China is making continuous progress in achieving its goal to surpass the space capabilities of the United States by 2045, according to a new U.S. intelligence community report. The Annual Threat Assessment, a congressionally mandated report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, pointed to China’s policies encouraging private firms to invest […]
Peraton has selected information technology services and solutions provider Presidio Federal as a subcontractor to support data center and cloud optimization work at the Department of Homeland Security under a potential 10-year, $2.68 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The DHS previously awarded Peraton subsidiary Perspecta Engineering the IDIQ contract to provide the agency with IT services to […]
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command aims to create multiple artificial intelligence-powered drone fleets under its Adaptive Airborne Enterprise project. A2E’s goal is to have a single operator manage each drone swarm to enhance situational awareness and hit more targets. Speaking at the Global SOF Special Air Warfare Symposium in Florida, AFSOC Commander Lt. […]
L3Harris Technologies will develop a multiband, multimission digital beamforming phased array antenna system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to speed up the transmission of satellite data and prepare for an expected increase in data volume. The company will build and evaluate the antenna system under a cooperative research and development agreement with NOAA. […]
The Office of the Inspector General within the General Services Administration has conducted an investigation into the Login.gov identity authentication platform and found that the GSA misrepresented the digital identity service to make it appear that Login .gov employs a higher privacy protection level. Other government agencies use Login .gov under contracts with the GSA […]
Planview, a portfolio and work management solutions provider, has achieved impact level 4 authorization, allowing it to deliver its Tasktop Viz value stream management solution to the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. The VSM offering will provide the agencies with streamlined data and visibility into their digital transformation efforts to help them make informed […]
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences within the National Institutes of Health is conducting market research to identify small businesses that can provide cybersecurity services to secure data, including protected health information, personally identifiable information, and proprietary and procurement data. NCATS intends to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a one-year base period and two […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has exercised options worth $256.8 million under a contract it awarded to BAE Systems to procure additional amphibious combat vehicles. BAE Systems will receive $145.3 million for the delivery of over 25 ACV personnel variant units and $111.5 million for more than 15 ACV command variant platforms. Both ACV-P and ACV-C […]
Boeing has demonstrated the capability of its Protected Tactical Enterprise Service to protect end-to-end satellite communications from jamming. PTES was built under a $383.4 million contract the U.S. Air Force awarded to Boeing in 2018. During the demonstration, PTES was tested over an on-orbit commercial satellite and enabled integration of anti-jam software and hardware with […]
Axim Geospatial, a wholly owned subsidiary of NV5 Global, has secured national security geospatial contracts with a combined value of $9 million from U.S. intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense. Under the contracts, Axim Geospatial will use its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to analyze geospatial data from traditional and non-traditional sources and […]
