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TRANSCOM working on a new cloud services solicitation
The U.S. Transportation Command is discreetly revving up for another cloud bid, following an industry day with lead cloud service providers in August.
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DISA pushing for rapid milCloud 2.0 migration
The Defense Department is going to the market for ideas on how it can more quickly and efficiently move data and applications to its on-premise milCloud 2.0 environment.
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Lockheed ups investment in unmanned undersea drones
Lockheed Martin’s venture capital group ramps up its backing of unmanned sea vehicle maker Ocean Aero to stay ahead of the curve in an emerging domain.
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New HCI solution promises hybrid cloud in the field
Pivot3’s Intelligent Edge Command and Control solution is a self-contained, modular computing infrastructure to support defense operations at the tactical edge.
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DISA clears newest devices for DMUC use
DOD employees can now use government-purchased Galaxy S9 smartphones with the Defense Information Systems Agency's DOD Mobility Unclassified Capability.
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DOD gets new BPA for remote sensing support
KeyW Corp. books a five-year, $135 million blanket purchase agreement for engineering services to support the U.S. military's remote sensing missions.
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DHA contracts for $71M in cyber advisory services
KBR’s government arm takes a three-year, $71 million task order to assist the Defense Health Agency.
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DOD features prominently in Government Innovation Awards
Six defense projects and three military Rising Stars are among this year's winners.
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DOD rolls out revised JEDI solicitation
The Defense Department submitted several changed documents to its mega cloud program proposal, including changes to requirements in security, points of presence, pricing and small business information.
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Army award $499M professional services contract
The Army chooses 14 small businesses for a $499 million professional services contract.
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PEO structure survives Army Futures reorg -- at least for now
The new Army Futures Command aims to meld all of the service's modernization efforts under one command, but for now the Army program executive officer structure will remain in place.
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Learning from the Army’s complicated move to the cloud
An Army data enterprise executive explains several ways agencies can leverage multivendor shared services to improve cloud development and functionality.
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Army upgrades cyber training venue
A task force from the Army cyber protection teams face off against industrial control systems in a week-long cyber training exercise.
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How DOD should plan for AI
A new report urges researchers to focus less on automated combat and more on defensive machine learning.
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DARPA wants 'Cyber-Hunting at Scale'
BAE Systems is developing a cybersecurity tool with AI capabilities as a cornerstone to more quickly thwart emerging threats.
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Are there new rules for cyberwar?
Reports that the Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era directive guiding the use of offensive cyber operations has cybersecurity experts pondering what, if anything, has replaced it.
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Marines get into the bug-bounty game
At the Las Vegas event, ethical hackers identified and reported 75 unique vulnerabilities and were awarded over $80,000 for their efforts.
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Army Research Lab teams up with Uber
The Army Research Lab, the University of Texas at Austin and NASA are working with Uber on its flying taxi service.
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Teaching robots to 'follow the leader'
Army Research Laboratory scientists are teaching robots to learn how to navigate environmental features following examples provided by humans.
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