Army unveils first sketch of commercial tech contract for test, evaluation
Army officials are currently looking at separate product and services pools for this multiple-award vehicle. The Army has started its process of creating a new multiple-award contract vehicle that would function as a pathway for rapidly acquiring commercial technologies and services to aid in test and evaluation efforts. Currently being called Orchestra, Army officials are envisioning […]
Navy preps science-and-tech strategy built for speed and focus
Two service leaders in technology development spoke at the Defense One Tech Summit. A new Navy science-and-tech strategy will push technology to the fleet faster and concentrate limited research funds on problems that industry won’t solve on its own, the service’s research chief said Tuesday. The Office of Naval Research strategy, called “Feed S&T at Speed to […]
Jim Flyzik helped transform government IT from back-office function to mission enabler
The former Treasury chief information officer and early federal IT leader died June 4 at age 72. The federal government went through tremendous changes in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Clinton Administration’s National Partnership for Reinventing Government to streamline processes and cut bureaucracy was one of them. Then there was the Y2K threat and […]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT to debut on GenAI.mil in ‘early July’
The company is working closely with the Pentagon’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office to deliver more model access via GenAI.mil. Speaking during the Defense One Tech Summit in Virginia on Tuesday, Mohammed Husain — the Strategic Delivery Lead for Cyber at OpenAI — said the company is poised in early July to unveil its flagship chatbot […]
US counterintelligence agency looks to AI to accelerate background checks
A Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official says advanced AI can cut parts of the vetting process from months to hours. The nation’s largest counterintelligence unit aims to use artificial intelligence tools to speed security clearance reviews for people and companies seeking to do sensitive work on behalf of the government. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security […]
DISA starts to craft $850M Army-focused cyber recompete
The Defense Information Systems Agency wants to hear from companies with experience in large-scale cyber initiatives and Zero Trust architectures. The Defense Information Systems Agency has started its work to create the recompete of an Army-focused cybersecurity and modernization contract that prioritizes the protection of network endpoints. DISA is working with the Army on setting up […]
Empower AI books $255M DISA enterprise IT recompete
The Defense Information Systems Agency is emphasizing targeted automation for the next cycle of this progra. Empower AI has secured a potential five-year, $255.4 million task order that extends its role as a primary provider of enterprise IT service delivery support to the Defense Information Systems Agency. DISA’s J6 organization is responsible for providing IT products, […]
Shaped charges from coffee grounds? Pentagon science chief describes future of war
Joseph Jewell sees AI, biotech, new ways of production, as key to military capability. When the Pentagon’s science and technology chief looks at Ukraine, he sees a war fought with weapons invented, produced, and fielded since the conflict erupted. “The fact that you can bring relevant capability to the fight, as the Ukrainians and allies have […]
Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model
Over 30 industry and academic professionals signed a letter to the Trump administration asking it to lift export controls, citing international competition and patches to network vulnerabilities. Signatories across industry, academia and expert groups issued a public letter Monday asking the Trump administration to roll back new restrictions imposed on Anthropic’s Fable 5 model. Featured on […]
GALT Aerospace acquires electronic product maker
This is GALT’s first acquisition with the support of Godspeed Capital and adds a manufacturing facility that is intended to be the centerpiece for tech innovation and transition efforts. GALT Aerospace has acquired a maker of defense electronics products to push further into the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aspects in military technology development. North Star Scientific […]