The Government Accountability Office said the Department of Defense has not implemented key recommendations designed to keep the United States abreast with its near-peer adversaries in terms of software acquisition and technology development. Between 2018 and 2019, the Defense Science Board and Defense Innovation Board offered 17 recommendations to help the Pentagon speed up tech-related […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded SparkCognition Government Systems a multi-year, $4.2 million contract for artificial intelligence-enabled aircraft support services. SGS will continue providing its Digital Maintenance Advisor solution to support the Air Force’s F-16 fleet. DMA will be applied to additional maintenance, supply and logistics use cases and will support full-spectrum readiness solutions […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is addressing security risks posed by open-source software head-on and is looking at private-public partnerships to meet targets. Speaking at an Atlantic Council event, CISA Director and 2023 Wash100 winner Jen Easterly said public-private partnerships through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative would ensure that open ecosystems would be secure […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Parsons a potential five-year, $1.8 billion contract for mission support services. Under the recompeted Technical Support Services Contract 5, Parsons will support the FAA’s Aviation Systems Capital Investment Plan. Specifically, the company will provide engineering, construction and project management for the CIP. The CIP is a five-year arrangement that […]
The U.S. Space Force plans to expand its relationship with U.S. combatant commands by setting up components akin to those at the U.S. Central Command and the Indo-Pacific Command. Speaking at the Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Security Forum, Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, the deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber and nuclear at the Space […]
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear, a Wash100 winner and past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said at the Mitchell Institute’s Space Power Forum on April 5 that his agency will issue next week a request for proposals for 72 units of what is referred to as Beta Transport Layer satellites. The SDA’s Transport Layer […]
The U.S. Navy plans to expand its unmanned and artificial intelligence efforts into the 4th Fleet. Carlos Del Toro, the secretary of the Department of the Navy and a 2023 Wash100 winner, said during the 2023 Sea-Air-Space conference that the 4th Fleet’s area of operations provides an ideal progress point for the unmanned and AI […]
The Department of Defense is seeking sources that can provide counter-autonomy and counter-artificial intelligence solutions. According to the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering, the required technologies should be able to defeat multi- and cross-domain uncrewed systems by impacting several capabilities. The DOD seeks sensor technologies, autonomous defensive technologies and passive […]
The Government Accountability Office said the Office of Management and Budget needs to improve transparency when reporting its cross-agency priority goals. According to a GAO study, the OMB’s CAP goals do not address IT management targets under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010. The oversight body added that the OMB did not […]
The Department of Energy’s inspector general said the agency is not authorizing and monitoring its cloud computing services properly. According to an IG report, some cloud services used by the DOE, its national laboratories and the National Nuclear Security Administration were onboarded without proper checks for determinations, unmanaged accounts and continuous monitoring. The IG noted […]
