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Peraton announced on Tuesday it has appointed William Evanina, former director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), to the company's advisory board. Evanina joined other experienced government and industry technology experts who provide advice and counsel to the company to guide its strategic direction.

Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, announced on Friday that John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal Services, has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for his contributions in the GovCon sector in 2020 and his forthcoming achievements in the year to come. 

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. 

A new report from Deloitte says that global aerospace and defense revenue increased by 2.4 percent to $674.4 billion during 2016. The 2017 Global A&D Sector Financial Performance Study is based on an analysis of top 100 A&D companies worldwide that recorded more than $500 million in revenues last year, the company said Thursday. …

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said various data access and sharing rules have posed a challenge to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies that seek to gain insights from big data to help predict terrorist attacks and other crimes, Bloomberg reported Thursday.  Chris Strohm writes Testoni told …

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, told CNBC Asia in an interview aired Wednesday that commercial open-source platforms that companies use for consumer sentiment can now be applied in intelligence and law enforcement operations. Testoni said that law enforcement agencies have started to use such platforms to identify individuals …

Leidos will compete for task orders to develop analytic software and related platforms for the Army Research Laboratory's sensors electron devices directorate under a potential five-year, $250 million contract the U.S. Army awarded in May. The company will design software platforms that work to facilitate integration of large data sets …

Terrorists often leave behind digital evidence that could indicate their travel plans and financial activities prior to an attack and technology to find and monitor those footprints is starting to be applied in investigations by law enforcement agencies, the CEO of SAP National Security Services told CNBC Monday. Mark Testoni said some of those …

CACI International will work to support mission planning efforts of U.S. geographic combatant commands worldwide as part of a five-year, $180 million Joint Geospatial Analytic Support Services contract awarded to the company by Special Operations Command. The company said Monday the contract seeks to expand its footprint in the intelligence services market and contains …

CloseWatch has secured $1.49 million in a seed funding round from ECAP Holdings and a group of angel investors to further develop an analytics-based mobile application designed to help citizens report crimes to law enforcement agencies. The CloseWatch-built iWatch mobile app works to classify tips of illegal activities and threats …

PwC has released a report that charts how defense agencies in 60 countries allocate their budgets and strategize in the face of security challenges worldwide. The company said Wednesday it found that many NATO members and partner countries decreased their defense spending in recent years due to fiscal and economic …

A new ReportsnReports.com analysis projects the smart security market will experience a compound annual growth rate of 18.59 percent through 2019 due to increasing incidents of terrorist attacks. The online market research firm said Friday recent terrorism-related incidents have spurred several countries to adopt smart security products, including intruder alarms, video …

Technavio projects that the global smart security market will climb in value at a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent through 2019 due to the increasing number of terrorist attacks around the world. “Terrorism has increased significantly in areas like the Philippines in the last few years, resulting in an …

The homeland security market will see a compound annual growth rate of 9.86 percent through 2019 due to increasing demand for public safety and security technologies amid terrorist attacks, ReportsnReports.com says in a new report. The firm said Sunday the need for quick response from law enforcement to threat incidents will drive the demand for border, aviation, …

CACI International will provide the U.S. Central Command with counter narco-terrorism support across the command’s area of responsibility under a $62.5 million contract awarded through the Rapid Response 3rd Generation vehicle. Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO, said Tuesday that the contract extends the company’s work on CENTCOM’s counter narco-terrorism mission, which aims to combat terrorism and drug …