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 ...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Earlier this Summer, the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced more than $18.2 million in Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program awards to assist tribal nations with managi...
Cydecor has acquired Artel, a provider of telecommunications and technology support services based in Herndon, Virginia. “The acquisition of Artel broadens and deepens our offerings while enhancing our ability to serve as an end-to-end solution provider for national security technology,” Nader Elguindi, president and CEO of Cydecor, said...
The U.S. Navy has awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a combined ceiling of $1.21 billion to AAR Government Services (NYSE: AIR) and StandardAero for the maintenance and repair of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Under each firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials IDIQ, the contractors will perform depot-level engine maintenance, r...
Fairbanks Morse Defense, an Arcline Investment Management portfolio company, has agreed to acquire Rolls-Royce’s naval propulsors and handling business to expand its capabilities and offerings for customers in the U.S. marine defense sector. FMD said Thursday it will integrate into its portfolio a range of propellers and waterjets for naval applic...
Data, cloud and artificial intelligence company Snowflake has acquired Night Shift Development, a data analytics firm that serves the U.S. public sector. Snowflake’s Chris Degnan, chief revenue officer, and Matthew Rose, industry principal of the global public sector, said in a blog post Thursday that the acquisition will expand its presence in th...
The Department of Defense has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (Nasdaq: SAIC) a $229 million contract to provide information technology support services for North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. SAIC said Wednesday the contract was awarded in support of the NORAD/USNORTHCOM Information Technology Enterpr...
Quantum computing is just over the horizon for the federal government, and agencies are gearing up for a future in which post-quantum cryptography, or PQC, defines information security. Moving these efforts forward is the Office of Management and Budget, which in July published a report detailing the steps federal organizations must take to imp...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s proposed foreign military sale request for aircraft spare parts and related equipment worth $228 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, on behalf of Taiwan’s armed forces, made the request to purch...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security plans to solicit support services to operate Tier 1 of a multi-level Contact Center Operation. According to a post on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, the Contact Center Tier 1 requirements include supporting inbound and outbound calls, chats and webform/em...
