The General Services Administration has begun accepting bids for its new ASTRO multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity competition in support of the Department of Defense. Administered by GSA's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, ASTRO was designed to meet the military's needs for manned and unmanned vehicles, Bloomberg Government reported. The market for unmanned and optionally-manned systems reached $8B in […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency intends to issue a final request for proposals for a planned single-vendor, $11.7B information technology contract by September. Work for the multibillion-dollar Defense Enclave Services contract will consolidate the different networks across the Fourth Estate, otherwise known as the Department of Defense’s non-warfighting support agencies. The Defense Enclaves Services program […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a report indicating how law enforcers and cloud service providers can benefit from having standard operating procedures for the technology. According to NIST, forensic examiners extracting information from cloud logs can only rely on the testimony of representatives of the provider, Nextgov reported Thursday. “In many cases, […]
The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy are investing more than $1B in efforts to advance research and development initiatives focused on the industries of the future such as artificial intelligence, quantum information science and 5G communications. An initial $140M will be distributed over five years to seven NSF-led AI research institutes, which […]
The Department of Defense plans to launch an $11.7B information technology contract competition that could result in a single award, according to materials released Aug. 21. Called the Defense Enclave Services, the contract opportunity would consolidate several IT functions at the department's civilian-led agencies, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. “Our role here is to migrate these […]
SRC is set to deliver support services for the Air Force’s counter-small unmanned aircraft system efforts under the terms of an eight-year, $90M, sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company will help the Air Force by supplying C-sUAS and related equipment, as well as by providing upgrades, sustainment, and installation, design and analysis support. Specifically, SRC will […]
A U.S. Army research group has designed a new sensor that will assist small drones to identify and prevent crashes with power lines. Scientists at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory have come up with a sensor and software program that will allow the small unmanned aerial systems to change the […]
An artificial intelligence algorithm developed by Heron Systems emerged victorious in a virtual dogfight simulation against a human F-16 fighter pilot during the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s AlphaDogfight Trials. The simulated battle ended with a lopsided result in favor of the AI algorithm, as it defeated the human pilot, who goes by the name […]
Noblis has received a potential three-year contract from the General Services Administration to provide program management and technical support services for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The contract award extends the company’s partnership with the GSA, which dates back in 2012. Work for the FedRAMP support contract includes cloud cybersecurity assessment analysis, cloud […]
The Department of Defense will soon be able to buy small American-made drones from five manufacturers: Altavian, Parrot, Skydio, Teal and Vantage Robotics. The Defense Innovation Unit's so-called "Blue sUAS" list, which was based on the Army's Short Range Reconnaissance program, will allow government customers to buy trusted small unmanned aerial systems that can take […]
