Leidos Secures $267M Army C5ISR Modernization, Training Support Follow-On Contract

The Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland has awarded Leidos a potential $267 million follow-on prime contract to provide the U.S. Army with hardware sustainment, modernization, refresher training and logistics services. The work will support Communications Electronics Command, the Integrated Logistics Support Center, the Field Support Directorate and the Force Modernization Division, […]

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Lauren Grey

MDA to Select Contractor Advancing to Next NGI Development Phase

The Missile Defense Agency will soon name the contractor that will advance to the next phase of a program focused on developing the next homeland missile defense interceptor. In 2021, the MDA awarded Next Generation Interceptor contracts to a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon team and a Lockheed Martin-Aerojet Rocketdyne team to develop the weapon system. According to […]

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Lauren Grey

Illumio CTO Sees Opportunities to Improve Government Cloud Security

Gary Barlet, the federal chief technology officer for Illumio, said the 17th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard presents opportunities to improve cloud security in various government agencies. FITARA 17.0 showed that agencies’ ratings have dropped, mainly due to the addition of a new cloud security category covering the implementation of best practices for migrating […]

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Lauren Grey

NARA Launches New Center for Digitizing Paper Records

The National Archives and Records Administration has established a new digitization center equipped with capabilities designed to accelerate the process of turning 13 billion historical paper records into digital ones. The center, located in College Park, Maryland, features high-speed scanners and overhead camera systems that can support the digitization of various record types and formats […]

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Lauren Grey

Salesforce Launches AI-Enabled Platform for Public Sector

Salesforce is offering a new platform that delivers generative artificial intelligence technology for government contact center agents and case managers. The Public Sector Einstein 1 for Service, built on the Einstein 1 platform, is designed to simplify case report generation, real-time call transcription capture and case interaction documentation and formatting, Salesforce said. According to Boston […]

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Lauren Grey

Radha Plumb Takes Oath as Chief Digital and AI Officer

Radha Plumb, a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, has taken her oath of office as the new chief digital and artificial intelligence officer. Before taking on the role, she served as deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. She replaces Craig Martell, who departed the Department of Defense earlier in April. As CDAO, Plumb […]

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Lauren Grey

Noblis Ventures Invests in Digital Twin Platform Provider Sedaro

Noblis Ventures, the corporate venture arm of science, technology and strategy services provider Noblis, has invested in cloud software company Sedaro, which offers a platform for developing digital twins. Mile Corrigan, Noblis CEO and a 4×24 member, said Sedaro’s digital simulation tools use unified modeling, data fusion and automation pipelines to enable faster creation of […]

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Lauren Grey

Lockheed to Build Airborne Electronic Defense System for US Navy

Lockheed Martin will develop an airborne electronic defense system based on Sensor Open Systems Architecture with low size, weight and power requirements for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R multimission helicopter. The SOSA technology will use Altera’s Multi-Chip Package based on the company’s Agilex 9 SoC FPGA Direct RF-Series and will be built, tested and produced through […]

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Lauren Grey

Army Awards P-HEL Logistics Support Contract to BlueHalo

The U.S. Army has awarded BlueHalo a four-year logistics support contract to provide preventative and corrective maintenance for the Palletized High Energy Laser system. P-HEL, developed by BlueHalo for the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, is designed to defeat small unmanned aerial system threats. The counter-UAS system is integrated with the Locust Laser […]

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Lauren Grey

US, Ukraine Agree to Continue Cyber Information Sharing

The Department of the Treasury has renewed its cybersecurity cooperation with the National Bank of Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury Department and the Ukrainian central bank recently signed a memorandum of understanding to continue the sharing of information about cybersecurity threats and incidents, cyberthreat actors and best practices. The memorandum also encourages both parties to participate […]

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Lauren Grey

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Leidos Secures $267M Army C5ISR Modernization, Training Support Follow-On Contract

MDA to Select Contractor Advancing to Next NGI Development Phase

Illumio CTO Sees Opportunities to Improve Government Cloud Security

NARA Launches New Center for Digitizing Paper Records

Salesforce Launches AI-Enabled Platform for Public Sector

Radha Plumb Takes Oath as Chief Digital and AI Officer

Noblis Ventures Invests in Digital Twin Platform Provider Sedaro

Lockheed to Build Airborne Electronic Defense System for US Navy

Army Awards P-HEL Logistics Support Contract to BlueHalo

US, Ukraine Agree to Continue Cyber Information Sharing

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