The Department of Defense introduced its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, in early 2022, out of a dissatisfaction with the progress made by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, known as the JAIC. In the two and a half years since the CDAO’s establishment, though, how much progress has the Pentagon made with...
The Department of Defense has issued the final rule for a certification program that seeks to verify whether defense contractors comply with existing cybersecurity protections for federal contract information and controlled unclassified information. DOD said Friday the final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is expected...
Tim Gramp, an information technology professional with 25 years of experience in technology services development and management, has been appointed chief technology officer at EXPANSIA. Gramp will be responsible for guiding EXPANSIA’s technology and innovation strategy focusing on enhancing the readiness of its Department of Defense ...
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office wants small businesses to get a piece of a 10-year, $15 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract supporting Advana, the Department of Defense’s enterprise-wide data analytics platform. Announced at an industry day in September, the plans to bring small businesses ...
Tecolote Research has secured a U.S. Space Force contract worth $148.1 million to provide acquisition and financial consulting support and related services for Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space programs. The Department of Defense said Wednesday SSC conducted a competitive procurement process for the firm-fixed-price contract with one...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has secured two U.S. Navy contract modifications valued at approximately $1.2 billion combined to provide materials to support the construction of Block V and VI Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines. Contract Action for Block V Submarines The Department of Defense said Tuesday a potential $878 mil...
Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton on Friday officially assumed the role of director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network, or JFHQ-DODIN, DISA reported. He succeeded Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, who took the helm at DISA and JFHQ-DODIN in 2021. During the ceremonia...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received two U.S. Navy awards worth approximately $620.6 million combined to continue providing lead yard support services and initial spares for the military branch’s Virginia-class submarines. Contract Modification for Lead Yard Support The Department of Defense said Friday a potential $376.8 mill...
Gen. Randall Reed, former deputy commander of Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, took over the leadership of U.S. Transportation Command from Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient. TRANSCOM said Friday Reed is the 15th commander of the unified functional combatant command that supports the military services, the rest o...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a.k.a. NATO, the post-World War II alliance between the U.S. and 31 other nations, has been steadily honing its focus on the space domain over the last decade or so. Its first piece of policy on space came in 2012, though it was another seven years until the organization followed...
