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The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has posted a draft request for proposals for a potential $134.5 million contract covering analytical services for the Defense Human Resources Activity’s Office of People Analytics. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has an ordering period of five years and will support the […] More
Okta has recognized its strategic business partner Carahsoft Technology for helping the identity and access management company expand its presence in the U.S. government sector. Carahsoft said Tuesday it received the Americas (AMER) Distributor of the Year during the 2022 Okta Partner Awards in recognition of its efforts to offer zero trust, fraud mitigation and […] More
Gabe Camarillo, undersecretary of the U.S. Army, said the service branch is working on a multi-vendor approach for its cloud-based data analytics platform, with plans to award contracts by the end of 2023, Breaking Defense reported Friday. According to him, the Army is planning to release a request for information to gather industry comments and […] More
Craig Herman, chief revenue officer at biometrics software provider Aware, said the company has seen an increased demand for authentication technologies from federal government customers to prevent unauthorized access to physical and digital assets. Aware said Thursday its biometric authentication offerings are being used by agencies across the three branches of the U.S. federal government […] More
SentinelOne has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, an initiative to drive the development of cyber defense operations planning and guidance. The company said Thursday it will offer its autonomous cybersecurity platform to help members of the collaborative enhance cyber threat information sharing. SentinelOne’s team of security researchers will provide […] More
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added NTT to a public-private partnership aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Akira Shimada, president and CEO of NTT, said in a statement published Wednesday that the company will build on its experience in the global cybersecurity landscape to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative‘s mission and […] More
The launch window for Rocket Lab USA’s Electron mission will open on Jan. 23 after it was delayed in December due to unfavorable weather conditions and additional time required to complete regulatory documentation. Rocket Lab USA said Wednesday the mission will launch from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to deploy […] More
Duality Technologies, a developer of secure data collaboration tools, has been selected to participate in the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to protect and preserve sensitive information in virtual environments. The company said Tuesday it will continue to lead an industry team in developing a hardware accelerator for […] More
Northrop Grumman and the Naval Research Laboratory have conducted an at-sea demonstration of key components of an electronic attack prototype system designed to equip smaller naval vessels with anti-ship missile defense capabilities. The Ultra-Lite Electronic Attack system is a size, weight and power-optimized platform designed to integrate Northrop’s transceiver technology into NRL’s expeditionary EA antenna, […] More
Fairbanks Morse Defense has unveiled a new high-speed engine designed to power the U.S. Navy’s unmanned programs. FMD said Monday the nForcer FM 175D engine has 12, 16 or 20 cylinders with a bore measuring 175 mm and will be available for integration into naval fleets within the next two years. The new engine runs […] More
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division has awarded ManTech a five-year, $57 million task order to help enhance the capabilities of expeditionary weapon systems used by U.S. Special Operations Command. ManTech said Monday it will deliver next-generation intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and perform life cycle management of crewed and uncrewed air, land and maritime […] More
The U.S. Army is seeking small businesses capable of developing artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered tools and wearable technologies designed to improve warfighting capabilities. A Phase I contract opportunity under the Army Applied Small Business Innovation Research program calls for the development of wearable radiation detection sensors that meet size, weight, and power reduction requirements, […] More
