U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.K. Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of tests on cutting-edge artificial intelligence platforms. The MOU is a follow-through of the countries’ pledges at the AI Safety Summit that the United Kingdom hosted in November 2023, wherein Raimondo announced the establishment of […]
Washington, D.C.-based startup Rebellion Defense announced that it was awarded a spot on the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule, making its software services available to federal, state, local and tribal government customers. All of the company’s mission engineering services and software offerings, such as Iris and Nova, have been approved under the GSA contract […]
NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corporation an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide safety and mission assurance engineering support to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Set to start June 1, the contract has a five-year base period and two one-year options, with a total maximum value […]
General Dynamics Information Technology has received a $922 million contract for the modernization of the U.S. Central Command’s enterprise IT network. The contract, which the General Services Administration awarded in February, commits GDIT’s artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies to improving CENTCOM’s decision-making and to transition the command to a new cloud environment. The task, which has […]
Herndon, Virginia-based Iron Bow Technologies has partnered with Peraton to provide advanced information technology and network services to U.S. Special Operations Command. The services will be performed under Peraton’s previously awarded eight-year, $2.8 billion Special Operations Forces IT Enterprise Contract 3 Enterprise Operations & Maintenance task order. Specifically, Iron Bow will help Peraton complete IT modernization initiatives, […]
Reston, Virginia-based digital transformation and cybersecurity service provider Agile Defense has named Bill Luebke as its chief financial officer tasked with leading the company’s overall financial management. Agile Defense CEO Rick Wagner, a 4×24 member and a past Wash100 winner, welcomed Luebke’s appointment, saying that his “proven track record and visionary leadership” positions the company’s […]
High-risk artificial intelligence platforms should undergo independent audits to establish trust in AI solutions, according to the AI Accountability Policy Report that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration released on Wednesday. To come up with the evaluations, the report recommended the creation of AI auditing guidelines via a partnership between the federal government and stakeholders. […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has granted Parsons a $28 million contract for the company to continue servicing its Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance program. Under the three-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Parsons will provide such services as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance software baselines to GARDEM. Launched in 2019 as a $427 million multi-award contract […]
Advanced technology, science and engineering services provider ECS Federal announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $120 million contract to its subsidiary Iron Vine Security for cybersecurity support to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The task for the CMS Cybersecurity Integration Center Operations will extend up to 2029 […]
A joint alert from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI urged technology manufacturers to conduct formal evaluations of their software products to eliminate security weaknesses arising from structured query language injection. The agencies released the advisory, “Secure by Design Alert, Eliminating SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Software,” following a recent SQLi attack on […]
