The U.S. Navy and the private sector have partnered to expand the production capacity of the U.S. submarine industrial base as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s maritime dominance and national security. Contract Award to Austal USA Austal USA said Monday it secured a potential $152 million contract from the Navy to invest in...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has received a $99.8 million contract to extend access to the Maven Smart System to all military branches, including the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Space Force and Marine Corps. The company said Friday the five-year firm-fixed price contract from the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research ...
Once a lawyer but not always one — legal expertise is just one arrow in the quiver of the Department of Homeland Security’s Steven Cash. This prominent federal official has gained experience across the public and private sectors, playing major roles over the last two decades in the Department of Energy, DHS and the CIA. He...
The Department of Homeland Security is conducting market research in support of its Biometric Identity Research and Development program. According to a request for information notice posted on SAM.gov, DHS’ Office of Biometric Identity Management is transitioning from the hardware-based Automated Biometric Identification System to the cl...
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is the Department of Defense’s latest effort to enforce cybersecurity requirements for contractors. While CMMC is not necessarily new — read below for more information about CMMC’s history — there are a few things contractors need to know about the program as it becomes a defense contrac...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has agreed to buy Azure Summit Technology for approximately $1.275 billion in cash as part of efforts to expand its technology offerings for the Department of Defense and other national security agency customers. CACI said Monday it expects the all-cash transaction to conclude in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025...
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has secured up to $3 billion in CHIPS and Science Act funding to work with the Department of Defense to broaden the production of secure semiconductors for the U.S. government and ensure the security of the domestic chip supply chain as part of the Secure Enclave program. The company said Monday Secure...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured a $6.75 billion block-buy contract from the U.S. Navy to design and build up to eight T-AO 205 John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler ships. The Department of Defense said Friday Naval Sea Systems Command expects General Dynamics NASSCO to perform contract work in California, Louisiana, Michig...
NASA has awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued up to $121 million to Crown Consulting to support the aeronautics and exploration technology research and development efforts at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California. The NASA Academic Mission Services 2 IDIQ covers a large scope of new and emerging ca...
Tip Underwood, a business executive with a career spanning 25 years, has been appointed vice president and general manager of homeland and diplomacy at Peraton, the executive announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Underwood briefly served as VP of homeland security at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology company before this latest ...
