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Horacio Rozanski, CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, has said the U.S. needs a national strategy to advance the development of artificial intelligence as the country is in a “close race” with China over the technology, Bloomberg reported Friday. “I’m not sure that there’s a coordinated approach between the private sector and the public sector, and those […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks potential industry sources of software designed to manage compliance of mobile devices with security and configuration policies. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says DISA is seeking information from small businesses that can offer an automated provisioning tool for the Defense Department‘s Mobility Classified Capability program. The program works to help DoD personnel access […] More

The Treasury Department announced plans in February to transition information technology and engineering support task orders from the potential $4 billion Treasury Information Processing Support Services-4 contract vehicle to General Service Administration‘s Best-In-Class contracts, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday. The department’s transition plan comes as the TIPSS-4 vehicle approaches expiration in December and as it works to […] More

Frank St. John, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s missiles and fire control business, told Defense News in an interview published Wednesday that Germany has reviewed a missile defense system the Bethesda, Md.-based company is offering through a partnership with MBDA. Lockheed originally teamed up with MBDA Deutschland and Leonardo in late 2016 to bid for Germany’s Medium Extended Air Defense […] More

Accenture’s federal arm has received the 2018 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award in recognition of its efforts to establish and maintain security best practices at its corporate headquarters in Virginia and branch office in San Diego. Accenture Federal Services is one of the 39 award recipients selected by the Defense Security Service […] More

Telos‘ identity management solutions  business will provide subcontractor support to IndraSoft as part of the latter’s $64 million contract to provide identity verification, fingerprinting and photograph services for the U.S. Census Bureau. Telos said Wednesday the services will be in support of the bureau’s recruitment of over 500,000 workers across the U.S. Indrasoft received the prime contract in January […] More

Jacobs Engineering Group will collaborate with Akima Support Operations to help maintain facilities at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center as part of a potential  $131.7 million contract. Jacobs said Wednesday it will serve as Akima’s strategic contract partner to support GSFC’s Facilities Operations and Maintenance Division. NASA awarded the five-year Facilities Operations and Maintenance Services III contract in February. Under […] More

ASGN‘s ECS division has secured a position on a potential five-year, $204 million contract to provide  technical engineering, financial and programmatic services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office. ECS said Tuesday it aims to help DARPA TTO implement enterprise technology platform, as well as conceptualize and execute programs across the ground, air, space and maritimes domains. “We are […] More

Raytheon and France-based military electronics maker Safran have partnered to develop sighting systems intended for combat vehicles. Both companies signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate their electro-optical and inertial measurement unit technologies to produce a forward-looking infrared sighting device, Raytheon said Wednesday. Kim Ernzen, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems business, the integrated technology will work to […] More

Lockheed Martin will continue to provide in-service support for the Canadian navy’s 12 multirole patrol frigates for an additional three years under a contract extension. The company said Tuesday it began to support the fleet in late 2008 as part of the $2 billion Halifax Class Modernization project, for which Lockheed’s Canadian arm serves as the prime contractor and […] More

A new Accenture report shows that 86 percent of aerospace and defense companies plan to incorporate blockchain technologies into their corporate platforms by 2021. Accenture said Tuesday it surveyed 30 A&D industry leaders for the “Launchpad to Relevance: Aerospace & Defense Technology Vision 2018” report and found potential areas where blockchain technologies could be applied, […] More