Howard County Chamber

Emerging Technology, Cybersecurity

CounterCraft | October 07, 2022

CounterCraft has been awarded a sole-source contract from the U.S. government, with a ceiling of more than $26MM, allowing the entire U.S. Department of Defense and federal government access to their innovative deception technology for active cyber defense. This is an especially important announcement as CounterCraft continues their ongoing mission to support U.S. cybersecurity initiatives. "It is clear that we are the active cyber defense and threat intelligenc...

BD | July 31, 2020

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the scale up of U.S. manufacturing capabilities for BD Veritor™ Solution for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2. The additional capital equipment will bolster domestic production and increase total production capacity by 50 percent. These investments will ena...

GM | April 08, 2020

Ventec Life Systems and General Motors Co. officially landed a deal that two weeks ago had them in hot water with the White House. The contract, which Bloomberg News reports as worth $489.4 million, lays out a timeline for the partnership to deliver 30,000 ventilators to the Department of Health and Human Services by the end of August, with at least one-fifth of those to be delivered before June 1....

Emerging Technology, Cybersecurity

Globenewswire | May 08, 2023

The Chertoff Group, a leading global security risk management and federal growth consulting firm, and Second Front Systems, a company that accelerates the delivery of software to U.S. warfighters, today announced a partnership to help industry overcome barriers to entry and get innovative technology to the U.S. Department of Defense. Navigating the Federal market can be challenging, costly, and time-consuming with no guarantee of results. The Chertoff Group provides insights, st...