The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center seeks to adopt two new contract vehicles to speed up artificial intelligence purchases as soon as it establishes its own acquisition authority. Fedscoop reports that the AI hub’s potential vehicles will comprise two traditional contracts within the boundaries of the Federal Acquisition Regulation that will be utilized to procure data […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is moving forward with its goal of building an AI development space consisting of cloud platforms where military developers can make the most of the emerging technology, according to a report by Bloomberg Government. The development environment, known as the Joint Common Foundation, will be supported by several cloud […]
Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, has estimated that the defense industrial base now needs as much as $20B in relief funding to reimburse pandemic-induced costs from March to September. Breaking Defense reports that the projected COVID-19 bailout funding has nearly doubled in amount since the DoD’s previous $11B estimate in August, […]
Northrop Grumman has secured a $13.3B contract with the Air Force to provide engineering and manufacturing development services in support of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system. Under the terms of the multibillion-dollar contract, Northrop will be involved in the design, qualification, testing and evaluation, as well as the nuclear certification […]
Noblis announced that it has acquired the cloud and analytics capabilities of Inductive Minds, a Sterling, Virginia-based information technology and services company specializing in cloud hosting, systems engineering and analytic services. According to a statement released by two-time Wash100 winner Amr ElSawy, who is double hatted as the president and chief executive officer of Noblis, […]
The Air Force has awarded Rapid Response Defense Systems a potential ten-year, $950M Special Warfare Procurement multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. In a press release Monday, the company announced that it will be providing equipment, training, and product support to approximately 3.5K Air Force Special Warfare operators and other authorized users in support of Special Warfare […]
Providing mission-enabling solutions is a key part of an organization’s functions. Mission systems groups across the defense sector focus on a wide range of areas, including promoting global security and secure military communication, navigation and guidance and enabling training simulations. To advance these focus areas, mission systems groups have established programs for the purpose of […]
The Navy is working on a permanent collaboration solution in preparation for the retirement of the Department of Defense’s temporary collaboration platform, known as the Commercial Virtual Remote Environment, sometime in June 2021. Speaking at a Navy Gold Coast webinar, Navy Chief Information Officer Aaron Weis noted that the CVR platform changed the service’s approach […]
Geospark Analytics announced Thursday that it will carry on with the Phase III commercialization of its small business innovation technology, known as Hyperion, after securing a five-year, $95M firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract award allows the company to modify the Hyperion platform to identify and forecast emerging events on a global scale, thus providing near real-time […]
The Department of Defense has tapped technology industry veteran Victoria Coleman to serve as the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. With Coleman’s appointment in tow, acting DARPA Director Peter Highnam is set to resume his tenure as the agency’s deputy director. Coleman is a seasoned professional with more than 30 years […]
