funding measure by an 88-9 vote several hours after the House voted 335-91 to approve the bill, paving the way for President...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has released a draft solicitation for a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for digital products and services to enable user-centered experiences. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that Secure, Performant, Reliable and User-Centered Experiences contract will cover support for software d...
First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA) has acquired biometrics technology provider Infinite ID for $41 million in cash to expand its network and identity verification offerings for U.S. customers. Hicksville, New York-headquartered Infinite ID is a portfolio company of private investment firm Enlightenment Capital and is expected to generate over $10 million ...
Mark DeMerse is a thought leader at Carahsoft on 5G and private wireless networks in the public sector. During his nearly 12 years with the company, the sales director has collaborated with Carahsoft’s ecosystem of cellular solution providers to help government organizations take advantage of the latest telecom technology. DeMerse recently partici...
Synthetaic will use Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) cloud graphics processing unit compute resources to further develop an artificial intelligence-based image processing tool, called Rapid Automatic Image Categorization, under a five-year strategic partnership agreement. Delafield, Wisconsin-based Synthetaic said Tuesday the RAIC platform is built on t...
Five companies have secured a $98 million contract modification on a potential eight-year, multiple-award contract vehicle for incidental facility construction services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific. The modification increases the ceiling value of the previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, ...
