The U.S. Army has awarded Thales a spot on a $6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for an advanced tactical radio program. Thales said it is one of the two vendors selected to support the service’s Combat Net Radio modernization program. The other awardee is L3Harris Technologies, according to an Army press release in March. The IDIQ […]
Defense Logistics Agency officials revealed plans to depend more on robotic process automation to handle repetitive tasks and unburden the organization’s workforce. The move is being taken after a three-year experiment of deploying software-based bots produced encouraging results, FedScoop reported Friday. Rusty Wells, who leads the agency’s Procurement Process and Systems Division, told journalists that […]
The Defense Innovation Unit announced that, together with the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, it has successfully implemented machine learning solutions to resolve accounting discrepancies in the Department of Defense’s financial management enterprise. Towards this shared objective, they managed two separate pilots using two distinct ML platforms, the DIU said Thursday. In a statement, the DIU […]
Senior defense officials have testified about the need to modernize the physical infrastructure of the Department of Defense’s laboratories. Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said it is “absolutely critical” for the department to make such an investment, Nextgov reported. “First thing I would do is to help you get more […]
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center‘s Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division has awarded Sigma Defense company Solute a contract to apply improvements to the military branch’s Platform One. Under the contract, Solute will enhance the supply chain security, application implementation and container configuration for Platform One’s Iron Bank and Big Bang product lines. […]
The second-highest-ranking Space Force officer revealed that the service’s new training strategy will combine traditional development and operational testing into one regime in a bid to reduce costs and hasten the acquisition of new technologies. Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson said that the integrated testing process is envisioned to speed-up up decision-making […]
Twilio, a maker of programmable communication tools, has expanded its distribution agreement with Carahsoft Technology. As part of their partnership, Carahsoft will make Twilio’s secure communications offerings available through its General Services Administration-Information Technology Schedule 70 contract. The collaboration will increase the solutions’ availability to the public sector, Twilio said Thursday. Twilio said that its […]
The Government Accountability Office has reported shortcomings in how the Department of Defense keeps track of its development of a jamming-resistant Global Positioning System signal. For more than two decades, the DOD has been developing a military-specific signal called M-code. The U.S. Space Force is close to completing the satellite infrastructure for broadcasting the signal. […]
The U.S. Special Operations Command wants to develop software at a rapid pace to allow it to stay abreast with industry standards, and it wants to do so by finding a way around the Department of Defense’s bureaucratic structure. In an interview with National Defense Magazine, Col. Paul Weizer, the executive program officer of USSOCOM’s […]
California-headquartered Eightfold AI announced that, in partnership with Carahsoft Technology, it has been awarded an Other Transaction prototype contract by the Defense Innovation Unit. The deal aims to develop and deploy a talent intelligence platform for the Department of Defense, Eightfold AI said Tuesday. Eightfold AI said that its talent intelligence platform will power a […]
