The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration will launch a competitive acquisition for a recompete indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide security screening services at commercial airports. TSA anticipates releasing a request for proposals for the multiple-award contract on Nov. 1, 2024, wit...
The State Department has approved a potential $400 million foreign military sale of high mobility artillery rocket system launchers and related equipment to the government of Italy. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the principal contractor on the proposed FMS deal that includes the provision of 21 M142 HIMARS launchers and one M31A2 high-ex...
The State Department has approved Saudi Arabia’s potential $582 million foreign military sale request to procure hardware and software from the U.S. government to replenish and modernize its RE-3A tactical airborne surveillance system aircraft fleet. The proposed FMS deal covers seven Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System securi...
Homeland security officials are looking at ways to deploy artificial intelligence within the acquisition process — and within other aspects of their agencies — to drive efficiency and better protect the nation against evolving threats. Mario Wilson, assistant administrator for acquisition program management at the Transportation Security Adminis...
Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary will possibly provide aircraft maintenance and logistics support services to the Iraqi government under a potential $300 million foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. The services will add to a previously awarded FMS deal worth $28 million and support three Bell 407 variants, 2...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 15 will bring together the foremost experts and decision makers from government and industry to discuss the nation’s most urgent homeland security challenges and what’s being done to address them. Click here to register, and read below for a breakdown of the summit’s spea...
2023 marks the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the U.S. federal government’s tradition of promoting careful cyber hygiene and ensuring protective precautions for digital assets. Established by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a nonprofit, the National Cybersecurity Alliance, ev...
Today, the influence of technology on homeland security is stronger than ever before. With cyberattacks now intertwined with more traditional homeland security threats, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is racing to adopt the technologies necessary to tackle a shifting array of challenges. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Homel...
The State Department has approved the U.K. government’s request to procure Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) joint air-to-ground missiles from the U.S. government under a potential $957.4 million foreign military sales agreement. The British government has asked to buy 3,000 AGM-179A JAGM along with dummy missiles, publications, technical assi...
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 ...
