Jane Edwards

The Social Security Administration has issued a solicitation for a potential five-year contract for information technology services to modernize an insurance program for the elderly, people with disabilities, blind and disadvantaged children, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The Enterprise Small Business IT Support Services contract covers task areas in support of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Oct. 18 in Arlington, Va., to provide information on a program that seeks to introduce human common sense reasoning and knowledge into artificial intelligence-based machines. “The absence of common sense prevents an intelligent system from understanding its world, communicating naturally with people, behaving reasonably […] More

Mitre will continue to operate a federally funded research and development center for the Treasury Department through 2023 under a contract extension. The Center for Enterprise Modernization FFRDC helps the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies at the Treasury meet mission-critical requirements by providing data-driven analysis, integration, systems engineering and decision support, Mitre said Wednesday. “Mitre […] More

Raytheon and Rheinmetall’s defense business have partnered to offer an optionally manned platform for the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle program. The industry team plans to propose the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the service’s NGCV program that seeks to replace the Bradley combat vehicle, Raytheon said Monday. Army Futures Command has made NGCV one […] More