Amazon Web Services recently won the National Security Agency’s $10 billion secret cloud computing contract, an award that is already being legally contested. After learning that the contract was awarded to AWS, tech giant Microsoft filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office on July 21, NextGov reported Tuesday. The NSA contract, codenamed WindStormy, represents […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is currently on the hunt for commercially available technology that could help the military locate disruptions in satellite-based systems like the Global Positioning System. “Spoofing,” the manipulation of global navigation satellite systems, has become increasingly low-cost with high-stakes impacts on both defense and commercial interests, FedScoop reported Monday. In a […]
Technology adviser Exiger announced that, together with Virginia-based consulting firm LMI, the company has been awarded a Defense Logistics Agency contract for a new pilot program to assess and manage supply chains better using cutting-edge technology. The contract will require the two companies to employ their expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is currently reaching out to various stakeholders as it tries to draft new guidance on the responsible use of artificial intelligence. In putting together the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework as directed by Congress, the NIST is seeking insights by issuing a request for information, NextGov reported Monday. […]
Michael McCalip currently serves as the vice president for government programs and strategy at Carahsoft, based in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. He described himself as an award-winning business executive who has over 30 years of public sector experience and has led large organizations responsible for maintaining and modernizing some of the United States’ most complex […]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is seeking potential suppliers of a cloud-based enterprise case management platform that contains a portfolio of solutions that can meet the needs of the Internal Revenue Service. The platform should be equipped with case management products capable of supporting issue-resolution across all IRS’ lines of businesses, according to a […]
The U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Procurement Executive is poised to make major policy changes in a bid to efficiently and effectively meet current and future mission support challenges. The agency is transitioning to a new strategic framework, an official close to the program said. Senior procurement executive Mike Derrios told Homeland Security […]
The highest ranking U.S. Marine Corps officer wants emerging artificial intelligence capabilities to focus mainly on solving logistics challenges. Gen. David Berger, the Corps’ commandant, told an audience during the recent Sea-Air-Space conference that logistics is both an area of extreme importance in a potential future war and one where AI can be particularly helpful. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Friday released new guidance to cybersecurity workers emphasizing recent changes in the government’s approach to defending against cybercrime and other malicious online activities. In a press release, CISA called its new guide a one-stop-shop for information and resources to help professionals start or advance their careers in cybersecurity […]
Researchers working with NASA are considering launching a companion mission to the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite spacecraft. TESS was launched in April 2018 and surveys the sky from an elliptical two-week orbit above the Earth. It carries four cameras to perform its observations but a fifth was manufactured as a flight spare. The proposed second […]
