Peraton has been awarded a $174.6 million contract to help the U.S. Customs Border and Protection manage an airborne detection and monitoring system used in air, maritime and ground surveillance. The award is for the continued provision of program management, operations and maintenance, life cycle management and mission support for the Tethered Aero...
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking industry comments on its draft synopsis and vendor selection criteria for a follow-on architectural engineering services contract vehicle with a potential ceiling value of $1 billion over 10 years. General architect-engineer services under the multiple-award indefinite-deliver/indefinite-quantity contra...
Four companies have each won two-year contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply retail electricity and ancillary or incidental services to multiple U.S. federal departments and military branches. DLA‘s energy organization received six offers for the procurement effort through a competitive bidding process, the Department of ...
Raiza Basilio, a 15-year GovCon industry veteran, has joined McLean, Virginia-based federal information technology services contractor Steampunk as vice president for citizen service and defense portfolio. She brings to the role her experience building client relationships and supporting customers in the Department of Homeland Security and federal i...
WidePoint (NYSE American: WYY) has received a $73.4 million task order from the U.S. Coast Guard for cellular managed services. The task order was awarded under the Cellular Wireless Management Services 2.0 blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Homeland Security and has a base performance period of six months with $7.9 million in funding...
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council has announced the appointment of government and industry leaders Scott Simpson, Sandy Barsky and Terrell Russell to its technology acquisition program, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Simpson, digital transformation lead at the Department of Homeland Security, has assumed the role of gov...
The Senate passed a bill that would repeal a provision in a 2006 law that directed the Department of Homeland Security to preclude the use of subcontracts for over 65 percent of the cost of certain contracts covering emergency response and recovery work. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, chairman and ranking member...
RAND Corp. has secured a potential five-year, $495 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to continue operating a federally funded research and development center. The Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center FFRDC conducts analyses and studies for federal sponsors with a focus on a set of nine functional areas, DHS said Thur...
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has agreed to acquire business intelligence and strategic advisory firm Next5 for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to pursue growth, expand its line of cybersecurity platforms and support its customers in navigating cyberthreats and meeting their missions. Bryan Ware, founder and CEO of Next5, will serve as CEO of L...
The Office of the National Cyber Director has announced the appointment of cybersecurity leaders Kemba Walden, Neal Higgins and Rob Knake to help Chris DeRusha, federal chief information security officer and deputy national cyber director for federal cybersecurity, meet ONCD’s mission to protect U.S. citizens in cyberspace and enable them to benef...
