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 ...
Mergers and acquisitions deals are a feature of any industry where there are large enough companies and funds to support new combinations and ownership arrangements. They’ve become a particularly notable occurrence across markets in the 21st century, as large conglomerates buy up smaller operations. Government contracting is no different. Accordin...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) has secured a $156.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide spares, components and ground support equipment for the government of Romania’s Patriot missile defense system. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the fixed-price-incentive contract via an online solicitation and obligated funds in fiscal 2024 foreig...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International With its broad national security role, the DOD has been a pioneer in the development of numerous innovative cybersecurity solutions. This makes sense given its lengthy history and the quantity and caliber of resources devoted to both research and development and the acquisition of technol...
Every year, the Potomac Officers Club hosts the government contracting industry’s premier events featuring the most prominent and influential speakers from the public and private sectors. Now, POC is gearing up for its biggest, most exciting year yet. In 2024, POC will be hosting an exciting lineup of in-person events, including must-attend month...
Contracts procurement executives hold one of the most crucial steps in the government contracting landscape. This process of contract procurement ensures the federal government meets the specific requirements for the capabilities, products, and solutions. These are requisites for major industries, such as defense, healthcare, intelligence, space, an...
The Professional Services Council and the National Defense Industrial Association have called on congressional leaders through a joint letter to prevent a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution and to speed up passage of the defense appropriations bill and the other 11 appropriations measures for fiscal year 2024. In the letter dated...
Dan Whitcher, an enterprise information technology executive with nearly three decades of combined government and industry experience, has joined VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) as chief information officer, according to a recently published LinkedIn post. Whitcher will provide strategic leadership and day-to-day operational oversight of VSE’s enterprise I...
Government AI Events Guide: Top 10 Conferences and Summits provide essential detail about the Artificial Intelligence trends in the industry. Artificial Intelligence means the capacity of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform jobs typically performed by humans. Initially, the purpose of artificial intelligence is to supplement human cap...
The U.S. Intelligence Community is saddled with many of the same challenges as organizations from various sectors that process information in attempts to make it actionable: an excess of data and a need to find efficient and dependable ways to sort through it. As information assessors, IC representatives like Rhett Skiles, deputy assistant secr...
