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NIST seeks industry support for chip funding applicant checks

A new solicitation details how the Commerce Department wants to ensure that those applying for semiconductor production funds are financially healthy.

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DHA to reconsider decisions surrounding $2.5B IT contract

The Defense Health Agency has changed its mind on discussions with bidders it rejected, which means more companies may get awards on the global IT services vehicle.

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NOAA upgrades weather forecasting supercomputers

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be able to make more accurate weather forecasts with upgrades to computer systems deployed in Virginia and Arizona. 

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Air Force awards $100M cyber, ISR advisory contract

Companies will compete for task orders and work with the Air Force to maintain business systems applications.

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DIU chooses software company for $100M aircraft monitoring tech contract

Teleidoscope will work to apply its artificial intelligence-based system into video threads that watch for aircraft

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Space agencies are reforming acquisition to accelerate commercial tech integration

The nation’s space agencies are leveraging new procurement techniques to get their hands on critical emerging technologies and maintain U.S. competitiveness.

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SAIC's protest over $719M NASA competition falls short

The company wanted another shot at keeping this incumbent contract for engineering services that went to the other bidder.

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Amentum fights to keep lost DTRA contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency chose someone else for the $84 million advisory services that Amentum picked up through its acquisition of PAE.

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Army wants augmented, virtual reality for its armored vehicle mechanics

The Army is developing this new technology contract for bolstering the training of its mechanics and other maintenance personnel.

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DHA faces legal challenges to how it conducted $2.5B procurement

Protesters are alleging the Defense Health Agency used "phantom award restrictions" to limit the number of companies that could qualify for this global IT services contract.

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DOD pushes cloud buyers to JWCC

The Defense Department's top tech official directed defense agencies to tap the multi-vendor Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract for new cloud acquisitions and is requiring all top-secret cloud buys across the Pentagon and military services to use the vehicle for top secret capabilities.

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General Dynamics IT drops challenge to lost $400M NASA contract

The longtime incumbent will make way for a newcomer to take on the work supporting NASA's Shared Services Center.

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HII's tech segment captures record $1.4B win

The leadership team at HII's Mission Technologies segment views this network operations award as helping it cast a wider net across its industry and customer relationship networks.

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ManTech grows Army footing through C5ISR transformation contract

ManTech's CEO touts the company having brought the "whole" of its offerings to capture a $622 million Army intelligence analytics contract.

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LinQuest touts pair of digital transformation awards

One task order will focus on developing digital environments and analytics for the Air Force Research Laboratory.

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Energy makes awards on multibillion-dollar vehicle

Agencies use the Energy Savings Performance Contract mechanism to get started on new conservation initiatives at their existing facilities.

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Interior to re-evaluate $1B cloud contract bids

Peraton could still win the competition again, but the Interior Department in the meantime is moving to address complaints raised by two protestors.

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Commerce unveils contract for supply chain analytics

Proposals are due within the next couple of weeks for the contract to monitor and collect data on supply chains, industry participants and potential risks.

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GSA considers changing the way it pays for cloud software

The agency is exploring how it can best align industry payment practices for software-as-a-service offerings on its own IT Multiple Award Schedule.

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Booz Allen touts record headcount growth in wake of settlement

Company leaders fielded questions from Wall Street on their agreement with the Justice Department, then moved onto other matters.