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Applied Technology Wins $91M Navy IDIQ for Tactical Electronic Warfare R&D

Small business company Applied Technology has won a one-year, $90.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct tactical electronic warfare research and development. The Naval Research Laboratory conducted an online procurement process for the award and received one bid, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

At the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31, experts from both government and industry will come together for a deep dive into the Department of Defense’s most critical R&D initiatives. Click here to learn more and click here to register.

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by Kacey Roberts November 3, 2023, 9:25 am
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Peraton Labs to Develop Dynamic 5G Spectrum Management Tool Under NSTXL Deal

Peraton's applied research arm will develop and demonstrate a new piece of technology designed to enable 5G dynamic spectrum sharing at the tactical edge to support military operations. The Flexible Spectrum Harvesting and Adaptive Reuse Enhancement tool will demonstrate bidirectional spectrum sharing between 5G radio access networks and military radars in the 3.1 to 3.55 GHz band, Peraton said Thursday.

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by Naomi Cooper November 3, 2023, 9:25 am
in Executive Moves, News

Steven Irish Appointed VP, General Manager of Defense Enterprise & Health Solutions at Peraton

Steven Irish was appointed vice president and general manager of defense enterprise and health solutions at Peraton. The executive was VP and general manager of financial and regulatory agencies at Perspecta for nearly three years before the company was acquired by Veritas Capital and integrated into its portfolio company Peraton.

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by Christine Thropp November 3, 2023, 8:51 am
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Army’s Jennifer Swanson Talks UDRA, Digital Engineering & AI/ML at ExecutiveBiz Digital Twins Forum

Artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and technologies are most effective when they’re built on clean, organized and reliable data. That’s why the U.S. Army is focusing heavily on building a data mesh as its AI/ML projects and programs mature. Jennifer Swanson, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering and software, spoke on this and other topics during the ExecutiveBiz Digital Twins Forum on Wednesday.

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by Summer Myatt November 2, 2023, 11:16 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, News

Carahsoft’s Mike McCalip Discusses USAF Plans for Generative AI, Supra Coders and Cybersecurity

Generative artificial intelligence and Space Force Supra Coders and cybersecurity were the main highlights of the the 2023 Department of the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Education & Training Event. Mike McCalip, vice president of Department of Defense solutions at Carahsoft, shared the use cases and multifaceted approaches by the Air Force and Space Force on the three IT areas.

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by Jamie Bennet November 2, 2023, 11:11 am
in Cybersecurity, News

SAIC, Xage Security to Provide Cybersecurity Platforms to Federal Sector; Heath Starr Quoted

Science Applications International Corp. and Xage Security's federal arm have partnered to deliver zero trust and cybersecurity services to the Department of Defense and federal agencies. Under the partnership, SAIC and Xage Security Gov will facilitate DOD's acquisition of zero trust, privileged access management and edge authentication platforms, Xage said Thursday.

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by Kacey Roberts November 2, 2023, 11:01 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, News

Palantir FedStart Program to Make CalypsoAI Platform Available to Public Sector

The artificial intelligence security platform offered by CalypsoAI will be made available to the public sector through Palantir Technologies' FedStart program under a partnership between the two companies. Palantir's FedStart program is a software-as-a-service offering that provides a government-accredited environment where partner companies can run their products, CalypsoAI said.

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by Jerry Petersen November 2, 2023, 10:40 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Candice Ling: Microsoft to Roll Out AI Capabilities to Back Critical Government Needs

Microsoft plans to launch new artificial intelligence capabilities across its cloud environments in the next few months to help government clients meet their requirements and support mission-critical workloads. Candice Ling, vice president of strategic missions and technologies at Microsoft Federal, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the company intends to introduce its Azure OpenAI Service in Azure Government during the first quarter of 2024.

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by Jane Edwards November 2, 2023, 10:20 am
in Contract Awards, Healthcare IT, News

ICF Books 2 NIH Contracts to Enhance Public Health Data Availability

Reston, Virginia-based ICF has received an 18-month, $27 million recompete contract from the National Institutes of Health to modernize and continue operating ClinicalTrials.gov, an online clinical trials database maintained by the National Library of Medicine. The technology services provider said Wednesday it also secured a potential three-year, multiple-award blanket purchase agreement from NIH to organize and improve access to NLM’s biomedical and public health data.

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by Kacey Roberts November 2, 2023, 10:05 am
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Lockheed Demos Hybrid 5G Network in Multidomain Operations; Dan Rice Quoted

Lockheed Martin has worked with several technology companies to demonstrate and test the capability of a hybrid 5G network to deliver advanced communications to warfighters in a multidomain environment. Lockheed said Wednesday the 5G.MIL Unified Network Solutions platform achieved Technology Readiness Level 6+ and demonstrated interoperability, security, resilience and other capabilities when tested across mission scenarios to assess its suitability for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control and Joint All-Domain Operations.

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by Jane Edwards November 2, 2023, 9:41 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

SAIC Enhances AI-Powered Tools to Boost Data Analytics Offerings

Science Applications International Corp. has added new features to its two key data science offerings to help government customers gain data-driven actionable intelligence to enhance decision-making and mission outcomes. SAIC said Wednesday it expanded Tenjin, an artificial intelligence and machine learning development platform, to include a data fusion tool for large language models and a natural language processing tool for text and speech processing.

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by Naomi Cooper November 2, 2023, 9:20 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Leidos, UWF Launch Training Lab to Bridge Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Leidos and the University of West Florida have established a cybersecurity training laboratory in UWF's Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering to help bridge the skills gap in the cybersecurity sector. The Leidos Cybersecurity Infrastructure Lab includes a cloud-based enterprise platform to train students on data processing techniques, digital modernization, modeling and simulation and capacity planning assessments, UWF said Wednesday.

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by Naomi Cooper November 2, 2023, 9:01 am