The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate is leveraging its funding streams, namely the Silicon Valley Innovation Program and the DHS Small Business Innovation programs, to advance the development of CryptoMove’s moving target data protection product. After completing the SVIP program, CryptoMove is transitioning to a SBIR Phase III contract to pursue capability […]
ASRC Federal Data Solutions has received a potential $338M Ames Consolidated Information Technology Services hybrid contract from NASA. Services outlined in the contract include providing capabilities and expertise for applied research, engineering, maintenance and operations initiatives in NASA facilities, including the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. Contract work will also support government […]
The Air Force has widened the contracting mission of the Air Combat Command Acquisition Management Integration Center to cover both cyber- and intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance-related contracts. The adjustment was made following the Air Force’s decision to realign the 688th Cyberspace Wing’s cyber contracting mission with the AMIC, which was originally established to handle ISR contracts […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Navy focusing on unmanned maritime systems initiatives and on developing policies governing their operations. During an interview with USNI News, Charles Alexander, chief of the planning and performance management division at the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, said the […]
The General Services Administration has awarded two Infrastructure and Communications Solutions Enterprise Information Solutions task orders to MetTel. Together, the Network and Voice GSA GICS tasks will amount to over $230M and will run for more than 13 years if all options are exercised. Services rendered under the tasks will facilitate the modernization of the GSA […]
The Senate-approved Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act of 2019 promises enhanced congressional oversight on the agency’s information technology projects. Specifically, the proposed legislation would mandate the VA to provide more information to Congress on IT projects worth over $25M. Language in the bill also facilitates the establishment of oversight mechanisms to monitor […]
Chris Scolese, the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, has emphasized the importance of having artificial intelligence and machine learning onboard the agency’s proposed large constellations of small satellites to provide the intelligence community and the service branches access to remote sensing data. Speaking at the Virtual Small Satellite Conference, Scolese said AI and ML […]
Accenture Federal Services has secured a potential 10-year, $950M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Air Force to help build the service’s multiple-award Advanced Battle Management System. The IDIQ falls under a larger multiple-award, multi-level security effort to harmonize the capabilities of warfighting systems across the air, land, sea, space, cyber and electromagnetic spectrum domains in an […]
Iridium Communications has launched the Iridium Online Museum, an interactive website consisting of videos, photos and artifacts detailing the entire arc of the company’s history, as well as lessons for other current and future endeavors. The web-based archive contains information regarding Iridium’s journey towards building the first communications system covering the whole planet and leads […]
The Department of Defense has confirmed that retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata has been appointed to serve as the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy. Tata was originally the administration pick for undersecretary of defense for policy but his confirmation hearing for the DoD’s top foreign relations and policy job was canceled due to […]
