Anduril Industries plans a new round of financing that would value the defense technology startup at approximately $4 billion to $5 billion. The Irvine, California-based startup is likely to use the proceeds to further expand development work on drones and other military equipment.
Read More »WidePoint Secures $86M in DHS Wireless Cellular Support Task Orders
WidePoint has received task orders worth approximately $86 million combined to help the Department of Homeland Security deliver wireless cellular services across its components. WidePoint said Wednesday the task orders come as part of the potential $500 million Cellular Wireless Managed Services 2.0 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that the company secured in November 2020.
Read More »CBP Orders Additional Textron Turboprop Aircraft
Textron's aviation business has received a contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to manufacture two additional multirole enforcement aircraft that would support agency efforts to secure the country's borders.
Read More »CBP Orders Two Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft From SNC
Sierra Nevada Corp. has secured a $48.3 million contract to provide two more sensors-equipped aircraft that would help U.S. Customs and Border Protection detect and track border security threats. The pair of Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft will support CBP's surveillance across border areas that pose environmental challenges, such as austere weather and terrain obstacles, SNC said Tuesday.
Read More »PAE President, CEO John Heller Receives His Sixth Wash100 Award; Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Executive Mosaic announced on Friday that John Heller, president and CEO of PAE, has received his sixth Wash100 Award for leading PAE's transformation from a private equity-backed company into a publicly listed company and expansion in the government services arena through acquisitions and contract wins. Visit GovConWire to read John Heller's full 2021 Wash100 Award profile.
Read More »CAE Receives CBP Contract for Aircraft Pilot Training Services
CAE's U.S. subsidiary has received a prime contract to train aircraft pilots of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the company's Dothan Training Center and other business aviation facilities. CAE USA will provide training on fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft in classroom, simulated and actual flight environments to help pilots meet requirements imposed by CBP and the Federal Aviation Administration, CAE said Tuesday.
Read More »Northrop Inducts CBP Orion Aircraft for Depot Level Maintenance
Northrop Grumman has cleared the first unit under U.S. Customs Border and Protection's 14-aircraft P-3 Orion fleet to undergo depot-level maintenance activities in Lake Charles, Louisiana, over a 10-year period.
Read More »CBP Orders FLIR-Made Air & Ground Surveillance Systems
FLIR Systems has booked over $23M in awards to update U.S. Customs and Border Protection's inventory of air and ground surveillance technologies needed to support the Mobile Surveillance Capability initiative and another situational awareness-focused program.
Read More »ManTech Wins $273M DHS Contract to Provide Advanced Analytics to CBP
ManTech has been awarded a five-year, $273 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide Business Intelligence Support Services (BISS) in support of the anti-crime and anti-terrorism efforts of the department's Customs and Border Protection (CBP). ManTech will develop advanced visualizations that enable the agency to simplify complex data findings and turn it into actionable intelligence for CBP officers.
Read More »SAIC Wins Potential $973M CBP Task Order for Threat Analysis Tech; Bob Genter Quoted
SAIC has been awarded a potential $973 million task order by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to support the agency's cornerstone system for identifying travelers and cargo that present a potential security threat, the company reported Tuesday. The award has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year option periods and a six-month optional extension of services.
Read More »Unissant-Led Team to Help Manage CBP’s Big Data
A team comprised of Unissant, Centrifuge and Rock Elm has won a potential $47.2M contract to help the U.S. Customs and Border Protection manage the agency's data and metadata assets.
Read More »IProov Secured DHS Funds to Demo Biometric Traveler Identity Verification Tech
London-based biometric technology provider iProov has secured a $198,407 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to pilot the use of an integrated platform for submitting travelers' border entry and exit reports via mobile devices.
Read More »Sierra Nevada Receives Additional CBP Enforcement Aircraft Order
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered two more Sierra Nevada Corp. multimission planes that are based on the Beechcraft King Air 350 twin-turboprop aircraft and equipped with passive and active sensors.
Read More »CBP Vet Shawn Beddows Joins CT Strategies in VP Role
Shawn Beddows, a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has been appointed vice president of global services at Washington, D.C.-based border management and supply chain consulting firm CT Strategies. His CBP career includes time as acting director of the agency's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program and deputy attache in Brussels.
Read More »CBP, DoD to Implement Elbit Systems-Built Surveillance Tower Systems
Elbit Systems' U.S. subsidiary has been tasked to provide a surveillance tower system to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency and the Department of Defense's Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office for national security purposes.
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