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KBR to Install and Modernize Navy’s Shore-Based C4ISR Systems Worldwide; Byron Bright Quoted
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KBR to Install and Modernize Navy’s Shore-Based C4ISR Systems Worldwide; Byron Bright Quoted


KBR to Install and Modernize Navy's Shore-Based C4ISR Systems Worldwide; Byron Bright Quoted

KBR announced on Tuesday that the company’s Government Solutions U.S. business has been awarded a spot on a potential 10-year, $986 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) to install shore-based command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems across the globe. 

“KBR is ready to ensure that the military has the necessary tools to keep its advantage on physical and virtual battlefields,” said Byron Bright, KBR President, U.S. Government Solutions. 

As one of eight awardees, KBR will perform a range of services, including C4ISR maintenance, modernization and new system installation. These services can include decommissioning and modernization of existing shore facilities, program and project management, engineering designs and training as well as installation design and installation of integrated C4ISR systems.

“A modern, top line C4ISR infrastructure is essential to making real-time threat analysis that leads to actionable insight, reducing risk to valuable assets and people,” Bright added. 

The contract win continues to widen KBR’s knowledge base to U.S. and commercial customers in the intelligence and defense sector all over the world. The company’s C4ISR expertise keeps U.S. defense programs connected, protected, and at the forefront of technology.

About KBR

KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors.

The company employs over 37,500 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses: Government Solutions, Technology Solutions and Energy Solutions.

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Perspecta Raises Over $320K for the American Heart Association; Mac Curtis Quoted
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Perspecta Raises Over $320K for the American Heart Association; Mac Curtis Quoted


Perspecta Raises Over $320K for the American Heart Association; Mac Curtis Quoted

Perspecta has raised more than $320,000 for the American Heart Association (AHA) 2019 Greater Washington Heart Walk, the company announced on Tuesday. The achievement makes Perspecta the largest, single-year fundraising company in the Walk’s history for the second consecutive year. 

“Each year, our employees never ceases to amaze me with their commitment to this cause and ability to exceed fundraising targets year-over-year,” said Mac Curtis, president and chief executive officer of Perspecta and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient. 

Perspecta offices held fundraising events and the company held its annual Perspecta Has Heart Charity Golf Tournament, which raised an impressive $254,000 for the cause.

“Supporting the missions of our customers continues to be our top priority, but second to that is our commitment to the communities in which we live and work. I am incredibly proud of this accomplishment and look forward to a long-term partnership with AHA in the years to come,” Curtis added. 

About Perspecta

At Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP), we question, we seek and we solve. Perspecta brings a diverse set of capabilities to our U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care and state and local markets. Our 270+ issued, licensed and pending patents are more than just pieces of paper, they tell the story of our innovation. 

With offerings in mission services, digital transformation and enterprise operations, our team of 14,000 engineers, analysts, investigators and architects work tirelessly to not only execute the mission, but build and support the backbone that enables it. Perspecta was formed to take on big challenges. We are an engine for growth and success and we enable our customers to build a better nation.

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Dan Brouillette Confirmed to Lead DOE on Full-Time Basis
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Dan Brouillette Confirmed to Lead DOE on Full-Time Basis


Dan Brouillette
Dan Brouillette

The Senate confirmed Dan Brouillette, acting secretary at the Department of Energy, to lead DOE on a full-time basis via a 70-15 bipartisan vote Tuesday. Brouillette, who will be sworn in at a later date, served as deputy secretary under the leadership of Rick Perry,  DOE said Monday.

President Trump nominated Brouillette for the top post in October.

“I am excited for what the future holds, as our department continues to make a lasting impact both domestically and around the world,” he said.

His industry career has included roles as senior vice president and head of public policy at financial services company USAA and as VP at Ford Motor.

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DoD, Three Firms in Talks Over Electric Laser Demonstration Contracts; Thomas Karr Quoted
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DoD, Three Firms in Talks Over Electric Laser Demonstration Contracts; Thomas Karr Quoted


Thomas Karr
Thomas Karr

Thomas Karr, assistant director of directed energy at the Department of Defense, has said DoD is negotiating separate contracts with three companies regarding the development of electrically powered laser models, Breaking Defense reported Monday.

He told Breaking Defense in an interview the department aims to test the power capacity of demonstrators powered by semiconductor diodes and other commercial technology.

“We want to have a 300-kilowatt laser by 2022. We’d like to get up to 500 kilowatts by 2024,” Karr added.

The report noted that two demonstration models will use fiber-optic cables to generate and combine light beams into a single blast, while the third model will utilize small lasers to produce energy in specially formulated materials designed to increase power levels.

According to Karr, DoD can support a competition for multiple vendors to develop technical concepts of 300kW laser technology intended to engage long-range targets such as cruise missiles.

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DoD Seeks Industry Feedback on 5G Tech Dev’t Projects
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DoD Seeks Industry Feedback on 5G Tech Dev’t Projects


DoD Seeks Industry Feedback on 5G Tech Dev't Projects

The Department of Defense is asking industry for ideas to develop 5G technology platforms for demonstration at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany in Georgia and Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

DoD said Monday it will collect input through Dec. 16 to help the department finalize prototype solicitations related to the experimentation and testing of the next-generation wireless technology.

The project at MCLB Albany aims to demonstrate the potential of 5G-enabled systems to support U.S. Marine Corps’ warehouse and logistics operations, according to a notice posted Friday on beta.SAM.gov.

Hill AFB’s project goal is to evaluate whether a 5G mobile cellular network and airborne radar systems work in shared spectrum with frequencies between 3,100 and 3,450 megahertz.

The department intends to issue final requests for prototype proposals through the National Spectrum Consortium as part of a five-year other transaction agreement.

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FBI Cites Potential Threat Posed by Russian Mobile Apps
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FBI Cites Potential Threat Posed by Russian Mobile Apps


FBI Cites Potential Threat Posed by Russian Mobile Apps

The FBI said FaceApp and other mobile applications originating from Russia may pose a counterintelligence threat, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

In a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the bureau said Russia’s intelligence services can remotely access all servers and communications on Russian networks without seeking consent from internet service providers.

The letter is in response to Schumer’s July request for the bureau and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate potential privacy and national security risks associated with Russia-based Wireless Lab’s FaceApp, which allows users to alter genders and ages in photographic portraits.

CyberScoop reported Schumer called on U.S. citizens to consider removing the app from their mobile devices and exercise “extreme caution when downloading apps developed in hostile foreign countries.”

“The personal data FaceApp collects from a user’s device could end up in the hands of Russian intelligence services,” Schumer added.

Lisa Gordon-Hagerty: NNSA’s FY 2020 Funding Request to Help Improve Nuclear, Radiological Security
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Lisa Gordon-Hagerty: NNSA’s FY 2020 Funding Request to Help Improve Nuclear, Radiological Security


Lisa Gordon-Hagerty
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty

Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, wrote in an article published Monday on Defense News that NNSA requested over $2B in fiscal 2020 funds to support its nuclear nonproliferation, counterterrorism and counterproliferation programs.

“This critical funding will allow NNSA to leverage our unique technical expertise and unparalleled scientific capabilities to develop new solutions to improve nuclear and radiological security,” she wrote.

Gordon-Hagerty said the budget request will also help the agency recapitalize the Department of Energy’s Radiological Assistance Program equipment and planes used to carry out radiation measurements to safeguard safety and public health as well as build up partnerships with industry partners and international agencies to enhance the security of facilities.

She also mentioned the efforts of DOE and NNSA to secure nuclear and radioactive materials, including the disposition of over 440 kilograms of excess highly enriched uranium in FY 2019 and recovery of over 1.2M curies of disused radioactive sources.

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DoD Study Examines Compliance of Small, Large Firms With Cyber Standards; Kevin Fahey Quoted
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DoD Study Examines Compliance of Small, Large Firms With Cyber Standards; Kevin Fahey Quoted


Kevin Fahey
Kevin Fahey

A recent Department of Defense study says small and large contractors are struggling to comply with DoD’s new cybersecurity standards, Defense One reported Monday.

“For the most part, the big companies do very well,” Kevin Fahey, assistant defense secretary for acquisition, told reporters at the Pentagon Monday. “But in no case do they meet everything that they thought they met.”

Fahey also mentioned the risk of cyber threat facing small subcontractors, which are receiving large volumes of data from large companies. “The biggest part of our training and the problem is that our adversaries don’t try to come in through the big companies, they come in through the fifth-, sixth-tier. If you’re flowing down information they don’t need, then that’s bad. That’s where we’re seeing our biggest problem,” he added.

Jason Timm, assistant vice president for national security policy at the Aerospace Industries Association, said firms are having difficulty meeting security standards in FIPS-validated encryption and multifactor authentication, among other areas.

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US Government Eyes Expansion of Two Rules to Further Restrict Foreign Shipments to Huawei
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US Government Eyes Expansion of Two Rules to Further Restrict Foreign Shipments to Huawei


US Government Eyes Expansion of Two Rules to Further Restrict Foreign Shipments to Huawei

The U.S. government considers making changes to two rules to expand the country’s authority to ban more foreign shipments to China-based telecommunications equipment firm Huawei, Reuters reported Sunday.

Sources said the Department of Commerce and other agencies plan to expand the De minimis Rule and the Direct Product Rule. The first rule helps determine whether U.S. technology in foreign-made goods provides the government authority to stop shipments, while the latter policy subjects to U.S. regulations foreign products that are based on U.S. technology.

In May, Commerce decided to put Huawei on its trade blacklist due to national security concerns.

The government’s consideration of the expansion of such policies came days after the department moved to renew Huawei’s temporary general license. The Trump administration also issued Wednesday about 75 licenses to permit some suppliers to resume sales to the Chinese firm.

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NASA Unveils Launch Communications Ground Segment to Support Artemis Mission
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NASA Unveils Launch Communications Ground Segment to Support Artemis Mission


NASA Unveils Launch Communications Ground Segment to Support Artemis Mission

NASA has officially opened one of the three permanent ground stations of the Near Earth Network’s Launch Communications Segment that will provide services to support future space explorations including the Artemis moon landing mission.

The space agency said Wednesday the Kennedy Uplink Station, located at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will work with companion ground stations Ponce De Leon and Bermuda to facilitate communications for Artemis launch missions.

The Launch Communications Segment, operated by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, supports the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System advanced launch vehicle, which is expected to set the stage for human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit.

The segment will combine information received from the connected ground stations into a single data stream to streamline the launch communications for crewed missions.

The satellite ground systems are also expected to reduce costs compared to the space shuttle-era ground segment.

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