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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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Army focused on risk management framework
The service's acting cyber director discusses how the service is adapting the Defense Department’s RMF guidance to fit its operational needs.
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DOD CIO: Military needs more than one cloud
Dana Deasy told Congress at a FITARA hearing that when it comes to cloud, "there is no such thing as one solution."
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NDAA clears House with fourth-estate cuts intact
The $717 billion 2019 National Defense Authorization Act sailed through the House.
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DOD tightens rules on personal mobile devices
Under a new policy, Defense employees and contractors are restricted from bringing their personal mobile devices into secure areas designated for processing, handling and discussion of classified information.
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Army awards $95M data collection contract
Vencore wins contract to collect data on certain models of Army aviation equipment and ground systems.
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Deasy discusses DOD cloud considerations
Newly sworn-in CIO Dana Deasy discussed the need for a "world class" cloud environment to open up the Department of Defense to new capabilities.
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Digging into DISA's DEOS contract
DISA leaders said the Defense Department's multibillion dollar business solutions contract will be "a constantly evolving service."
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Army hits speed bumps in JRSS migration
Latency and other performance quality issues with applications in the joint regional security stacks have caused DISA and the Army to rework the migration timeline.
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Navy awards $88M R&D contract
Booz Allen Hamilton wins an $88.3 million contract to help research and develop technologies across multiple domains.
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Army Corps of Engineers.awards $239M IT support task order
Leidos takes in a $239.5 million task order to support the Corps' overall IT environment of the Army Corps of Engineers.
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DISA discusses next steps for CAC replacement, Encore III
The common access card is on its way out, and its prototype replacements could be in some users' hands by this summer.
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JEDI report to Congress stresses need for speed, standardization
The report criticizes the proliferation of more than 500 cloud acquisition and migration efforts as being "reminiscent of DOD's current legacy information technology environment, which is not optimized for the 21st century."
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DOD's new health record system isn't suitable for use
MHS Genesis, the $3.4 billion commercial health record system being installed across the Department of Defense, was found to be operationally ineffective and unsuitable in a scathing internal oversight report.
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Navy awards $653M Microsoft license deal
Government IT reseller Insight Public Sector wins a $653.2 million blanket purchase agreement to supply Microsoft brand-name software licenses and cloud computing tools to the Department of the Navy.
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NDAA markup keeps DISA cuts, ups cyber funding
As members of the House Armed Services Committee debated late into the night marking up the defense bill, the chairman pushed back on attempts to undo plans to examine combining or eliminating Pentagon back office functions.
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DISA plans to shutter St. Louis data center
DISA will close or limit operations at four of its data centers around the world as a result of its Computing Ecosystem optimization initiative.
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Army seeks 'synthetic training environment'
Plan would combine current live, virtual, constructive and gaming training environments into one common environment.
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