The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is in danger of losing an experimental battlefield networking program due to acquisition and sustainment issues, according to an official. DARPA said the System-of-systems Technology Integration Tool Chain for Heterogeneous Electronic Systems is a technology capable of creating its own networks through self-writing software, FedScoop reported. Tim Grayson, director […]
The Navy has transferred network and information technology-related technical authorities managed by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command to a new Project Overmatch office. As part of the switch, all of the Navy’s program authorities for research and development, acquisition and sustainment programs related to warfighting […]
The Food and Drug Administration has unveiled a three-pronged action plan to advance enterprise-wide data modernization. The Data Modernization Action Plan builds on the FDA’s Technology Modernization Action Plan, which was released in September 2019 to lay the foundation for the agency’s data strategy. DMAP aims to realize the data strategy set forth by the […]
The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded 144 companies spots on the $12.6 billion Solutions for Information Technology Enterprise indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Companies selected for the 10-year SITE III contract will compete for the opportunity to provide IT support services to DIA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The services include planning and project management, application development, cybersecurity, […]
The Air Force has selected D2iQ’s Konvoy Kubernetes platform to support its transition to remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic. The service used Konvoy to Navigate the complexities and security challenges involved in adopting Mattermost, an open-source collaboration platform, the D2iQ said Thursday. “From a Kubernetes perspective, D2iQ’s distribution was aligned with what we were […]
Tyto Athene, a full-service systems integrator based in Herndon, Virginia, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase AT&T Government Solutions. The acquisition includes the purchase of AT&T’s Department of Defense information and technology professional services business and the takeover of a select number of contracts. The combination would create a leading pure-play provider of IT […]
The Senate is allocating $1 billion for the General Services Administration’s Technology Modernization Fund in its preliminary draft of the American Rescue Act, according to a government source. The Senate’s draft version of the relief bill is also said to include $650 million in appropriations to support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s cybersecurity risk […]
Nelnet has partnered with EKI-Digital, a quantitative digital transformation company, to help the government and financial services industry manage their digital modernization efforts. As part of the partnership, Nelnet and EKI-Digital will help clients acquire digital modernization capabilities without having to take on the risk of investing in traditional information capital projects. “Clients rely on […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has turned to robotic process automation to increase productivity and improve accuracy in supply chain management. RPA technologies rely on software bots to automatically perform simple tasks. RPA program manager Frank Wood said the DLA measures the effectiveness of RPA by how much time is saved for use in other tasks, […]
SOSi, a defense technology integrator, has landed a contract to provide enterprise information technology and logistics support to the Defense Information School, a component of the Department of Defense’s Defense Media Agency. The $21 million contract calls for software and applications development solutions, maintenance of all digital training resources and management of the technology service […]
