Pentagon halts $15B Advana recompete draft solicitation
DOD was previously looking to bring in new vendors to support its Advana data-analytics platform through a potential 10-year, $15 billion Advancing Artificial Intelligence Multiple Award Contract. The Pentagon on Wednesday abruptly canceled a draft solicitation to compete its Advana platform, the enterprise data and analytics system run by the department’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence […]
SES closes $3.1B acquisition of Intelsat
The completion of the move also brings a new CEO for the government business, who is staying with the organization after being in the same role for Intelsat. Fifteen months after announcing their plans, SES has closed its $3.1 billion acquisition of Intelsat and appointed David Broadbent as CEO for the combined company’s U.S. government subsidiary. SES Space […]
Navy chooses 7 for $240M training support contract
Awardees will aid the Navy’s largest shore command, which bases 24,000 uniformed and civilian personnel around the world. Seven companies have won positions on a potential five-and-a-half year, $240 million contract to provide products and services to support the Navy’s training programs. Navy officials received 31 bids in total for the contract that covers an initial five-year […]
GovCIO to acquire Iron Bow’s telehealth subsidiary
GovCIO will inherit a $1.4 billion Veterans Affairs Department contract and has plans for further software and artificial intelligence investments in that program. GovCIO has agreed to acquire a subsidiary of Iron Bow Technologies that helps the Veterans Affairs Department run a telehealth program serving approximately 4 million constituents. SoldierPoint Digital Health is the prime contractor […]
Trump signs 3 executive orders to advance AI
The orders mirror tenants outlined in the administration’s National AI Action Plan released earlier Wednesday. President Donald Trump signed three new executive orders on Wednesday evening, praising the current U.S. artificial intelligence landscape while pledging to leverage federal power to make the country an “AI export powerhouse.” Taken together, the three executive orders — signed just […]