The Army Futures Command has issued a solicitation for a proposed scalable government-only software development facility, which will be set up in Austin, Texas. The software factory is envisioned to be led by Army trainers who will undergo five-year coding workshops and beginner training sessions administered by the selected contractor. According to the solicitation, the […]
The $40B Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 government-wide acquisition contract will have less administrative burden than its predecessor, an official said. Brian Gooder, acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, said that CIO-SP4's new regime will enhance competition among contractors and provide more opportunities for small businesses. In […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a non-regulatory organization within the Department of Commerce, has urged security and information technology practitioners to adopt a zero trust policy to maintain and monitor cloud security. In a new report, NIST said private companies and federal agencies should be given assurance that their data is protected and […]
The use of robotic process automation systems has improved the Department of Logistic Agency’s productivity in various parts of its business, including employee onboarding, demand planning, coding of materials and its enterprise business system. According to a new report from the federal RPA community, the agency tops all others in terms of RPA tools implementation, […]
Congress has provided an additional $130M for the Missile Defense Agency's Hypersonic Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, a satellite constellation designed to track hypersonic weapons. Under the fiscal 2021 appropriations bill, the MDA and the Space Development Agency will jointly develop and deploy the HBTSS architecture and constellation under a memorandum of agreement, C4ISRNET reported. The […]
The U.S. Navy is seeking proposals for two underwater prototype drones, which will be competitively awarded to a single contractor. The final request for proposals is meant for the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Phase 2 program, considered the biggest of the submarine-launched unmanned systems, the U.S. Naval Institute News reported Thursday. The solicitation, […]
The Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center is staying abreast of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies with the launch of the Grand Challenge Program. With education, small projects, infrastructure tools and communication as the focus areas, the initiative is meant to establish a fundamental knowledge of AI and ML within the workforce and […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has been supporting the Cyber Command to conduct operations against cyberattacks and threat actors. The Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, or MARFORCYBER, is the service’s cyber component to USCYBERCOM, sharing its information with designated soldiers and training them to use computer systems and capabilities to attain their objectives, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has issued a certification to Rave Mobile Safety, allowing the Massachusetts-based IT service organization to offer its products and services to agencies in the FedRAMP Marketplace, an online listing for cloud solutions, the company said Friday. FedRAMP is a government-level initiative that offers a uniform procedure to security […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Amyx five contracts to provide various IT services for the Defense Logistics Agency. The task orders involve the DLA Cybersecurity Operational Technology and Information Systems Support, Enterprise Vulnerability Management Program Support Services, Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support – Wholesale DOD and Veteran Affairs Data Synchronization Program, DMLSS Application Development […]
