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Liz Martin of AWS Discusses Benefits of GovCloud-Hosted USAF Aircraft Predictive Maintenance Apps

The U.S. Air Force used predictive maintenance applications enabled by artificial intelligence and data analytics to lower maintenance costs and ensure mission readiness, wrote Liz Martin, Department of Defense director at Amazon Web Services. In an article published Thursday, Martin explained the Predictive Analytics and Decision Assistant, co-developed by the Air Force and C3 AI and launched in AWS GovCloud.

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by Jamie Bennet December 15, 2023, 10:26 am
in Contract Awards, News

HII to Establish Special Workforce Incentive Under $100M Modification to USS Enterprise Construction Contract

HII has secured a $100 million cost-reimbursable modification to its contract with the U.S. Navy for the construction of the future USS Enterprise nuclear aircraft carrier. The Department of Defense said Thursday the company will establish a Nuclear Enterprise Workforce Special Incentive to facilitate the government's strategic co-investments in recruiting, training and retaining personnel involved in nuclear ship construction and repair activities.

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by Kacey Roberts December 15, 2023, 9:53 am
in DOD, News

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Seeks Information on EOD, Counter-WMD Technology Assessment Capabilities

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has begun seeking information on potential industry sources capable of providing unbiased operational assessments of technologies and capabilities. A notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov said that the potential five-year contract will support the assessment of the comparative functionality and interoperability of platforms designed for explosive ordnance disposal and counter weapons of mass destruction missions.

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by Naomi Cooper December 15, 2023, 9:03 am
in Executive Moves, News

Former DISA Director Nancy Ann Norton to Join Leidos Board

Nancy Ann Norton, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral who served as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, will join the board of directors of Leidos on Jan. 1. Leidos CEO Thomas Bell said Norton will help the company have better customer challenge understanding and maintain its industry position.

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by Christine Thropp December 15, 2023, 8:51 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Splunk Survey Says Majority of Public Sector Organizations Use AI; Bill Rowan Quoted

A new Splunk study has found that 83 percent of public sector organizations are using artificial intelligence and 48 percent of respondents in the public sector said they consider trust and reliability in AI-enabled platforms as top concerns for decision-makers.

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by Jane Edwards December 15, 2023, 8:33 am
in Contract Awards, DOD, News

T-Rex Solutions Receives Subcontract on $1B Agile Defense Deal to Support DISA; Seth Moore Quoted

T-Rex Solutions has received a subcontract from Agile Defense on a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal worth up to $1.01 billion meant to support the Defense Information Systems Agency. T-Rex said Tuesday that, under the Test, Evaluation and Certification II contract, Team Agile will provide various services to the Joint Interoperability Test Command, including test and evaluation planning, results reporting and data collection and analysis for various functional areas.

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by Aidan Daly December 14, 2023, 11:01 am
in M&A Activity, News

Bain Capital Closes $5.3B Guidehouse Acquisition; Scott McIntyre Quoted

Guidehouse has been acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity, which purchased the firm from Veritas Capital for $5.3 billion. Scott McIntyre will remain as CEO and continue to lead Guidehouse's management team, who will keep their current positions.

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by Ireland Degges December 14, 2023, 10:59 am
in Contract Awards, Cybersecurity, News

Amyx Books Operational Technology Contract From Classified Agency; William Schaefer Quoted

Amyx, through its partnership with Tenable, will support a classified agency's enterprisewide inventory management efforts under a recently awarded operational technology contract. The Reston, Virginia-based company's contract work covers the implementation of software, remote sensors and associated controls for automated inventory control system management.

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by Christine Thropp December 14, 2023, 10:41 am
in News

SpaceX, SEOPS Secure Task Orders Under NASA VADR Launch Services Contract

SpaceX and SEOPS will launch small satellite missions under four task orders awarded by NASA under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract. SpaceX received three of the four task orders and will provide launch services for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 satellite as well as the Dione and ARCSTONE satellites under the CubeSat Launch Initiative, the space agency said Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards December 14, 2023, 9:58 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Carahsoft to Market Cytellix SaaS Platform to Government Customers; Alex Whitworth Quoted

Carahsoft Technology will serve as a master government aggregator for Cytellix to offer the cybersecurity firm’s software-as-a-service platform to the public sector. Carahsoft said Wednesday that Cytellix Cyber Watch will be made available via its reseller partners and its NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2, National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint and OMNIA Partners contracts.

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by Kacey Roberts December 14, 2023, 9:14 am
in Contract Awards, News

Verizon Frontline Selected for Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Smartphone Connectivity Requirement; Maggie Hallbach Quoted

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Castle Rock, Colorado, has chosen Verizon to set up push-to-talk-enabled lines for more than 400 5G ultra wideband smartphones intended for essential DCSO operations. Verizon’s Frontline Crisis Response Team will supervise the delivery of the service in support of DCSO law enforcement officers and staff, the company said Wednesday.

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by Kacey Roberts December 14, 2023, 8:55 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Mitre, Narf Industries, Red Balloon Security Develop Threat Model for Embedded Devices

Mitre has worked with Red Balloon Security and Narf Industries to develop a threat model designed to provide device manufacturers, asset owners, testing organizations and security researchers a knowledge base of cyberthreats to critical infrastructure embedded devices. The EMB3D Threat Model is a framework that provides security mechanisms meant to help device vendors mitigate cyberthreats, Mitre said Wednesday.

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by Jane Edwards December 14, 2023, 8:24 am