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...
Five contractors were awarded spots on a potential five-year, $100 million blanket purchase agreement to deliver financial management and operations support services to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer. According to an award notice posted on the Federal Procurement Data System website, the awardees ar...
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 Naval Special Warfare Command, a component of the U.S. Special Operations Command, has issued a solicitation for the Maritime Special Operations Forces Support 2.0 contract. MSOFS 2.0 Requirements The purpose of MSOFS 2.0 is to support the day-to-day operations of NSW by providing a variety of services, including logistics, equipment, management...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index recorded gains in four of five trading sessions, advanced more than 1% in three days, and had its best day Wednesday with +1.99%. Friday’s closing of $5,640.35 was also its highest close. The result is a 4.9% weekly gain, GCI’s highest this year. The index, which tracks the stock performances of...
The Administration for Children and Families, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded international nongovernmental organization Kids in Need of Defense a pair of task orders under the Post Release Legal Services multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. One task order has a total value of $211 ...
Staci Peters has taken on the role of senior vice president of business services at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, a Fluor-led company, according to her LinkedIn post Thursday. Peters, a senior finance executive with a demonstrated history of working in the federal government contractor industry, assumed her new post at SRNS after serving as its...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded 12 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion contract to provide advisory and assistance services for Space Systems Command. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the Hemisphere program is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that seeks to support SSC’s Space Doma...
The State Department has approved the Czech Republic’s request to purchase satellite communication systems and related support for approximately $184 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday Congress has been notified of the potential foreign military sale, which will include the transfer of communications equipment from U...
Mitch Icard, former vice president of space and advanced technologies at Teledyne Brown Engineering, has joined Spectral Energies as chief operating officer. The executive announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post Monday. Icard has a combined 15 years at Teledyne. He initially worked as director of finance and administration for Teledyne Energy S...
