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DMI to Offer Appvance’s AIQ Platform Under a Strategic Partnership Agreement

Virginia-based digital transformation services provider DMI is integrating Appvance’s artificial intelligence-based testing platform into its market offerings under a partnership agreement with the software company. Called AIQ, the platform was upgraded in December to include a new generative AI solution that Appvance designed to enhance functions such as defect detection, object recognition, bug-finding, and reporting. […]
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Army Readies Full Deployment of UAS Quadcopter With Completion of First Fielding at Fort Campbell

The U.S. Army’s Project Management Office for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems is preparing to field across the service branch the tranche 1 of the Short Range Reconnaissance uncrewed aircraft system, following the first SRR delivery to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.  The Army’s Small UAS Product Office provided […]
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Xcelerate Solutions Names Vivek Malhotra as President Following VMD Merger

McLean, Virginia-based defense and national security contractor Xcelerate Solutions has appointed as president Vivek Malhotra, cofounder of defense service provider VMD, which completed a merger with Xcelerate in February.  Xcelerate cited Malhotra’s over 20 years of experience, which he provided to VMD, where he served as president before the merger. Xcelerate CEO Mark Drever, a […]
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VTG Books $130M NAVSEA Warfare Systems Engineering Task Order

The Naval Sea Systems Command’s Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group has assigned to digital transformation company VTG a range of tasks to support its warfare systems under a five-year, $130 million contract.   According to the Chantilly, Virginia-based company, the fleet-focused task order it received includes end-to-end engineering support, spectrum management and test and evaluation […]
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LMI to Field RAPTR Platform in Potential $115M NASA Data Analysis Task Order

The Logistics Management Institute will deploy its Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency for data analytics and technical support across NASA under a potential five-year, $115 million blanket purchase agreement.  Zaki Saleh, senior vice president of LMI health and civilian market and a 4×24 member, expressed the company’s pride in continuing a 44-year partnership […]
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NGA Readies Project Aegir for Commercial Solutions to Monitor Indo-Pacific Maritime Threats

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has initiated its first commercial solutions opening to find and track hostile maritime activities in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility. Designed to usher in Project Aegir, a planned major acquisition program, the CSO is taking a multi-vendor approach and would require the participants to collectively develop a commercial sensor […]
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Major Tech Companies Sign CISA’s Secure by Design Pledge

Sixty-eight large software manufacturers have signed voluntary commitments to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Secure by Design pledge to develop products with stronger built-in security.  According to CISA, the signatories include Amazon Web Services, BlackBerry, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Lenovo and Microsoft. The companies’ pledges commit them to accomplish seven goals within one […]
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US Army’s Cloud Migration Proceeds Through $127M Task Order to Accenture Federal Services

The U.S. Army has tapped Accenture Federal Services for its Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration program, geared to accelerate the transition of the service branch’s legacy applications to the cloud.  According to Accenture, the Army’s EAMM task order has a potential value of $127 million, with a one-year base period and two optional years. Most […]
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CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute Offers $285M for Digital Twins Concepts in Semiconductors

The Department of Commerce has announced that about $285 million in funding is available for eligible participants in the first CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute, which will develop, validate and use digital twins for manufacturing semiconductors. Launched under the CHIPS for America Program, the institute will operate as part of 17 Manufacturing USA institutes tasked to […]
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