The five-year task order covers logistics, sustainment and maintenance of Army command, control, communications, cyber, ISR and medical systems at 190 locations worldwide.
Pentagon and Army leaders see the future Joint Enterprise Task Management System as heavily leaning on artificial intelligence and eventually being able to cover 200,000 users.
JAAW Group’s protest also was dinged because it cited a non-existent case, which the Government Accountability Office cited as evidence of careless use of artificial intelligence.
The company wanted the Army’s corrective action to go further, but the Government Accountability Office disagrees. That clears the Army to look at revised proposals and make a new award decision.
Army Directive 2026-17 shuts down hundreds of official Army social media accounts. For the acquisition community, the loss goes beyond reach because the Army is also giving up its ability to frame its own message, writes acquisition expert Allison Gregory.