Two years after an Inspector General report found that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had a weak record on suspending and debarring non-performing contractors, the department has bolstered its program by establishing a Suspension and Debarment Official (SDO) that is currently creating best practices for the entire department, the top DHS procurement official said yesterday. “We get this,” Nick Nayak, the chief procurement officer at DHS, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Procurement Reform. “We’re going…
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The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]
House Heads For Recess Without Moving On NDAA After Procedural Vote Fails
The House will leave for the Fourth of July recess without moving forward on its $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with a procedural vote to […]
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A bipartisan group of six House legislators have introduced the Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act–a bill to improve drone collaboration between the U.S. and Ukraine. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the […]
Will $4 Billion For SB-AMTI/Space Data Network Backbone In Supplemental Reduce Or Add To Planned Funding For Systems In Reconciliation?
Nearly all of the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 procurement and research and development (R&D) budget for space-based air moving target indication (SB-AMTI) and the Space Data Network […]