Leidos will provide the National Institutes of Health’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health with information technology support, development, design and implementation services under a three-year contract. The contract, awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services, has a one-year base term and two option years and includes the delivery of scalable systems in support of ARPA-H's mission, Leidos said Monday.

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A three-week field test of the Counter-Electronic High-Power Microwave Extended-Range Air Base Defense system, or CHIMERA, recently took place at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. RTX business Raytheon said Monday that it had conducted the test in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, with whom the company is working alongside Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to develop CHIMERA under the Directed Energy Front-line Electromagnetic Neutralization and Defeat program.

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Benjamin Mourad, formerly a technical director and chief architect for cyber at Science Applications International Corp., has been appointed senior director and solution architect at digital transformation company DMI. Mourad will oversee the development of next-generation artificial intelligence-powered zero trust architectures to support the cyber mission requirements of federal and commercial customers, DMI said Monday.

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The decrease in military retention rates is a major issue for national defense. The scarcity of seasoned leaders impacts military effectiveness and raises questions about lower job satisfaction in the defense forces.    The U.S.’s overall military retention rate was 55% in 2021, highlighting the need for improvement. Inadequate compensation, toxic leadership, and limited freedom […] More

Executive Mosaic is proud to name Carahsoft Technology President Craig Abod as a 2024 Wash100 Award winner. Abod, who appears on the prestigious Wash100 list for the tenth time this year, is recognized for driving continued innovation in the government software and information technology ecosystems and for elevating Carahsoft’s offerings through partnerships with cutting-edge technology companies.

Last year, Abod was a fierce competitor in the Wash100 popular vote competition. He appeared in first place in the weekly rankings for a record-breaking nine weeks. Help propel Abod to the top yet again — cast your votes at Wash100.com!

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Alpha Omega has received a potential five-year, $43 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service within the agency’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Under the award, Alpha Omega will provide operational support for the organization's Data Stewardship Division.

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Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk, said information technology leaders are citing the need to implement global ethical principles and regulations to establish trust in the adoption of artificial intelligence, machine learning and large language models amid the accelerated development and use of such technologies.

Register here to attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21 and hear federal leaders and industry experts discuss the latest developments in the field.

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The Defense Information Systems Agency is soliciting information on potential industry sources that could provide cyber operations strategic planning and readiness support services for the J-3/5/7 Directorate, which is responsible for command and control of operations. Responses are due Feb. 9.

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The U.S. Air Force has named the five companies selected to design and build a next-generation fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles meant to fly in coordination with crewed platforms. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Anduril and General Atomics have been awarded contracts with undisclosed sums to continue rapid development for production for the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

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Amazon Web Services has made AWS Marketplace available in an expansion of the digital product catalog for the intelligence community program or ICMP. The launch of AWS Marketplace in the AWS Secret Region provides IC customers with access to 30 independent software vendors and 170 products developed to support workloads up to the Secret U.S. security classification level.

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Teresa Shea, previously a vice president at the former Raytheon company, was added to the board of directors of Two Six Technologies, an Arlinton, Virginia-based company that provides national security customers with technology products and expertise. The executive has over three decades of experience in serving with the National Security Agency.

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Brett Vaughan, former chief artificial intelligence office at the Navy, has been appointed as an inaugural member of the board of advisers at Knexus, an AI and machine learning developer. Building on his service experience, Vaughan will assist Knexus in addressing the evolving needs of the modern warfighter.

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