Keith Nakasone, the federal information technology procurement leader, is scheduled to leave his position at the General Services Administration on June 1. Nakasone has served as deputy assistant commissioner of acquisition management within the Office of Information Technology Category at the GSA since January 2017. He will leave the agency after spending 32 years in […]
The Army Contracting Command in Rock Island, Illinois, has posted a request for information about contractor support options for command, control, communications, computers and information management mission services. The ACC issued the RFI on behalf of the Army Sustainment Command. The Army needs services including technical support, network support, system administration, cybersecurity and support for […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded CACI International a potential $373 million contract to provide geospatial analysis services. Under the agreement, CACI intelligence experts will provide mission expertise, including full lifecycle geospatial intelligence analytic support. System engineers will support activities involved in maintaining and evolving USSOCOM’s intelligence information technology infrastructure, CACI said Monday. The […]
The Food and Drug Administration has launched a new tool designed for detecting cancer. Powered by artificial intelligence, the tool is the latest example of the FDA’s innovation around AI and machine learning for health care-related applications. The new platform, called GI Genius, helps clinicians detect lesions in the colon in real time during a […]
Alion Science and Technology has received a Navy task order worth $285 million for engineering, integration, model and simulation and cybersecurity services for leading-edge training. The contract will support the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Corona division for a total of four years. The deal will provide research, development, test and evaluation of new software, technologies […]
The U.S. Army will transfer staff and technology to the U.S. Space Force without having to deal with gaps or lapses in capabilities, according to Lt. Gen. Daniel Kabler, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Kabler noted that when space assets and capabilities within the Army go to the […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Geospark Analytics a contract for its Hyperion artificial intelligence-driven open-source global threat intelligence platform and application programming interface. The contract has a one-year base period of performance and includes four option years. Under the deal, Geospark Analytics is tasked with providing event-automated monitoring and machine learning for real-time insights […]
Sens. Ron Wyden and Patty Murray have introduced a bill that would provide $120 million annually for seven years to state, local and tribal governments to fund programs aimed at modernizing information technology systems. Under the State and Local Digital Service Act, Congress would also authorize between $200,000 to $3 million per year for tech-planning […]
NASA is requesting more than $11 billion in an upcoming infrastructure bill, according to Administrator Bill Nelson. In a virtual hearing by the House Appropriations Committee’s commerce, justice and science subcommittee, Nelson said that the agency has submitted to Congress requests for funding that would be used for the Human Landing System program and for […]
Firefly Aerospace has selected SpaceX to launch its first lunar lander mission for NASA. In a May 20 announcement, Firefly said that SpaceX will use its Falcon 9 rocket to launch the Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023, carrying 10 payloads for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Firefly won a CLPS contract worth $93.3 […]
