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BAE Wins $88M Navy Contract for Combat Integration & Identification System Installation Support

BAE Systems has won a potential $88.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide installation and certification support services for combat integration and identification systems and related subsystems. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division launched a competitive procurement process and received three offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The […] More

July 8, 2024, 12:07 pm
in Acquisition & Procurement, News

DOE Seeks Proposals for Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Operation and Management Contract

The Department of Energy has released a request for proposals for a potential 15-year contract to manage and operate the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia. DOE said Wednesday that TJNAF is a federally funded research and development center focused on delivering technological and scientific breakthroughs in nuclear physics, accelerator science and […] More

July 8, 2024, 12:05 pm
in Cybersecurity, News

Shift5, Booz Allen to Deliver Cyber Awareness, Decision Intelligence to Defense, Transportation Clients; Brad Medairy Quoted

Shift5 and Booz Allen Hamilton have forged a strategic partnership to combine their capabilities and expertise to provide organizations in the defense and transportation sectors with cybersecurity awareness and maintenance intelligence to ensure the security and resilience of fleets and other assets. Shift5 said Tuesday the partnership will facilitate the integration of insights from its […] More

July 3, 2024, 11:55 am
in Contract Awards, News

Accenture Federal Services Secures $250M DOI Contract for Mission IT Platform Support; Kathryn Larson Quoted

The Department of the Interior has awarded Accenture Federal Services a potential 10-year, $250 million contract to help the Bureau of Land Management operate and maintain a mission services IT platform designed to modernize federal lands administration. Accenture said Monday AFS will help the bureau’s IT directorate advance the use of digital tools to facilitate […] More

July 2, 2024, 12:01 pm
in News, Government Technology

General Atomics, Lockheed to Equip MQ-9B SeaGuardian With Net-Enabled Weapons Tech

Lockheed Martin and General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business have partnered to integrate net-enabled weapons capability into the MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aircraft system to help improve the drone’s intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting functions. The SeaGuardian UAS from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and the SeaVue multi-role radar from RTX business Raytheon will leverage Lockheed’s expertise […] More

July 1, 2024, 12:18 pm
in News, Space News

SDA Seeks Industry Input on Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3 Tracking Layer

The Space Development Agency has begun asking industry for information that will be used to inform the upcoming solicitation for the third tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s tracking layer. SDA said Friday it plans to use an other transaction authority agreement to buy and field approximately 54 or more satellites with infrared sensors […] More

July 1, 2024, 12:17 pm
in Government Technology, News

AWS Marketplace Now Accessible to Navy, Marine Corps Under Modified BPA; Matt Yanchyshyn Quoted

Amazon Web Services will now provide the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps access to AWS Marketplace after the Department of the Navy amended a blanket purchase agreement it had awarded to the company under the Enterprise Software Licensing program. The modified BPA will help streamline access of Navy and Marine Corps components to software […] More

June 28, 2024, 12:15 pm
in News, Government Technology

Appian’s Jason Adolf: Low-Code Platform Could Help Non-Technical Agency Staff Modernize Customer-Facing Processes

Jason Adolf, vice president of global public sector at Appian, said state and local government agencies facing limited technical resources and budgetary constraints can deploy a modern low-code platform to enable non-technical agency employees to digitize customer-facing processes. “With an effective low-code platform, any authorized agency employee can quickly and easily design, build, and digitize […] More

June 28, 2024, 12:13 pm
in Cybersecurity, News

GDIT’s Matthew McFadden on 4 Cybersecurity Practices Agencies Should Do to Defend Network Environments

Matthew McFadden, vice president of cyber at General Dynamics Information Technology, said government agencies and organizations should prioritize four core cybersecurity practices to defend their environments: implementing two-factor and multi-factor authentication, advancing vulnerability and patch management, reducing the attack surface and pursuing active defensive cyber operations. In an article published Wednesday on GDIT’s website, he […] More

June 27, 2024, 12:35 pm
in M&A Activity, News

Report: Boeing Proposes Funding Spirit AeroSystems Reacquisition With Stock

Boeing initially planned to reacquire Spirit AeroSystems in an all-cash transaction but made a last-minute move by proposing to fund its purchase of the aircraft parts manufacturer using mostly company stock, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. According to people familiar with the negotiation, the two parties discussed a deal in which Boeing would acquire […] More

June 26, 2024, 12:02 pm
in Artificial Intelligence, News

NASA, IBM Seek to Enhance Scientific Research With INDUS Large Language Models

IBM and NASA’s Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team have developed a set of large language models designed to improve scientific research by providing researchers with improved access to large volumes of specialized knowledge and enabling them to extract relevant information from diverse data sources. NASA said Tuesday the INDUS suite of LLMs contains encoder […] More

June 26, 2024, 11:57 am
in Executive Moves, News

GDIT Names Moises DelToro as Navy/Marine Corps CTO

Moises DelToro, a business and technology leader, has joined General Dynamics Information Technology as Navy/Marine Corps chief technology officer. In a LinkedIn post published Monday, DelToro said he looks forward to showcasing GDIT’s portfolio of tailorable digital platforms designed to integrate with government customers’ IT networks. DelToro brings to the role over two decades of […] More

June 25, 2024, 12:08 pm