The Defense Information Systems Agency has started soliciting white papers from industry stakeholders for a program that seeks to build a prototype centralized control plane for managing on-premises cloud assets, traditional virtualized platforms and host-connected tools. The DISA Hosting and Compute Center plans to award an other transaction author...

Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) will deliver broadband and midband capabilities to the U.S. Space Force under a potential 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The multiple-award contract covers the provision of the Iridium Certus L-band terminals and service to support the U.S. military’s effort to proliferate satell...

The government arm of global satellite operator SES has secured a potential five-year, $238.1 million blanket purchase agreement from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide low-latency, high-throughput satellite communications services for U.S. government users. SES Space & Defense will provide high-throughput, low-latency connectivit...

SandboxAQ, a spinoff of Google’s parent Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL), has booked an other transaction agreement from the Defense Information Systems Agency to develop a cryptographic technology prototype intended to protect against quantum computing-based security threats. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Deloitte will respectively offer DevSecOps and...

A new Deltek analysis shows that agencies under the Department of Defense spent $239 million on other transaction agreements for cybersecurity-related activities between fiscal year 2020 and fiscal 2022. After a spending growth of nearly 21 percent from FY 2020 to FY 2021, DOD components’ spending on cybersecurity efforts using OTAs rose by 59...

The Defense Information Systems Agency has begun soliciting proposals for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract worth potentially $116 million to help U.S. European Command and the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic manage information technology operations. In a solicitation notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov, DISA said ...

The Defense Information Systems Agency has posted a draft solicitation for a potential $116 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to address information technology requirements of the U.S. European Command and Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic. A presolicitation notice posted Wednesday states that USEUCOM and NIWC Atlantic...

John Sherman, chief information officer of the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, discussed how the Defense Information Systems Agency and its operations align with the National Defense Strategy and DOD’s strategic priorities during a fireside chat held Wednesday at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Sherman cited DISA’s wor...

Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce the 2023 Wash100 induction of Lieutenant General Robert Skinner, the dual-hatted director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and commander of Joint Force Headquarters of the Department of Defense Information Network. Skinner, a standout in this year’s crop of public sector Wash100 awardees, earn...

The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for an initial presentation to potential developers of a decision support tool for the Joint Electromagnetic Battle Management system. DISA is looking to award an other transaction agreement for the EMBM-J-DS prototype project through a three-phased acquisition process, according to a notic...