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Vendors keep up pressure on JEDI strategy
Several companies are coordinating their options to pressure DOD to back away from its single-award strategy for its massive JEDI cloud computing initiative.
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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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JEDI strategy due in early May
At a Senate hearing, top Defense officials told lawmakers that a justification for the Pentagon's cloud procurement strategy called for in a recent spending bill will be submitted before the final request for proposals hits the street.
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Protest against U.S. Transcom cloud contract withdrawn
A proposed sole-source task order with Amazon Web Services prompted the protest. It's still unclear how "the issues involved were resolved to Microsoft’s satisfaction."
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Navy awards $86.7M command and control contract
Scientific Research Corp. has won an $86.7 million contract to help the Navy install command and control systems.
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Bid protest delays DOD efforts to address traumatic brain injuries
The $24.9 million contract would cover critical IT management, development and support services for the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
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DOD CIO gets a seat at the table on Pentagon's cloud team
Acquisition chief Ellen Lord has been replaced as the chair of the group overseeing the massive cloud initiative known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure.
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Air Force awards $1 billion cloud deal
The Air Force this week awarded a $1 billion contract to a team comprised of Dell EMC, General Dynamics and Microsoft.
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Big names missing from $5B ADMC 3 contract
The Army received 58 bids for Army Desktop and Mobile Computing 3, which is their preferred vehicle for buying desktop, laptop and mobile computing devices as well as peripherals.
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Navy on cusp of releasing NGEN final solicitation
Navy says NGEN request for proposals will be out in a matter of days. Responses due July 13.
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Air Force selects 9 for NetCents II
Commercial products to be sold through the contract include networking equipment, servers and storage, peripherals, multimedia, software, and identity management/biometric hardware and associated software.
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Industry gets another chance to fine-tune Navy's NGEN
The Navy has released another draft solicitation for its $10 billion Next Generation Enterprise Network.
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Army picks 7 to compete for cloud support work
The Army moves foward with a cloud computing contract.
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Could invisible tanks be part of the battlefield of the future?
BAE Systems says its new Adaptiv technology can make a vehicle fade from sight in the infrared spectrum or make it look like something else entirely.
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Missile Defense Agency awards 9 task orders to contractor
Company's Sparta business unit wins a variety of work under Missile Defense Agency task orders.
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Navy releases RFIs for $14.5B NGEN program
The pair of RFIs focus on data centers and software-as-a-service with cost savings as an overriding theme.
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DISA to implement Oracle Financials
The Defense Information Systems Agency is gathering data on at least five task areas for the project.
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Defense agencies to receive intell support
Data Computer Corporation of America will help the Defense Department with several IT-related intell services.
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Lockheed took 'aggressive actions' against cyberattack
Despite the severity of the attack, Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department say that little damage was done.
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