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FCC blocks approval of new foreign-made robots, power inverters
National security agencies said the devices could create supply-chain vulnerabilities, threaten critical infrastructure and enable surveillance or remote manipulation.
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DISA launches market research for combatant command migration
The Defense Information Systems Agency's sources sought notice addresses a protest by General Dynamics IT without naming the company nor the protest.
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A playbook for thriving with OneGov and the FAR Overhaul
Contractors who cling to labor hours and PowerPoint pitches will almost certainly lose out. But the government’s requirements process still looks like the biggest bottleneck to change.
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GSA strikes new OneGov deal with CORAS
“This partnership with CORAS expands the range of AI-enabled capabilities available to agencies as they evaluate solutions that support mission and operational requirements,” according to Federal Acquisition Service acting Commissioner Laura Stanton.
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General Dynamics IT protest sinks DISA’s plan to expand Enclave
The Defense Information Systems Agency agrees to conduct market research and redo its acquisition strategy after GDIT challenged plans to expand the IT services contract’s scope.
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Beyond the platform: What the unmanned systems boom means for the GovCon market
We explore how Ukraine and Iran are rewriting the rules and reshaping opportunities at our Aug. 14 Power Breakfast.
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Navy preps recompete for American Systems software engineering contract
The service branch wants to use a cost-plus structure and sees fixed-price as potentially being too expensive.
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Pentagon awards Oracle up to $7B in software consolidation deal
The agreement merges Oracle's product and licensing services into one contract, which the Defense Department estimates will result in at least $441 million in savings.
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VA awards Salesforce $1.6B contract for veteran care and services
The contract adds to existing Salesforce deployments for suicide prevention, health care communications and more.
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Selective Service System seeks software to aid the draft
If the military draft were to ever come back, this software would be used to quickly evaluate staffing and resource requirements.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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IARPA launches new acquisition marketplace
The intelligence community's lead research arm is looking to help agencies more rapidly procure innovative products from industry.
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Lockheed wins $10.5B Special Operations logistics recompete
Special Operations Command uses this contract to help maintain its program support and enterprise management functions.
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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.
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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.
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