AI-enabled watch towers set to proliferate along the border
GDIT pitches autonomous station with better sensors, more computing power. The Department of Homeland Security plans to install AI upgrades in 148 of its uncrewed camera towers on the U.S. border this year, and to add another 50 next-generation ones. On Wednesday, GDIT unveiled its pitch for the job: the Relocatable Autonomous Surveillance Tower. GDIT, which […]
What the Anthropic-DOD breakup teaches government contractors
The warning signs were surely there long before the public feud, and versions of this conflict play out in GovCon every year, writes BD expert Nic Coppings. The artificial intelligence model shaping how defense contractors work couldn’t save its own contract. That’s the uncomfortable truth at the center of the Anthropic–Pentagon collapse. A $200 million contract. […]
BTMS grows contract portfolio with Integrity acquisition
BTMS is also using the transaction to expand its cybersecurity and data science offerings. BTMS has made an acquisition to add more defense, security and mission support services. The addition of Integrity Consulting Engineering & Security Solutions adds operational lines of work to BTMS’ offerings in cybersecurity, data science, analytics, and software engineering. Financial terms of the […]
Booz Allen’s venture arm goes across the pond for its newest investment
U.K.-headquartered Hadean focuses on digital wargaming and command-and-control tools for training and simulation initiatives. Booz Allen Hamilton’s venture capital arm for backing startup technology companies has made its first investment outside of the U.S., but still one with an eye toward opportunities in the government market here. Hadean is headquartered in the U.K., London to be […]
NASA seeks extension of SEWP V to Sept. 30
The agency says it needs more time to finish evaluations as well as resolve protests at GAO. Faced with several bid protests and an extremely large number of proposals, NASA is asking for authorization to extend SEWP V a few more months until the end of the fiscal year. Currently, SEWP V expires on April 30 […]
INDOPACOM was all in on Anthropic. Now it’s working to adjust
The administration’s government-wide ban on the company’s AI tools has forced the command to work faster to be “model-neutral.” HONOLULU—“What happens when you concentrate on one [AI] model and all of a sudden that model isn’t available to you?” That’s the reality that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is living right now, its resources and requirements director said […]
IRS starts fast on its search for new business intelligence platform
Interested parties have one more day to respond to this sources sought notice from the tax agency, which is looking to upgrade software it uses to follow the U.S. corporate sector. The Internal Revenue Service has embarked on its search for a new software platform to use in collecting, researching and validating information on corporate and […]
SEWP’s long-tenured leader is calling it a career
Before leaving government, Joanne Woytek is giving herself enough time to see the popular IT contract’s next iteration through protests and into launch. Joanne Woytek, the long-time leader of arguably the most successful procurement program in history, penned a 52-word LinkedIn post to announce she is calling it a career. But that is not a complete […]
With new ‘VIA’ strategy, General Dynamics IT evolves how it will pursue growth
The company is deepening its technology investments and increasing its focus on partnerships and delivery. As GDIT’s president tells us, this is more of an evolutionary than a reactionary move. General Dynamics IT has booked $18.3 billion in new business and recompete awards since launching its technology investment strategy in 2023, which included creating several digital accelerators. Following […]
Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders
The company asserts that the administration’s actions to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk and order its removal from all federal agencies are retaliatory and not based on risk to national security. In the wake of Anthropic being blacklisted by the federal government, the company has filed a sweeping lawsuit against over a dozen federal […]