The Department of Defense is set to begin looking for a successor for its competitive multi-cloud, multi-vendor contracting vehicle. Speaking at the DODIIS Worldwide Conference on Wednesday, DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman, a 2023 Wash100 winner, said the department will consider the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract’s possible successor in 2024. According to Sherman, […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded RTX business Raytheon a two-year, $10 million contract to develop a new energy relay system. Raytheon will create a wireless airborne relay system that would enable networks capable of harvesting, transmitting and redirecting optical beams. The relay system will transmit energy beams from the ground to high-altitude […]
The Department of Energy has launched a new office that would oversee investments in advanced and emerging technologies. The Office of Critical and Emerging Technology would oversee investments in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors and other technologies, ensuring that acquisitions would help solve science, energy and security challenges while minimizing risks. It will also work […]
The U.S. Army has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $420 million task order for support services. Under the Replication, Exploitation, and Analysis of Commercial Threats task order, CACI will provide modeling, simulation and various engineering support services to allow the Army to counter risks across all warfighting domains and protect warfighters worldwide. CACI will […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Electrosoft a potential five-year contract for digital business transformation support for the DLA’s Defense Automatic Addressing System program. The DAAS program comprises various applications providing electronic data interchange, automated messaging, logistics data oversight and military assistance program support services, among others. It has been operating since 1993. Under the […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has combined two programs designed to develop cislunar space situational awareness capabilities into a single system. The Oracle family of systems includes the original Oracle system, now called Oracle Prime, and Oracle Mobility, previously known as Defense Deep Space Sentinel. The two systems would allow military, civilian and contractor […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released nine new tools to help organizations protect their Google applications. The tools set configuration baselines for Gmail, Google Drive and other Google Workspace applications. Chad Poland, manager for cyber shared services at CISA, said the Google toolkit covers most of the business collaboration suite of software-as-a-service offerings […]
Science Applications International Corp. will reorganize two of its business sectors to achieve sustainable and organic growth and align with its strategic goals. SAIC will replace its Defense and Civilian Sector and National Security and Space Sector with five business groups: the Army, Navy, Air Force and Combatant Commands, Space and Intelligence, and Civilian businesses. […]
The Missile Defense Agency and a Boeing-led industry team validated the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system’s effectiveness during an early-course interception test. The organizations used GMD to shoot down a kinetic-force Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle during its second stage while still in space. The GMD, in its Capability Increment 6B configuration, was used during the demonstration, proving […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Federal Aviation Administration needs to improve its rocket launch mishaps investigation process. According to a GAO report released on Dec. 7, the FAA decides on a case-by-case basis whether it should investigate mishaps or let the launch provider perform the procedure with the agency’s oversight. One issue the oversight […]
