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DARPA details its reach into private investing networks

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency especially wants to hear from angel investors, family offices, venture capital firms and private equity.

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RTX will pay almost $1B for defrauding DOD, allegedly bribing Qatari official

That’s on top of the $200 million levied in August for illegal exports to China and elsewhere.

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Army starts to create SATCOM-as-a-service contract

The service branch wants to create a satellite communications marketplace that leans on commercial-style purchasing for global coverage.

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BigBear books $165M award to proceed on Army automation program

The company will proceed to full production as part of this effort to consolidate a dozen legacy force management systems into a singular view.

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DIA previews small biz on-ramp for $17B vehicle

The Defense Intelligence Agency originally chose 16 companies for this global support contract in 2019.

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NATO aims to publish its own commercial space strategy next year

The alliance document will resemble—but not duplicate—the Pentagon’s own recent plan.

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CMMC's final rule has now landed

Several other regulatory steps and Congress' 60-day period to review the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard still loom before it takes effect.

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Air Force awards global transport platform-as-a-service contract

The mystery winner of this classified contract will provide forward-deployed personnel with secure access to multiple networks and communication channels.

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Industry ‘hamstrung’ by Space Force-intel community’s turf war

Commercial firms say NGA-centric acquisition can’t move fast enough to help combatant commands or foster innovation.

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Accenture's federal arm wins major Army ERP contract

The Army is looking to centralize several of its business systems into a single SAP platform over the next eight years.

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Defense industrial base unprepared for quick conflict responses, report warns

A study from George Mason University's Baroni Center for Government Contracting calls for a national strategy to bolster U.S. readiness and production capacity.

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Navy starts $828M business support recompete

Awardees will compete for work to directly support the Navy’s objectives for its personnel, manpower and training initiatives.

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CACI acquires Applied Insight to build up cloud migration offerings

The all-cash transaction also expands CACI International's presence with defense and national security agencies, plus reunites a pair of former Acacia Group businesses.

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Can AI predict if a Marine will quit? Corps wants to know

“Retention prediction network” could reveal signs that trainers and recruiters might otherwise miss.

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DOD adds 13 to $48B tech research vehicle

The Defense Department now has 41 companies involved in this program focused on the preservation and sharing of information and knowledge related to military technology.

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Dell wins $794M Adobe software supply contract

The global tech giant will also take on related upgrades, modernization and maintenance support.

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Army Corps of Engineers seeks R&D support across multiple domains

A new broad agency announcement covers seven labs, emphasizes climate change, engineering, remote sensing and IT advancements.

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SAIC did not bid for $1.6B Air Force cloud reseller contract

Science Applications International Corp. is pursuing the Cloud One Next program's modernization track, not the one won by Accenture's U.S. federal subsidiary.