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Business
Govini founder arrested on child solicitation charges
The arrest of Eric Gillespie comes a month after the company secured a Bain Capital investment to expand its artificial intelligence tools to a wider landscape.
Business
Contractors fear retaliation if they try to recover shutdown costs
Companies do have legal rights to recoup their losses, but their attorneys say they fear reprisal by the Trump administration.
Science & Tech
As drones proliferate, the Army wants AI to help with air operations
A request for information seeks "fight tonight" tools plus longer-term ideas to ease the burden on commanders.
Business
Missile Defense Agency preps $151B contract vehicle for Golden Dome
MDA previewed a draft solicitation for work on the ambitious missile-defense system.
Policy
Ethics concerns surround Musk's dual role as defense CEO, federal employee
The SpaceX leader's DOGE work may violate criminal conflict-of-interest statutes, one ethics expert said.
Policy
CMMC's final rule has now landed
Several other regulatory steps and Congress' 60-day period to review the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard still loom before it takes effect.
Business
Air Force merges ICBM program management offices
The new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate will handle work on the decades-old Minuteman III and the wildly over-budget Sentinel.
Business
How GAO told the Air Force to redo $12B systems integration contract
The dispute over a Sentinel program integration support contract intensifies as BAE Systems and Guidehouse battle for the award, further adding to the Air Force's nuclear missile modernization woes.
Policy
Inside Space Force's budget priorities and spending patterns
In the past 12 months, the youngest service has awarded contracts worth an estimated $11.9 billion.
Policy
Expect new cybersecurity rule in September, DOD tells contractors
The White House appears ready to review the proposed cybersecurity standard for defense companies.
Defense Systems
Progress made in protest for Army's cyber range
The Army is inching closer to resolving a couple protests of its $2.4 billion cyber range support contract, which is welcome news for ManTech.
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Defense Systems
DARPA-funded fabric protects against chemical, biologic threats
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing new fabrics and protective equipment that can reduce the risk of chemical and biological threats to service members and responders.
Defense Systems
AFWERX invests in 5G-enabled IoT security
The Air Force’s innovation arm has awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract to Phosphorus Cybersecurity to help build a scalable security infrastructure to support 5G-enabled IoT devices.
Defense Systems
John Garing, former Air Force and DISA exec, dies at 78
The winner of partner site GCN's Hall of Fame award in 2010, Garing continued his government IT career with Suss Consulting and Vion Corp.
Defense Systems
Court denies Perspecta's NGEN protest
Perspecta has held the Next General Enterprise Network contract for 20 years, dating back to when one of its legacy business in EDS won the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract in 2000.
Defense Systems
DARPA scouting for ‘revolutionary’ ideas
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for unconventional approaches that challenge conventional wisdom and have the potential to radically change established practices.
Defense Systems
DISA plans single award for $11.7B IT contract
The Defense Information Services Agency expects to release the solicitation for a potential 10-year, $11.7 billion IT support contract by the end of September with an award expected in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2021.
Defense Systems
DISA plans single award for $11.7B IT contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is working on the solicitation for an $11.7 IT support contract and as things currently stand, there will be one winner.
Defense Systems
JEDI may be Microsoft's key to global government market
JEDI is a huge contract on its own, but Microsoft also apparently sees its win of the Defense Department's cloud infrastructure contract as a launching pad for similar projects with international governments.
Defense Systems
Perspecta's NGEN protest denied
The Government Accountability Office has denied Perspecta’s challenge of the $7.7 billion Navy NGEN award that went to Leidos.
