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Los Alamos deploys drone defenses
The counter-UAS technology is designed to protect a no-drone zone around the lab, which conducts nuclear weapons research.
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Coast Guard awards $117M drone contract
Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary wins a five-year, $117 million contract to help deploy small unmanned aircraft across the Coast Guard's fleet of National Security Cutter ships.
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JEDI's disruption could extend far beyond cloud
The Defense Department's JEDI initiative is part of a continuum of how innovation has shifted away from the government and to the commercial sector and the implications are only growing.
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DISA awards $7.5B SETI contract
Fourteen companies won places on the full-and-open piece of the Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation contract vehicle.
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OTA comes under increased scrutiny
Lawmakers join the Government Accountability Office in asserting greater oversight and review over "other transaction authority" awards.
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Defense bill could tackle clearance backlog
Virginia Democrat Sen. Mark Warner proposed new cost transparency and processing goals to reform the federal security clearance process.
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13 cyber provisions in the FY19 NDAA
The Senate released its text and report for the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. Take a look at a few of the biggest cyber provisions that could make it through final passage.
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Navy picks six for $240M ISR services contract
Six companies win places on a $240.4 million contract vehicle to perform engineering support services for Navy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms.
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Help us find DOD's top disruptors
The Government Innovation Awards recognize the top projects and programs in six critical technology categories. Nominate today!
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Air Force announces partnership to push emerging tech
The Air Force Academy inked a five-year cooperative research and development agreement with telecom giant AT&T to keep better pace with the speed of commercial advancement.
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Congress looks to clamp down on DOD cloud plans
The House defense appropriations bill includes new reporting requirements on the JEDI project and the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud efforts.
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Army aims for robot vehicles on the battlefield by 2028
It's not Skynet yet, but Army Secretary Mark Esper says robotics will change the fundamentals of warfare and that getting there first provides a distinct advantage.
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DISA pushing hard on MilCloud migration
Facing an accelerated schedule, the Defense Information Systems Agency is staffing up and adding training to help DOD agencies migrate to MilCloud 2.0.
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Navy seeks bids for next SeaPort version
The Navy reveals the final solicitation for the next iteration of its $21 billion SeaPort contracting vehicle for professional services.
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RFP for JEDI cloud contract slips past May deadline
Officials are still working on the final solicitation for the massive cloud initiative.
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DLA looks to dramatically reduce application footprint
The Defense Logistics Agency Director Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams is concerned about supply chain vulnerabilities and thinks reducing the number of applications on DLA's network will reduce risk.
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GAO: TRANSCOM cloud award should be cancelled
The Government Accountability Office recommended that the Pentagon terminate its $950 million award to Amazon cloud reseller REAN made under an "other transaction authority."
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Army awards $841M contract extension for computing system support
Leonardo DRS has received a potential $841.5 million contract to continue its hardware supply and engineering services for an Army computing platform used to manage networked-battle command information in a common environment.
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Army awards $93M unmanned target contract
Four firms get spots on a contract to help the Army research and develop unmanned aerial target systems.
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