Nation-state actors targeting the defense supply chain want one thing: disruption. That’s the threat Jennifer Roberts thinks about every day as CISO at FGS and why she spent 2025 and 2026 building an organization that can keep running even when an attack lands, earning CMMC certification and standing up a cyber supply chain risk management program along the way. Roberts…

Marc Engelson’s path into government contracting started with a chance introduction to Blackbird Technologies — and solidified somewhere over the Atlantic on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. He’d just touched down when the first plane hit, and by the time he got to a screen, his sense of purpose had changed for good. A developer by training, Engelson spent…

BE has been awarded a contract to continue supporting the Agriculture Department’s Integrated Acquisition System, the department’s enterprise platform for procurement and contract management. The system supports roughly $6 billion in annual acquisition activity and integrates with USDA’s financial systems and other federal platforms. The contract allows BE to continue operations and maintenance work that keeps the system reliable, secure…