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Latest DevMAC RFI Seeks to Establish Parameters for Evaluation of Potential Vendors

The Defense Health Agency is seeking additional information from industry concerning the Development Multiple Award Contract Reboot. A component of the Defense Healthcare Management System Program Executive Office 3.0 digital transformation strategy, the DevMAC Reboot seeks to establish "teams of effective builders composing a world-class technology organization, well suited to adapt and evolve with the rapidly changing and on-demand environment around the Defense and Health ecosystem," according to a special notice on SAM.gov updated Monday.

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by Jerry Petersen December 21, 2023, 10:14 am
in DOD, News

Decision Lens Tapped to Streamline DOD Office’s Project Intake, Prioritization Processes

Decision Lens will help the Office of the Secretary of Defense streamline its processes by modernizing the current manual approach to taking in and prioritizing more than 350 department projects. The company said Wednesday its software will be used by the Department of Defense's OSD Office of Innovation & Modernization for enabling automated project submission capability and facilitating submission and prioritization processes.

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by Christine Thropp December 21, 2023, 10:13 am
in Financial Reports, News

GDIT Digital Accelerator Portfolio Achieves Strong Growth in 1st Year; Amy Gilliland Quoted

General Dynamics Information Technology announced the strong growth of its Digital Accelerator product portfolio in its first year. The General Dynamics business unit said Tuesday it leveraged these new offerings in 2023 and won more than $2 billion in contracts.

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by Aidan Daly December 20, 2023, 11:43 am
in Contract Awards, News

AppliedVR Secures VHA Contract Extension for VR-Based Treatment Program; Matthew Stoudt Quoted

The Veterans Health Administration has lengthened its contract with AppliedVR, under which the company is providing an at-home chronic lower back pain, or CLBP, treatment program. Issued by the administration’s VA Immersive division, the extended award will support continued access to RelieVRx, AppliedVR’s virtual reality-based immersive therapeutics program, the company announced from Los Angeles, California on Wednesday.

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by Ireland Degges December 20, 2023, 11:28 am
in News

Leidos Demonstrates Deployment of AIM-9X Missile Interceptor From Enduring Shield System

Leidos has completed a demonstration of its Enduring Shield Weapon System as a launcher for the AIM-9X missile interceptor. The Risk Reduction Flight Demonstration sets the stage for the developmental test phase of Enduring Shield launchers, which will begin in January, Leidos said Tuesday.

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by Jamie Bennet December 20, 2023, 11:24 am
in Contract Awards, News

L3Harris to Provide Multiband Radio Waveform Porting Services Under Navy IDIQ

L3Harris Technologies has secured a potential $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide multiband radio waveform porting and associated services. The contract covers the porting of Mobile User Objective System 3.2 and Single Channel Ground Air Radio System Frequency Hop 3 to the Multiband Radio II Family of Systems, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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by Kacey Roberts December 20, 2023, 11:16 am
in Contract Awards, News

RTX Books Directed Energy Prototype System Production & Testing Contract

Raytheon, an RTX company, has secured a three-year, $31.3 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division to design, build and test two directed energy weapon prototype systems for the U.S. Navy and Air Force. The company said Tuesday it will deliver high-power microwave antenna systems that will use directed energy to enable the detection of airborne threats as part of the Directed Energy Front-line Electromagnetic Neutralization and Defeat program.

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by Naomi Cooper December 20, 2023, 11:12 am
in Contract Awards, News

LMI to Apply Financial & Inventory Simulation Tool to Enhance DLA Systems

The Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Operations has awarded LMI a contract to help enhance research and development methods and improve purchase order lead time estimates for new systems.

The Potomac Officers Club will host the 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31 to discuss the latest developments in the defense technology sector. Register here and save a seat at the highly anticipated event.

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by Naomi Cooper December 20, 2023, 10:45 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Splunk’s Bill Rowan: Agencies Need to Establish Digital Resilience Amid Evolving Threat Landscape

Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk, discussed some of the key takeaways from the company’s annual summit for public sector leaders and the first is that it is imperative for government agencies to build up digital resilience amid the evolving cyberthreat landscape to quickly respond to cyber risks. “With a strong foundation of digital resilience, agencies can prepare and respond rapidly to whatever comes their way,” Rowan, a four-time Wash100 awardee, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday.

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by Jane Edwards December 20, 2023, 10:32 am
in Executive Moves, News

Robert Gordon Appointed AI, Digital Innovation Senior Strategic Leader at DSS

Robert Gordon, a military and health care industry leader, has joined federal health information technology platforms provider Document Storage Systems as senior strategic leader for artificial intelligence and digital innovation. Gordon will help expand the development of AI-enabled platforms for the Department of Veterans Affairs, DSS said Tuesday.

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by Jane Edwards December 20, 2023, 9:42 am
in Executive Moves, News

Former AWS AI Services Lead Satish Lakshmanan Named Lumen Chief Product Officer

Lumen Technologies has appointed artificial intelligence expert Satish Lakshmanan as its new chief product officer. The telecommunications company said Monday that Lakshmanan was previously part of Amazon Web Services, where he served as global leader for artificial intelligence services.

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by Jerry Petersen December 20, 2023, 8:21 am
in Announcements, Contract Awards, News

KBR, HJF Partner on Critical Neuroscience Research to Support Military Personnel; Byron Bright Quoted

KBR will join with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation on the Service Personnel Advancing Research in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy contract. The SPARC contract supports neuroscience research for service members and will specifically focus on patients affected by traumatic brain injuries, KBR said Monday.

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by Aidan Daly December 19, 2023, 11:58 am