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Garland Garris of Accenture Federal Services said in a recent column that his company is already working with multiple federal government agencies to help bolster their defenses against cryptographic threats posed by quantum computing. In an opinion column posted Wednesday on LinkedIn, Garris, who serves as quantum lead at AFS, described the technology as a […] More
The U.S. Army Futures Command Futures and Concepts Center has awarded RTX business Raytheon a contract to help conduct experiments with the aim of analyzing and assessing concepts of operations for a multi-domain conflict. RTX said Wednesday that a team from Raytheon will help with the effort by developing large-scale theater scenarios using a modeling […] More
Doug Magee, president of the government services group at Day & Zimmermann, said in a recent video that his organization continues to focus on supporting U.S. government customers amid an evolving global threat landscape. To address those threats, advances in technology are needed, as well as investments in the military and support for the diplomatic […] More
Leidos has won a $51.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide support for the North American Aerospace Defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex-Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment system. The Department of Defense said Monday that, under the contract, Leidos will work to enhance the missile warning capabilities of the Combatant Commanders […] More
Hiring the right talent and eliminating bureaucracy are keys to building a culture of security awareness across one’s organization, which, in turn, is critical to the effective adoption of the continuous Authority to Operate model, according to Rise8 founder and CEO Bryon Kroger. “Traditional ATOs require a point-in-time check of security controls that can take […] More
The Defense Health Agency has awarded Strategic Communications a $22.9 million firm-fixed-price delivery order for the procurement of Amazon Web Services commercial cloud environments. The DHA relies on AWS cloud environments for the hosting of applications used by organizations within the agency as well as agency mission partners, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The […] More
L3Harris Technologies has conducted a preliminary design review of a prototype electronic warfare system meant to protect U.S. Navy F-18 fighter aircraft. Work on the prototype is being carried out under an $80 million Navy contract, with prototype system integration lab testing being eyed for summer, L3Harris said Tuesday. The upcoming system would be the […] More
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has released the first part of “Governing in the Age of AI: The Leader’s Guide to Artificial-Intelligence Technical Strategy,” which it had co-authored with technology company SandboxAQ. The purpose of the guide is to help governments make the most of artificial intelligence and achieve AI-related goals, SandboxAQ said […] More
Amazon is investing over $100 billion over the next ten years on data centers with the ultimate aim of taking advantage of growing demand for artificial intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. AI requires the computational power offered by the cloud and so is expected to drive demand for cloud services. Amazon projects AI […] More
Amazon Web Services Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector Dave Levy said in a recent interview that although federal agencies are in the early stages of adopting generative artificial intelligence, a period of breakthroughs is coming that will see an acceleration in the technology’s use, FedScoop reported Friday. The 2024 Wash100 awardee told the publication […] More
The FBI has awarded ECS, the federal government segment of IT services provider ASGN, a spot on the Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation multiple-award contract vehicle. ITSSS-2, which features a maximum value of $8 billion and a potential period of performance of eight years, will be used by the FBI and other […] More
General Dynamics Mission Systems earlier this year demonstrated a space-based virtual receiver processor with a maturity of technology readiness level 9. The demonstration was carried out on-orbit on an electronically steerable antenna payload provided by Lockheed Martin, GDMS said Thursday. The VRP works to deliver multiple waveform-agnostic receivers in a single component and provides channels […] More
