April 11, 2025

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• Maritime Action Plan: POTUS signed an E.O. directing multiple departments to create a unified plan to strengthen the shipbuilding industry.

• Hey DOGE! Make procurement competitive again: Reforms can help enhance competition, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.

• [Listen] CDC director’s strategic vision: Using data to advance a faster, smarter public health response.

• Investing in quantum technology: 3 bills aim to build quantum tech; the Defense Quantum Acceleration Act would ask DOD to develop a strategic plan.

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DEFENSE & AEROSPACE

DARPA expands quantum ambitions with 15-company team.

DARPA’s quantum ambitions just leveled up. Under its Quantum Benchmarking program, the agency tapped 15 companies to help scale prototype quantum computers that can outperform classical machines. If successful, it’s one quantum leap for computing—one giant step for federal tech.

White House order targets faster arms sales, less red tape.

A new E.O. aims to streamline the sale of weapons to foreign customers by cutting bureaucratic hurdles and boosting transparency. The initiative seeks to enhance U.S. competitiveness, strengthen alliances, and ensure timely delivery of defense technologies.

F-35 program clarifies trillion-dollar cost projection.

For months, the F-35 has carried a hefty price tag: $2.1 trillion. That’s the updated estimate for the program’s costs—a figure that’s made headlines again and again. Now, the F-35 Joint Program Office is offering context, issuing a clarification to explain the reason behind the number.

ICYMI:

• MDA RFP: IT Operations & Engineering Solutions.

• Space Force set to finalize its strategy for global partnerships.

• DCAA unveils comprehensive reorganization plan to enhance operations.

• POTUS says to prepare major acquisition programs for possible cancellation.

Defense Contract Awards

• Army announces winners of $7B construction contract.

• Stracon inked a $110.6M NAVAIR PMA 299 PM Support Services deal.

• CACI booked a $66M USN NSWC Support Services contract.

• Raft secured a $50M USAF Cloud CITI Kessel Run Support Services deal.

Follow the Defense Leaders

• Rancher Government Solutions welcomed its new CEO.

• BWXT named its new Global Applications, IT Quality VP.

Defense Job Openings

• NAVSEA wants a Manager.

• Military Sealift Command needs a Supervisory Program Manager.

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INTEL COMMUNITY

NRO expands satellite constellation.

The NRO is ramping up its space game, launching multiple payloads this month to build out its proliferated constellation. It’s part of a classified but rapidly growing effort to boost resilience and real-time intel from orbit.

Treasury breach exposes sensitive banking info in cyberattack.

A recent cyberattack on the Treasury Department compromised emails containing sensitive banking data. While officials say the damage was limited, hackers still walked away with financial intel that shouldn’t have left the inbox. The breach highlights growing concerns around federal cybersecurity posture—again.

ICYMI:

• NGA RFP: Collection Orchestration Decision Engine (CODE) CSO.

• NRO and Space Force near completion of a commercial ISR agreement.

• 5 contractors win spots on the $399M USSOCOM USNSWC logistics contract.

• EMCA booked a $290M NGA Luno A Commercial Imagery Analysis deal.

CIVILIAN

NASA and NOAA plan to seek satellite instruments from industry.

U.S. space weather researchers plan to collaborate with industry this year to develop two space-based instruments for monitoring solar activity that poses risks to RF, microwave systems, satellite communications, and navigation.

GAO determines the use of noncompetitive procedures is not without limits.

Most procurement protests focus on rules for competitive processes, which agencies can bypass in certain situations. GAO recently issued a decision emphasizing that such noncompetitive authority is not without boundaries.

House committee advances blockchain bill for federal use.

With a little help from the Commerce Department, a new House bill aims to nudge federal agencies toward blockchain adoption. The bipartisan legislation would create a working group to explore use cases like supply chain tracking and data security.

ICYMI:

• CBP RFI: HRM Relocation Resources Website/App Development.

• NASA Sources Sought: Commercial LEO Destination Contract.

• DOI will utilize RPA for contract closeouts; shared list released.

• GAO seeks 15% budget hike for FY 2026 for staffing, fraud, cyber work.

• OMB expands on the best ways agencies should buy AI.

Civilian Contracts Awards

• Parsons booked a $24M Naval Medical Research Command Biodefense deal.

• AlphaSix won a $4.8M BEP Treasury Elastic Enterprise contract.

• Jazz Solutions secured a $4.4M ED Federal Enterprise Lifecycle Platform deal.

• NHV inked a $1.4M DOI Information Technology Support Services contract.

Follow Civilian Leaders

• Trellix appointed new executives.

• Patel removed from ATF; Army Secretary asked to step in as Acting Director.

Civilian Job Openings

• DOJ is hiring an Administrative Officer.

• CBP is seeking a Program Manager.

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SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿

1. Amazon plans to produce "tens of millions" of Kuiper satellite dishes. Can it compete with Starlink? SOURCE↗︎ 

2. UK organizations are scaling back digital projects. State-sponsored cyberattacks and geopolitical tensions are driving the change. SOURCE↗︎

3. Court doc discloses locations of WhatsApp victims targeted by NSO spyware. The operation targeted 1,223 users across 51 countries. SOURCE↗︎

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$110 billion — This arms deal was announced during President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017, and included letters of intent for Saudi Arabia to purchase arms totaling $110 billion immediately, with a potential total of $350 billion over ten years.