The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a new initiative to drive the development and execution of cyber defense operations plans in partnership with the private sector, federal interagency and state, local, tribal, territorial government stakeholders. The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative is aimed at reducing cyber inciden...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will continue to provide satellite imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office after the agency exercised the second $300 million option under a service level agreement with the company. This option is part of the EnhancedView Follow-On contract with three potential extension years that could extend work through Aug...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $393 million contract to install the second and third increments of underwater training infrastructure for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday it will modernize and replace systems at three Undersea Warfare Training Range sites near Southern California, the Bahamas and Hawaii. For the USWT...
Robotic process automation software provider UiPath has unveiled a seven-member advisory board that will aim to help the company explore and identify opportunities to automate systems for government customers. New York-based UiPath said Wednesday it expects to gain insight from its public sector advisory board on government missions, technology chal...
Raymond Karrenbauer, a veteran of the insurance and information technology sectors, has joined the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will oversee the technology portfolio, business operations and financial accounts of the organization responsible for managing CMM...
Axon (Nasdaq: AXON) has been awarded a $223,1 million contract to supply the Drug Enforcement Administration with an undisclosed number of body-worn cameras and a digital evidence management system designed to store case-related data, according to a DEA award notice posted on SAM.gov. The Scottsdale, Arizona-based company’s portfolio includes ...
Biniam Gebre, senior managing director at Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and head of management consulting for its federal business arm, will be nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy within the Office of Management and Budget. The White House said Wednesday Gebre has more than two decades...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy medium self-propelled howitzer systems, manufactured by BAE Systems, and associated equipment from the U.S. government through a potential $750 million foreign military sales transaction. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. asked to procure 40 155mm M109A6...
Austal USA, Epsilon Systems Solutions and Continental Maritime of San Diego have secured positions on a 19-month, $344.7 million contract to sustain littoral combat ships for the U.S. Navy. The three shipyard operators will compete for delivery orders to perform sustainment work on LCS vessels homeported in San Diego, the Department of Defense said ...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its latest event on Wednesday to share the key trends impacting the government contractors in our sector and how to mature the capture process to grow a qualified pipeline and improve win rate during A Blueprint for a Modern, Data-Driven Approach to Capture Management Webinar. With Technomile’s Chief Operating Officer Mic...
