QUICK HITS
Alliant 3 awards: First round of 43 awards are announced.
GSA’s Feb 2026 OASIS+ Program Management Review: Emphasized the vehicle’s rapid growth, reinforced tighter compliance expectations.
FAA reopens comment period: Normalizing beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) ops for unmanned aircraft systems.
Newly renamed Administrative False Claims Act: Gives feds tool to pursue and recover money over false claims or written statements.
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
How commercial drones make the DOD’s “Blue USAS Select” list.
The Pentagon is testing commercial drones under its Drone Dominance Program to build a vetted Blue UAS Select list that meets military cybersecurity and supply-chain standards. So far, 29 drones have been approved, aiming to speed procurement of trusted systems and reduce reliance on risky foreign components.
New Army office aims to quickly develop and scale soldier ideas.
The Army has launched a new office called the Pathway for Innovation and Technology to move promising soldier-generated prototypes more quickly into formal acquisition programs and scaled production. The effort aims to cut bureaucracy and speed useful technologies from concept to the field.
DIU eyes first launch for its commercial hypersonic testbed.
The DIU plans its first launch of a commercially built hypersonic testbed later this month, pairing Rocket Lab’s HASTE rocket with Hypersonix’s scramjet vehicle to collect real-world flight data. The effort is part of a broader push to speed up and scale hypersonic testing for future Pentagon systems.
ICYMI:
AFRL RFI: National Research Network: Comms, Network Entry Solutions.
USAF RFI: Space Domain Awareness.
DOD is implementating a fully automated ICAM workflow.
NOC and Embraer pitch new tactical tanker concept to USAF.
DOD’s CTO and Anthropic brawl over military use of Claude AI.
Defense Contract Awards
Follow the Defense Leaders
Army PEO EIS has a new name, structure, and leadership team.
DOD DIU Director joins NightDragon as VP of BD, NatSec, and Defense.
Defense Job Openings
FUNNY
INTEL COMMUNITY
SpaceX unveils “Stargaze” system to revolutionize space traffic management.
SpaceX has unveiled Stargaze, a new space-situational-awareness system that uses observations from its Starlink constellation’s star trackers to monitor millions of orbital object transits daily and improve collision prediction and avoidance. The company plans to share low-latency conjunction data broadly with other operators in an effort to boost space traffic safety and address growing orbital congestion.
ICYMI:
Epstein was privately offered a chance to buy Pentagon and FBI buildings.
White House advances Global AI Export strategy.
USSF’s role in Iran, Venezuela raids fueling push for more resources.
DOS awarded spots on the $10B IDIQ EVOLVE program.
NRO expands commercial multi-phenomenology surveillance awards.
The USMC’s “Rainman” was named DIA’s new leader.
ODNI is looking for a Declassification Action Group Chief.
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CIVILIAN
VA doesn’t know how many calls it is answering or how long veterans are waiting to get through.
The VA is failing to track basic phone-line performance—like total calls answered, wait times and hang-up rates at most medical facilities—meaning roughly 1 million of 2.1 million veteran calls over a year weren’t measured, even for high-risk services like radiology and mental health, the inspector general warns.
Contract reviews continue at OMB.
The OMB is conducting a governmentwide review of IT contracts to cut waste and shift spending toward more strategic, commodity IT solutions while empowering chief information officers to be involved early in contract decisions. This effort builds on past contract scrutiny and reflects broader moves to tighten procurement and oversight across agencies.
ICYMI:
DHA RFI: Financial Planning and Analysis.
DHS RFI: Network Operations Security Center (NOSC) Network, Cloud, and Cyber Services (NCCS) 2.0.
SSA should better assess data-sharing costs as TREAS program saves millions.
NASA postpones manned moon mission after helium system failure.
Civilian Contracts Awards
Chugach booked a $11M USCG Command & Control Afloat Integration Support contract.
Delviom booked a $5M FPI UNICOR Info Security Engineer Services contract.
3T-Innovations wins $1M SBA ODA Genesys Cloud CX Licenses T.O.
Follow Civilian Leaders
FedCIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA.
CDC has a new Acting Director.
Akima named its BD VP.
Civilian Job Openings
DOJ is seeking an Office of Human Capital Director.
NSF is hiring a Deputy AIGA/Director IQR.
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
POTUS orders release of UFO files: President directs agencies to disclose records on extraterrestrial life. SOURCE↗︎
AI agents override security protocols: Emerging risks from ‘god‑like’ autonomous systems. SOURCE↗︎
USA men’s team wins hockey gold: Their wacky strategy worked, in a Miracle on Ice 2026 reboot! SOURCE↗︎
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