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February 7, 2024
8.4B PACTS III RFP, CBRE 1.05B buy, Thoma Bravo buys Everbridge for 1.5B, UFO records at NARA, NORTHCOM new leader, robot wingmen vs China
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February 07, 2024
QUICK HITS
An increase in satellites: How will it affect “spying” from space?
Internet and cloud capabilities in space: It’s good for commercial and federal enterprises.
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DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
Robot wingmen vs. China: What a thing tank’s wargame revealed about a key USAF concept.
The USAF still needs to figure out the “right tradeoffs” to balance cost and capability for its future family of drones, a prominent airpower think tank says after testing how a mix of unmanned and manned aircraft would fare in a fight with China. Read More
Advisory board wants data rights "enshrined" for all Pentagon contracts.
The Defense Innovation Board wants Congress to require all Pentagon contracts to obtain data rights from the vendor. They believe that the National Defense Authorization Act proposal is the first step to deal with the department’s wider data access problems. Read more
Pentagon announces setback for Jam-resistant GPS ground system.
The persistent delays in delivering the GPS M-Code signal and military users’ lack of access to modern GPS increases the chances of the U.S. and its allied warfighters failing in operations in future hostile environments. New delay says the new ground system won’t be ready until July 2025. Read more
ICYMI:
Hicks emphasizes homeland attack prevention, applauds NORTHCOM’s important work, welcomes new leader (see below).
$118B national security supplemental spending bill faces obstacles in Congress.
AI Bias Bounty Exercise launched by DOD.
RFI: NECC needs contractor support services for the processing and management of A&A.
Defense Contract Awards
$500 million Navy Supply Chain Recompete won by ASRC Federal.
Parsons Government Services Inc. bags a $77M USCYBERCOM C4CD Support contract.
$307.2 million U.S. Army Software Development Support contract awarded to Shock Stream Phoenix Ventures.
Follow the Defense Leaders
Air Force General becomes NORTHCOM’s new leader.
CYBERCOM Deputy is now the new boss at USCYBERCOM & NSA.
SAF/AQ Deputy Assistant Secretary chosen as AFSC’s new Executive Director.
B-2 Program Manager tapped by Northrop Grumman for the Aerospace Structures VP position.
Defense Job Openings
The OSD is looking for a Deputy Director for Defense Intelligence.
Bureau of Naval Personnel needs a Director of Stem Activities.
DCSA is hiring a Supervisory Program Manager.
USACE is seeking a Program Manager.
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INTEL COMMUNITY
FBI thwarts Chinese Cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure.
The FBI has shut down the China-backed Volt Typhoon that was planning to target U.S. cyber systems. The FBI collaborated with its partners to execute a court-authorized, online action to stop the group. Read more
Trial Guide: The Sept 11 case at Guantanamo Bay.
Five men are facing charges in the United States military tribunal at Guantánamo Bay of aiding the 19 men who hijacked passenger planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001. Four are being tried jointly, and the other had his case separated because he was found mentally incompetent to face trial and had his case severed from the others. Read more
ICYMI:
Former CIA analyst is now the CTO of Canoe Intelligence.
Paul Nakasone honored with INSA’s 2024 William Oliver Baker Award.
CIVILIAN
DHS PACTSIII IDIQ RFQ contracts worth billions has been released.
The three-year IDIQ offers administrative, program management, technical, clerical, and engineering commercial services and solutions that help the DHS achieve its mission goals. There’s an $8.4B ceiling. Read More
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VA officials: Automated contracts, built-in security, can enhance cyber protection for agencies.
To improve their cyber defense, agencies need to update their outdated technologies and make sure that their vendor contracts follow stricter security rules. The VA oversees “34% of IT assets across the entire federal civilian space” and heavily relies on the CISA “to inform our enterprise cybersecurity implementation.” Read more
NARA tees up new rules for UFO records.
Congress wants to know what agencies know about UFOs, and, under a new law, agencies have to tell them. New records management provisions included in the recently enacted 2024 defense policy bill require federal agencies to organize and tag records related to UAP. A new, central collection of UAP records will be housed at NARA. Read more
ICYMI:
XR Mental Health App to be developed by the VA for veterans.
Rising demand for online VA care due to easy access to appointments.
Carahsoft to serve as Fortra’s public sector distributor in new partnership.
The SEC adopted two rules that mandate market players with certain dealer roles to register as members of an SRO.
Coast Guard’s reliance on outdated housing prices makes life harder for personnel.
Civilian Contracts Awards
$809M NIH Survey Support recompete bagged by Westat.
NASA’s $641M Cloud Services contract was given to Four Points Technology.
COFORMA, an 8(a) SDVOSB won a $19M CMS Medicaid Data Collection Tool support contract.
Deloitte won a $26M IRS OCIO IOLA Delivery 4 Support Services contract.
Follow Civilian Leaders
Leidos’ Government Health and Safety Solutions CTO tapped to be its Capability Integration Health and Civil Sector CTO.
Amida has selected a new CGO, Service Delivery VP & General Manager.
ViaTrie BDA is now Infotrend’s Assistant VP of Proposals and Growth Strategy.
Pantheon Integrated Solution’s SVP was promoted to President.
Civilian Job Openings
Office of Labor-Management Standards is looking for a Regional Director.
Treasury needs a Director of Cyber Policy Preparedness and Response.
ODNI is hiring an SITD Division Chief.
AO is seeking a Deputy Procurement Executive.
M&A CORNER
CBRE acquires J&J World Services from ACP.
J&J World Services, an engineering services provider, will be acquired by CBRE in a $1.05 billion deal with Arlington Capital Partners. This acquisition will allow J&J to build and broaden the services they offer to their military clients across the globe. Read More
Everbridge to be acquired by Thoma Bravo.
Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire Everbridge for $1.5 billion. The acquisition is expected to boost the company’s growth amid growing global challenges and heightened demand for public safety and operational continuity. Read More
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Can fission reactors be delivered to our lunar bases?
Power is needed for survival if people were to live on the moon. The goal is to design ideas for a compact nuclear fission device that can power up the moon’s surface. To provide lunar settlements with energy, NASA started the Fission Surface Power Project. Will NASA accomplish its goal? Read more
How does activating long Noncoding RNA in mice affect their spatial learning?
People & animals need to learn the spatial features of an unfamiliar place. Although the brain mechanisms behind this learning are still unclear, scientists discovered that a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) can regulate mice's spatial learning in new environments. Can their findings shed light on the connection of lncRNA to creating a mental representation of a place? Read more
Is the secret to making memories in fatty acids?
The changes in the brain’s fatty acid composition when memory is encoded by the neurons were recently discovered. Mice were used to study how free fatty acids affect memory creation. Will the new findings be able to help cure Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases? Read more
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