DARPA Selects CACI to Develop Mission-Integrated Network Control Software

Virginia-headquartered CACI International announced that it was awarded a $20.4 million contract to provide technology, research, development and innovation services in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Mission-Integrated Network Control program. Specifically, the deal calls for building and demonstrating software that creates a secure network to provide command and control of heterogeneous networks, […]
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Pentagon Officials Want Stronger Cybersecurity Measures to Meet Future Demands

Department of Defense officials are calling for stronger digital defenses to ensure that warfighters are well-equipped to meet future demands. Speaking at the AFCEA Small Business Enterprise IT Day event, Kelly Fletcher, the principal deputy at the Pentagon’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, said defense networks, systems and hardware must have enhanced cybersecurity architectures. […]
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NOAA Evaluating Emerging Technologies for Future Earth Observation Systems

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is scheduled to meet with potential collaborators for its new Earth observation enhancement effort. The upcoming series of meetings is in connection with three new broad agency announcements focused on measuring atmospheric winds, hyperspectral microwave remote sensing observations and artificial intelligence-powered digital twin technologies, SpaceNews reported Thursday. In an […]
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Palantir Lands Spot on $90M HHS Contract Vehicle for Data Solutions

Palantir Technologies, a big data analytics company, has secured a spot on a $90 million Department of Health and Human Services contract vehicle. HHS’ five-year Solutioning with Holistic Analytics Restructured for the Enterprise blanket purchase agreement is intended to improve the department’s access to best-value data solutions, Palantir said Wednesday. The company said that its […]
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Mattermost Awarded AFWERX Phase II Deal for Secure Collaboration Platform

Palo Alto-headquartered software developer Mattermost announced that it has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract through the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX innovation arm. The latest award is a follow-on to a previous Phase I effort seeking the development of technologies to enhance collaboration among government agencies and departments, Mattermost said […]
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DISA Reports Early Success in New Hybrid On-Premise Cloud Computing Program

The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeing early successes with its prototype-stage cloud computing program known as Stratus, an official has said. Stratus is the agency’s latest attempt at building a hybrid, on-premise cloud computing infrastructure. Sharon Woods, director of DISA’s Digital Hosting and Computing Center, said that the agency has already begun migrating applications […]
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