Science Applications International Corp. has secured a five-year, $80.5 million task order from the U.S. Navy to design, produce and deliver MK 710 torpedo system test sets for the submarine force. The MK 710 TSTS will be used to verify the integrity and operational readiness of MK 48 torpedos before their delivery to the service branch, SAIC said Thursday.

Parsons has secured a potential three-year, $48 million task order to provide software development life cycle services for the U.S. Army's command and control applications. The task order was awarded under the Army's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and has a one-year base period with two option years, Parsons said Thursday.

BlueHalo has expanded its national security offerings with the launch and demonstration of an integrated command and control system designed to support uncrewed airspace operations. The company said Thursday VigilantHalo is a software-driven tool that features integrated data processing, fusion tracker and communications system for air traffic control, BVLOS and counter-UAS activities as well as air and missile defense.

Tools that detect content generated by artificial intelligence should first be tested by faculty and students before being deployed, according to Tim Boltz, education and market program executive at Carahsoft. Such tools and the generative AI technologies they are meant to police are still undergoing maturation, and a testing phase may be needed to help end users learn how to use them or decide whether to use them at all, Boltz said in a column posted on the Carahsoft website on Wednesday, where he tackled the themes and issues discussed at the latest EdTech Talks Summit.

Voyager Space and a Palantir Technologies business will explore the integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning and edge processing technologies to further develop national security capabilities in the commercial space sector under a memorandum of understanding.

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.

NASA has selected Seventh Sense Consulting to provide acquisition support services for non-inherently governmental functions. The selection is a single-award blanket purchase agreement with an 8(a) small business with a maximum value of about $77.5 million, the space agency said Wednesday.

As vice president of Public Sector Solutions Engineering at Trellix, Bobby New leads field readiness programs, operational excellence and objectives and key results management for the company’s Public Sector Solutions Engineering teams. In a recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz, New discussed the foundational ideas behind Trellix’s creation and the ways in which they have shaped company values and talent acquisition. He also shared his thoughts on today’s cybersecurity landscape.

U.S. Army Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga has been named to Executive Mosaic’s prestigious Wash100 list for 2024. Garciga’s bold approach to information technology modernization and his spirit of catalyzing innovation within the Army have earned him his first Wash100 Award.

Vote for Garciga as your favorite 2024 Wash100 Award winner at Wash100.com! Voting closes on April 30, and the winner of the Wash100 popular vote competition will be announced shortly thereafter. 

JE Dunn Construction has received a $62.4 million contract from the General Services Administration for repair and restoration efforts at the Whittaker Courthouse in Kansas City. GSA said Wednesday the company will install low embodied carbon materials to enhance the courthouse’s efficiency and overall performance.

Marlin McFate, a more than 25-year technology industry executive, has joined data security software developer Cohesity as federal chief technology officer and chief information security officer. He most recently served as CTO for the public sector at Riverbed Technology.

Ball Aerospace has delivered to Vandenberg Space Force Base the MethaneSAT satellite which, once in orbit, will work to identify global sources of methane -- a major contributor to climate warming -- with the help of its two advanced spectrometers. Ball Aerospace said Wednesday that MethaneSAT's instruments will make it possible to track methane emissions at a regional level as well as at the level of individual sources, complementing current capabilities that focus on either scale or precision.

Oracle has obtained FedRAMP High authorization for over 16 of its new cloud infrastructure services for government customers. The company announced Wednesday that it also added nine features to existing cloud products with FedRAMP High certification, including Cloud Guard Threat Detector, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DevOps and OCI Identity and Access Management.