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February 12, 2024
DHS Super Bowl cyber support, DOC RFI, IARPA new psych arm, New Akima president, AFRL SIETA RFI, Navy integrated dashboards
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February 12, 2024
QUICK HITS
NASDAQ-listed Chinese company threatens to sue US gov't: The warning arose over claims of its links with China's military.
Expect China to attack our infrastructure in the next three years: Top defense R&D leader says US needs to act decisively — and fast.
House, Senate committees push bills to reform federal tech: But it’s not clear if—or how—these bills may pass through Congress.
DISA says OCONUS pilot efforts going well: But the ultimate goal of participating pilots is 'still a ways off'.
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
Navy is building dashboards for its connect-everything effort.
As the U.S. Navy works to link its IT systems, it has hired a software company to create tools to keep sailors from drowning in data. Rebellion Defense just landed its first contract for Project Overmatch, the Navy’s largely secretive part of the Pentagon’s JADC2—that is, combined joint all-domain command and control—effort. Here’s the scoop on the hush-hush project. Read more
OP-ED — The homeland is not a sanctuary: The case for more integrated air defenses.
Three former senior NORAD officials argue we should be treating our homeland defense like theater defense: by preparing it for multi-tiered attacks that can arise at any given moment, thanks to a missile-based threat that's diversifying by the day. Read more
Air Force Secretary blasts Congress over its budget dysfunction.
After Congress unsurprisingly failed to pass a budget for this fiscal year, a visibly incensed Secretary Kendall took lawmakers to task and asserted that “There is a chance that Congress will never appropriate the ’24 budget. And I will have been in office for three-and-a-half years and never seen a dime of the money I need to be competitive with China. That’s a crime.” Read more
ICYMI:
CENTCOM confirms kill of Hezbollah commander who planned attacks on US forces.
RFI: AFRL posts updated version of its SIETE advanced research announcement.
Don't forget to sign up for this year's Tobyhanna Army Depot Industry Day, on August 13-15.
Defense Contract Awards
GDIT books $160M Army TO to provide training support services.
Chugach Technical Solutions secures $124M USN contract for shipboard tech production.
Northrop Grumman awarded $42M USN contract for engineering and sustainment support.
Three firms awarded $45M DLA IDIQ for joint light tactical vehicle parts.
Defense Job Openings
USAF seeks Deputy Director, Capability and Resource Integration Directorate.
The Marine Corps needs a new Executive Director.
Army Corps of Engineers seeks a new Chief of Staff.
NAVAIR is looking for a Director, Cost & Schedule Analysis.
CHART
INTEL COMMUNITY
IARPA has a new program to take aim at the psychology of cyber attackers.
IARPA launched its innovative Reimagining Security with Cyberpsychology-Informed Network Defenses (ReSCIND) program that, for the first time, takes aim at the psychology of cyber attackers. The goal of ReSCIND is to leverage attackers’ human limitations, such as innate decision-making biases and cognitive vulnerabilities, to disrupt their attacks. Read more
ICYMI:
Industry balks at proposed acquisition rules from FBI, DHS to bolster cyber defenses.
DIA delivers report on the Iranian arms that Houthi forces are using in Yemen.
Geospatial sector veteran joins Maxar Intelligence as CTO.
Develop DIA's weapons of mass destruction as a mad scientist (Chemist).
CIVILIAN
Super Bowl cyber support? DHS is making it a thing.
The DHS is "leveraging its significant technology assets and dedicated personnel" to things calm as the 49ers take on the Chiefs during Super Bowl LVIII, according to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who noted that "To be clear: there are no known, credible, specific threats to the Super Bowl or Las Vegas at this time — but we are vigilant, and we are prepared." Read more
USPS suffers $2B loss this fiscal quarter, but Postmaster General says agency's best days still 'in the future'.
Despite losses amounting to 2 billion dollars, US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy insists that his agency is on track to experience significant package and revenue growth, saying “I grow more confident in our ability to deliver to the nation a Postal Service whose best days are in the future.” Read more
ICYMI:
DOC Sources Sought: computer-assisted interviewing authoring software.
Telecom companies now have 7 days to alert authorities of discovered data breaches.
DHS's inventory of AI systems 'not accurate', says GAO.
1000s of vets exposed to Agent Orange now eligible for fast-track benefits.
Civilian Contracts Awards
DOC NOAA awards NetApp task to ThunderCat Technology.
Follow Civilian Leaders
Former Akima chief administrative officer promoted to president.
Former prez, CEO at MRO Innovators joins Chenega subsidiary as chief growth officer.
Federal Chief Data Officers Council appointed a new Vice Chair.
Civilian Job Openings
Forest Service seeks Director, Forest and Rangeland Management
DOE seeks Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab Site Office Manager.
The Sparks Group is looking for a new VP of BD.
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Is supporting Ukraine still in the nation's best interest?
As Congress once again addresses U.S. military aid to Ukraine, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs has reiterated that helping Ukraine defeat Russian aggression is still in the nation's best interest. Read more
Was terminating the FARA helo program the right call?
In this op-ed, one retired Army major general lays out why FARA had to go, what the path forward for the Army within armed attacks and aviation now appears to look like, and what the next steps are for Army aviation. Read more
Is Presidents Day truly a holiday for government employees?
Presidents Day: one of those pretty self-explanatory holidays that’s unequivocally devoted to honoring our present and former commanders-in-chief -- but is it also fair to consider Presidents Day a federal holiday for gov't employees? Read more
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