Contracts
How GAO told the Air Force to redo $12B systems integration contract
The dispute over a Sentinel program integration support contract intensifies as BAE Systems and Guidehouse battle for the award, further adding to the Air Force's nuclear missile modernization woes.
Contracts
Army plans multiple AI industry partnerships
Leadership from the military branch is interested in incorporating third party-generated algorithms for its operations, and is asking industry players for help.
Companies
DIU clears path for military access to cloud-based supercomputing
Rescale’s on-demand high-performance computing is now available across the entire Defense Department.
Opinion
The new space race: Why the military wants to partner with the private sector
A new Space Force initiative signals a bold step in public-private collaboration, writes Jeff Huggins, president of Cailabs US.
Contracts
Navy chooses 18 for $249M transformation support contract
The Navy is looking to drive improvements in its financial management processes, people and capabilities.
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Navy adds 49 more to $982M unmanned surface vehicle program
This on-ramp round of awards focuses on the vehicles' underlying technologies such as payloads, mission support systems and the needed autonomy to control them.
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DOD's personnel info agency awards $1.5B IT modernization pact
The Defense Manpower Data Center is centering this effort around software development and IT security with a heavy leaning on cloud.
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GAO sides with BAE in latest dispute over $12B weapons support contract
The 18-year ISC 2.0 contract is now back to the Air Force for a second time after another successful protest.
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Trax wins $692M Army testing support contract
The company will support work at the Aberdeen Test Center and Yuma Test Center under the contract with the Army Test and Evaluation Command.
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Space Force awards $1B ground system software contract
The service branch hires 20 small businesses to help move along the development of a new system that leans on commercial cloud.
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Appeals court rules potential subcontractors can file protests too
A whole new category of protests could open up for situations where prime contractors decide to custom-build their solutions.
Companies
DOD CIO resigns to take university post
John Sherman will become dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M.
Contracts
As space gets more crowded, Pentagon looks to AI to spot weapons
A new DARPA contract aims to identify satellites behaving strangely.
Contracts
Pentagon’s AI office awards Palantir a contract to create a data-sharing ecosystem
The Pentagon’s marketplace for quickly onboarding new tech solutions helped Palantir receive its contract in 30 days.
Companies
TRANSCOM starts the bidding for $1.6B logistics management platform contract
Transportation Command will choose a single company to help stand up the system and base it on commercially-available supply chain software.
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Air Force chooses 14 for $220M geospatial support contract
Air Force leaders sought a pool of contractors to help facilitate enhanced and shared situational awareness.
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Former vice chief of naval operations arrested on bribery, conspiracy charges
Robert Burke, a retired four-star, is alleged to have steered work toward a services company while he was commanding Naval Forces Europe-Africa.
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Guidehouse resurrects protest after a DOD award again goes to Deloitte
Guidehouse claims the Defense Department did not conduct an adequate investigation into claims that a DOD official had a potential conflict-of-interest.
Contracts
General Dynamics IT secures $185M Air Force cyber contract
After weathering a protest challenge, GDIT will focus on cyber threats inside the Air Force's industrial control systems.
Companies