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Argonne National Laboratory seeks help, resources for AI supercomputing center

The lab is casting its net far and wide for ideas on how to build, operate and finance the future National Genesis Mission Supercomputing Center of Innovation.

Palantir invokes its favorite law again — this time against DIA's ASTRA solicitation

The company argues a task order for custom development violates the same commercial acquisition mandate that helped it break into the Army's DCGS battlefield intelligence program.

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Air Force picks 3 for $1.9B in aerospace program support work

The scope of work covers research, development, and test-and-evaluation activities.

Transportation looks to AI to accelerate its modernization initiatives

Steven Bradbury, the agency’s deputy secretary, said AI has helped Transportation slash its software production timeline from 18 months down to 18 weeks.

DCSA folds three contracts into a single set-aside

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is folding a $500 million task order held by Science Applications International Corp. into the new competition.

IARPA launches new acquisition marketplace

The intelligence community's lead research arm is looking to help agencies more rapidly procure innovative products from industry.

Lockheed wins $10.5B Special Operations logistics recompete

Special Operations Command uses this contract to help maintain its program support and enterprise management functions.

CMMC suspension caught industry off guard, but the reasons did not

The Pentagon's move to pause the cybersecurity program was a surprise, but the cost and burden concerns behind it have been known for years.

Protest count hits 10 for Army’s $50B MAPS vehicle

Companies continue to bring up their issues with the solicitation, imperiling the Army’s planned September awards.

GSA’s draft AI procurement rule has improved but needs further reforms, contractors say

Contractors have until Aug. 3 to give GSA feedback on a proposed overhaul to large language model procurements.

US Geological Survey seeks enhanced AI function to watch for earthquakes

The U.S. Geological Survey has started its search for what is out there amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning tools.

Veterans Affairs starts search for cloud-based litigation review platform

The Veterans Affairs Department currently works with systems that do not share a common collection of facts, resulting in duplications of records and other issues.

General Dynamics IT challenges DISA's Enclave expansion

GDIT says the Defense Information Systems Agency should have competed the requirement to migrate the combatant commands to the IT environment instead of giving the work to Leidos.

Marines eye cloudless networks to keep AI tools running when the cloud goes down

The software company Ditto says it can solve a key problem by networking “whatever transports the customer brings.”

DOD suspends CMMC Phase 2, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review

Citing prohibitive costs for small and mid-size contractors, the Defense Department will keep Phase 1 self-assessments in place while a new task force studies the cyber and supply chain security program's future.

HHS seeks small business support for future vendor management office

The Health and Human Services Department has started its work to find a contractor that can help oversee various software licensing agreements.

Census Bureau sets industry day as 2030 planning gets underway

The agency is planning a group of multiple-award pacts that would hire small businesses to help with application development and planning for the next census.