The Defense Innovation Unit and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, two agencies vital to federal cybersecurity programs, have formed a partnership to implement advanced commercial technologies. In a memorandum of understanding, the two organizations agreed to share information, jointly develop solutions and collaborate with the private sector in 22 areas named in October, FedScoop […]
The Space Force has tasked a nonprofit acquisition organization to manage the Space Enterprise Consortium, which will oversee $12B in space projects over the next decade. The National Security Technology Accelerator, or NSTXL, is a defense contractor network that specializes in delivering best-in-class technologies into the hands of warfighters. The SpEC management contract was originally […]
The Department of Defense has announced the initial seven contracts to serve as test cases for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. According to the DOD, the projects to be considered as CMMC’s pathfinders are the Navy’s integrated common processor, F/A-18E/F Full Mod of the SBAR and Shut off Valve, yard services for the Arleigh […]
The Navy said it will review its $4B information technology portfolio in response to recent cyber attacks that exposed its vulnerabilities. Federal civilian agencies recently said that Russian hackers breached a contractor-made software used by the Department of Defense, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “The purpose of the review is to identify potential courses of action to […]
The Federal Data Strategy 2021 Action Plan will expand on foundational actions introduced in the 2020 plan, particularly those centered on data governance, infrastructure and the workforce, according to Ted Kaouk, chairman of the Federal Chief Data Officers Council. The CDO Council, which is tasked with setting the governmentwide agenda on the use of data, […]
Technical and Project Engineering has received a potential four-year, $38.1M contract to provide Army Training Models, a program for the service’s planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process. The Headquarters, Department of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Directorate for Training G 3-7 awarded the Virginia-based defense contractor the deal on the General Services Administration […]
The Defense Health Agency announced that it has released more information on the $2B program aimed at combining its entire IT operations into a single IT services contract. The agency is currently preoccupied with its initiative to assume full responsibility for the military health system and several of the medical treatment sites formerly handled by […]
The Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is expected to rise to prominence when the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act is passed into law, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Congress passed the bill on Dec. 8 with a veto-proof margin and the Senate is expected to do likewise. The legislation is expected to become law despite […]
The B-1B Lancer has launched a cruise missile from an external pylon for the first time in a test flight held on Dec. 4 at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Also known as “the Bone,” the aircraft fired an inert AGM-158 joint air-to-surface standoff missile from an external pod, Defense News reported Thursday. […]
Microsoft has launched a new cloud capability for classified information as part of the company's Azure Government suite of offerings. Azure Government Top Secret was designed to provide greater agility in the classified space and to provide deeper insights from data sourced from any location, Nextgov reported Monday. Microsoft said that Azure Government Top Secret […]
