The Coast Guard on Thursday said it has modified its contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) and awarded the company $343 million to begin construction of the second Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) and purchase long lead-time material for the third ship. The award comes just as the Coast Guard ...

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) on Wednesday released legislation to establish a bipartisan commission that would examine how well the U.S. was prepared for and responded to the ongoing pandemic and what lessons were learned. The 16-page National Commission ...

The U.S. lags Russia and China in its commitment to the strategic importance of the Arctic and should enhance its influence in the region on a number of fronts, including increased funding, diplomacy, infrastructure, vessels, research and technology, say analysts with a leading think tank in ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Bode Cellmark Forensics a potential five-year, $17.3 million contract to provide Rapid DNA testing systems for use in identifying fraudulent family relationship claims by individuals entering the U.S. along the southern border. The award follows two ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s procurement office has pulled together a team of procurement experts to help sort out industry offers to help the department in responding to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa says the COVID-19 Procurement & ...

Last month, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) decided to end the Aviation Cyber Initiative’s (ACI) computer vulnerability testing of a Boeing 757-200 at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center ...