Why some organizations accelerate while others stall
Under the Pentagon’s new Portfolio Acquisition Executive model, success depends on relationship intelligence and workforce capability—not just technical prowess, writes BD and capture expert Nic Coppings. This is part 2 of three part series on the Defense Department’s shift to a Portfolio Acquisition Executive structure. Read part 1 here. Every contractor will soon be subject to […]
Recordings prove DIA wrong in $814M intelligence contract protest
The Defense Intelligence Agency could not support its evaluation findings that dinged SOS International and Amentum. Two protesters leaned on recordings of oral presentations to convince the Government Accountability Office that they were treated unfairly in the competition for an $814 million analytical support contract. General Dynamics IT won the contract with U.S. Central Command to […]
Knexus gets DC Capital’s backing
The 20-year-old company is looking to further scale its capacity for producing enterprise artificial intelligence offerings and shorten the time from development to fielding. Knexus, a provider of enterprise artificial intelligence technologies for government agencies, has sold a majority stake of the company to private equity firm DC Capital Partners. Founded in 2006, Knexus carries out […]
New Pentagon science-and-innovation board arrives as administration cuts research funding
Even as department leaders work to fast-track new tech, the administration is slashing funding that supports and secures innovation. The Pentagon’s new Science, Technology, and Innovation Board—a merger of the decade-old Defense Innovation Board and the 70-year-old Defense Science Board—is meant to “streamline” the department’s approach to the hardest technological and scientific national-security challenges. But it comes on […]
White House cyber shop is crafting AI security policy framework, top official says
ONCD chief Sean Cairncross also said a bedrock National Cyber Strategy, initially expected last month, is coming “sooner rather than later” without specifying a date. The White House Office of the National Cyber Director is developing an AI security policy framework to bolt security measures into U.S-led AI tech stacks, the office’s top official said Tuesday. […]