NATO seeks custom software tool to test cryptographic standards compliance
The alliance wants cost estimates for conformance testing tool as part of efforts to standardize key management across member nations. NATO wants to buy software tools that can validate whether cryptography systems are meeting a new set of standards. The new tool will be a custom-software build, but NATO is requiring the developer not use a […]
T4NG2 protest case to continue as companies meet court deadlines
A new set of complaints and motions for judgment have been filed regarding the $60 billion Veterans Affairs Department IT vehicle. The protest case surrounding the T4NG2 contract vehicle will continue at least through the summer with two companies filing amended complaints. Both of the new complaints from Vision Tech Group and T4NG2 JV LLC are […]
OMB draft memo sets agency and vendor quantum security standards
The Office of Management and Budget is drafting a new memorandum to outline steps for the federal government’s migration to a post-quantum cryptographic standard. The Office of Management and Budget has drafted a memorandum that directs federal agencies to fully migrate to a post-quantum cryptographic standard, according to a person familiar with the matter and a […]
Firefly files for initial public offering
The eight-year-old maker of launch vehicles and other spacecraft gives a deeper look at its business for the first time, as is required before the listing completes. Firefly Aerospace, the space transportation startup that successfully landed on the Moon in the spring, has filed for an initial public offering that it plans to achieve sometime later […]
Pentagon awards multiple companies $200M contracts for AI tools
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI will compete for task orders under a new DOD vehicle focused on national security challenges. The Defense Department’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office on Monday awarded four tech companies individual contracts valued at up to $200 million to provide advanced AI capabilities to address national security challenges. The awards were […]
WT 360: Adaptation is essential for companies to thrive in today’s market
Aaron Myers, a managing director at Nextfed, goes over how government contractors should balance change with staying true to themselves in a customer landscape full of demands to do business differently than before. Companies in the government market have to make big “Sliding Doors”-type decisions all the time on which paths to choose for themselves […]