It’s been a long and snowy week in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area. Instead of COVID-19 vaccine mandate talk, snow dominated the conversations and headlines – except for yesterday. This past week, the federal government closed its offices two days, and they had a three-hour delay on another day. For those who are not working remotely on the regular, that leaves two normal workdays this week. Of course, leadership may have previously balked at making telework the new norm, but this week, they found the addition to be rather beneficial. Real life events have a way of course correcting habits sometimes. Although on-site work is the norm in national security, perhaps 2022 will be the year that leadership goes all in on the hybrid schedule or more flexible options. Of course, contractors who work on government sites previously struggled with where to charge a snow day. So switching to telework saves their leave hours on their timesheet.
Contract Opportunities to Watch
| Peraton | Peraton was recently awarded a $343 Million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) award. The work is in support of the IT Management, Performance Analysis, and Collaborative Technologies (IMPACT) II task for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). DHS awarded the task under the GSA Alliant 2 contract vehicle. The task order was originally awarded to Perspecta, before being integrated into Peraton in May 2021 through the private-equity firm Veritas Capital. |
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Cleared Opportunities
Leidos has made a strategic investment in HawkEye 360 – a commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics. The companies will share information and combine efforts to achieve transformational growth in data and analytical services.
“We are pleased to invest in HawkEye 360 and their innovative work to enhance geospatial intelligence solutions,” said Leidos National Security Space Executive Vice President Paul Engola. “We’re confident this investment will strengthen our robust capabilities in the National Security Space arena. This will also create innovative pathways to deliver bold solutions to our customers as they work to safeguard U.S. and allied interests.”
“HawkEye 360 is pleased to welcome such a distinguished defense and intelligence leader as Leidos to our group of world class investors,” said HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini. “We look forward to harnessing their support to create significant value not only for the defense, intelligence and national security communities, but also for organizations addressing some of the most complex global challenges facing humanity and the environment.”
Leidos’ investment in HawkEye 360 will build on the company’s multi-decade heritage of serving National Security Space customers. It will also support the creation of new, differentiated technological capabilities.
HawkEye 360 delivers a groundbreaking source of global knowledge based on RF geospatial intelligence, further accentuating Leidos’ efforts to make the world a safer place. This mutual agreement will accelerate the company’s growth while creating new opportunities for customers in the humanitarian, environmental, commercial and national security sectors.
