By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The Department of Defense released its long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program final rule (32 CFR Part 170) on October 11. Announced in 2019 by the Pentagon as a response to growing cybersecurity threats targeting sensitive defense information, the CMMC program aims to es...
Real-time 3D simulation and digital twin technologies provide the U.S. government — especially the military — an ability to train its personnel “across a much broader spectrum of scenarios and ‘what if’s,’” explains Ret. VADM Sean Buck, president of the National Training and Simulation Association. Rather than be limited by what i...
Ever since the 2016 presidential election drew concerns of foreign influence, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been the point guard to ensure that the process runs fairly, equitably and without a hitch. After many public appearances by the agency’s director, Wash100 Award winner Jen Easterly, leading up to Nov. 5, wherein ...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman $540.9 million in funding to support the company’s development of the Glide Phase Interceptor, a technology to detect and intercept hypersonic weapons. Work on the weapon countermeasure platform will be performed in Chandler, Arizona, until November 2029, the Department of Defense said Wednes...
Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace has secured a $960.8 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to provide the service branch with Naval Strike Missiles over a five-year period. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Tuesday the Over the Horizon – Weapons System NSM will help boost coastline defense, deterrence and interoperability as well a...
Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and U.S. Army veteran, was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The former infantry captain in the Army National Guard served at Guantanamo Bay and later in Iraq. He also served in Afghanistan with the...
The Department of Defense has awarded Verizon a 24-month task order extension to continue providing critical communications capabilities to the U.S. government under the Global Network Solutions program. The original GNS contract awarded in 2016 now has a cumulative amount of over $98 million, Verizon said Monday. The extension aims to create ...
Biometric identification is a foundational part of the United States’ immigration and transportation systems — a quick and, by many measures, secure and fraud-deterring way to confirm individuals’ identities in high-volume, high-traffic scenarios. It’s also a key way to sift through and find the rare individuals who may be a potential danger...
The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services intends to launch a competition for a follow-on governmentwide acquisition contract for enterprise IT support services. According to a notice published Tuesday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, the recompete Enterprise Infrastructure Operations and Support S...
Parsons has acquired BCC Engineering for $230 million. The defense and intelligence technology provider based in Chantilly, Virginia, said Friday the all-cash transaction is aimed at strengthening its position as a leader in the infrastructure market and expanding its presence across the Southeastern United States. The companies initiated the ...
