Leidos has secured a potential $918 million follow-on award from the Department of Homeland Security for network upgrades. Issued under the Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support vehicle, the contract has a base period of one year and includes six one-year option periods, Leidos announced from its Reston, Virginia headquarters on Thursday. “Our team will […] More

Leidos has secured a potential $918 million follow-on award from the Department of Homeland Security for network upgrades. Issued under the Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support vehicle, the contract has a base period of one year and includes six one-year option periods.Interested in learning more about DHS efforts to modernize? Join the Potomac Officers Club's 2023 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 15. To learn more and register to attend, click here. More

Raytheon will help digital automation company Node.Digital enhance cybersecurity capability, business development strategy and other practices as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Mentor-Protege Program. The RTX business will provide Node.Digital with mentorship and technical assistance to allow both parties to bid as prime and support DHS’ program risk mitigation efforts, the aerospace and […] More

A joint venture between Softek International and Federal IT Consulting won a 30-month, $40 million contract to help the Department of Homeland Security engineer and secure network architectures. Softek FEDITC has onboarded personnel to support the Homeland Security Enterprise Network Tier III systems, the company said Tuesday. The partnership will collaborate with project management firm […] More

The Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate awarded Amentum a potential five-year, $48 million contract to develop and prototype new technologies for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The project will involve research, development, testing and evaluation of promising innovations in space surveillance and communication sensors, advanced robotics, unmanned aerial systems […] More

The Department of Homeland Security has launched the Clean Power for Hours Challenge, a national competition seeking reliable and effective clean energy sources capable of offering consistent backup power to ensure hospitals and other essential facilities continue operations amid emergencies.  The Science and Technology Directorate-led initiative is divided into two phases, with the initial stage […] More

Presidio‘s federal arm has been named subcontractor of Peraton under the latter’s potential $2.7 billion data center and cloud optimization indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Department of Homeland Security. As the prime contractor of DCCO, Peraton will procure professional services from Presidio Federal in support of the automation, optimization and modernization of DHS’ hybrid computing environment, […] More

The Department of Homeland Security intends to award the third iteration of the FirstSource small business contract for software and information technology products in 2023 and Paul Courtney, chief procurement officer at DHS, cited the agency’s plan to conduct on-ramps for the FirstSource III contract, Federal News Network reported Monday. “If we put together a […] More

The Department of Homeland Security has extended its contract with Steampunk for technical review and analysis services in support of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Under the multiyear award, Steampunk said Tuesday it will continue conducting cybersecurity risk assessments and information assurance reviews of cloud service providers seeking FedRAMP certification. The information technology […] More

Collaboration is key in streamlining the procurement processes necessary for progressing the Department of Homeland Security’s mission, according to Paul Courtney, the department’s chief procurement officer. To foster a culture of collective innovation that shapes DHS operations and extends to its partners, the agency has created a strategy to enrich the procurement process, both within and outside […] More

The Department of Homeland Security is soliciting information on potential industry sources of counter-unmanned aircraft systems that could help detect, identify, classify, track and mitigate threats posed by hostile drones. DHS wants C-UAS platforms with capabilities to receive flight data, intelligence and other historical information, determine the level of threat, identify a detected track of […] More

Tensions regarding the U.S.-Mexico border have been among the primary focal points in national security conversations in recent months. The main source of the controversies and concerns are rooted in the potential lifting of Title 42, the part of the U.S. Code that dictates public health during a crisis, which was adopted in April 2020 […] More