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July 22, 2024
IRS Agile Software Dev RFI, Collective agility is a thing, DOD holding F-35 payments, Cellebrite acquires Cyber Technology Srvcs, Secret Service director, Apollo moon flags
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July 22, 2024
QUICK HITS
SBA news for Tribal and HubZone biz: Requesting comments to changes to the mentor-protégé program.
A SB letter to the SASC and Senate SB Committee: Read the letter requesting changes to various size thresholds and consider signing.
IRS Sources Sought: Joint Ventures whose primary work is Agile Software Development.
Google Distributed Cloud now generally available: New config brings Google’s cloud, AI capabilities to tactical edge environments.
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
"We will not pay for that which we have not yet received”: Pentagon withholds F-35 payments to Lockheed.
The Pentagon is still withholding payments to Lockheed Martin for new F-35s over continued delays with the Technology Refresh 3 upgrade, with the Air Force's chief acquisition officer saying on the matter: "Since not everything that we contracted for has been delivered, payment is also not complete. We will not pay for that which we have not yet received." Read more
Pentagon official known for driving hard bargains helps USAF close E-7 Boeing deal.
After struggling for more than a year to reach an agreement for its new E-7 radar plane, the Air Force has reached a deal with Boeing. All they had to do was bring in one of Industry's most hated men in the Pentagon to get it done. Read more
USAF Chief of Staff: ‘Collective agility’ is a potential new combat power.
At a conference last week, the Air Force's Chief of Staff discussed the concept of “collective agility;" it describes the ability of members of a fighting coalition to act in complete synchronization. Through dynamic and effective command and control, the entire coalition force package can have superior situational awareness and demonstrate the speed of recognition, decision, and action required to seize and maintain initiative. Read more
ICYMI:
USAF poised to reopen competition for Sentinel ICBM ground infrastructure.
Vague DOD modernization strategy includes elements that are not “verifiable or measurable.”
CDAO holds GIDE Industry Insights Forum to accelerate innovation for CJADC2.
Army unit demos long-range hypersonic weapon battery.
Defense Contract Awards
Texas Institute for Electronics secures $840M microelectronics DARPA award.
Small Biz Nakupuna Consulting wins $370M Army contract for services related to the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army.
Textron Systems snags $312M Navy contract mod for landing craft materials, services.
HawkEye 360 secures USAF SBIR II contract for national security.
Systems Planning & Analysis wins $25M Navy work for nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile program.
Follow the Defense Leaders
CISA appoints two defense leaders to take on assistant director roles.
Firefly Aerospace board member named as interm CEO.
Competitive Range Solutions appoints new senior vice president.
Combat-proven senior leader appointed business winning capture director at Draper.
Defense Job Openings
USMC searching for Assistant Deputy Commandant, Programs & Resources.
SECNAV seeks Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy).
USAF on the lookout for a new Director of Talent Management.
The Marine Corps also seeks a new Director of Manpower.
FUNNY
INTEL COMMUNITY
Secret Service director may have no choice but to go.
In this commentary piece, consider the fact that the Secret Service is kind of like a Navy ship that's run aground; and that it's potentially got a commander who may not have had their hand on the wheel despite it being where responsibility chiefly rests. Read more
ICYMI:
RFI: NGA seeks info on Foundational Digital Twin (FDT) change detection.
DNI thanks outgoing director of National Counterterrorism Center for her service.
Tenable forms advisory board to support its public sector cybersecurity efforts.
ODNI still seeks Deputy Group Chief.
CIVILIAN
USPS supervisors fear ‘exodus’ among management despite data demonstrating sticky retention.
An organization representing Postal Service supervisors is warning about an “exodus” of management-level employees — although data from USPS and its IG office don’t corroborate these claims; The National Association of Postal Supervisors has raised the alarm about a “crisis in leadership retention.” Read more
GSA & DOE choose tech for Green Proving Ground program.
Under the Green Proving Ground program, GSA and DOE plan to invest nearly $10M into 17 up-and-coming technologies to asses building systems in operational climates. Read more
DOC & GlobalWafers to advance US chip production through $400M in funding.
Silicon wafers are critical components in the semiconductor ecosystem as they are a foundational input used in all chips. There are five leading companies, including GlobalWafers, that currently hold over 80% of the global 300mm silicon wafer manufacturing market and approximately 90% of silicon wafers are sourced from East Asia today. Read more
ICYMI:
GAO urges FCC, NTIA to ensure greater radio frequency spectrum efficiency.
GSA updates progress on FedRAMP’s modernization, cybersecurity roadmap.
Treasury, FSSCC issue resources on secure cloud adoption for financial sector.
NASA cancels rover mission to seek water on the moon.
OPM reopens enrollments into FSAFEDS program.
Blue-collar federal pay reform gains traction.
Civilian Contracts Awards
Research Triangle Institute books $149M CMS data analytics, program support contract.
TMF awards $10M for U.S. AI Safety Institute, $3.8M to DOE.
SDVOSB Epsilon, Inc awarded $10M electronic business center support task for USPTO.
Executive Information Systems awarded $2.3M SAS Viya AFI services task for SSA.
Follow Civilian Leaders
NRC appoints its new executive director for operations.
IBM appoints its new VP of federal civilian tech sales.
Former C-HIT SVP named director of business development at SAIC.
30-year IT leader named operating group president at Koniag.
Civilian Job Openings
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service searching for new Chief Financial Officer.
USDA's Office of the General Counsel seeks Assistant General Counsel.
TSA needs a new Supervisory Federal Air Marshal.
DOE pursuing applicants for Principal Deputy Director position.
M&A CORNER
Cellebrite acquires Cyber Technology Services, establishes federal solutions unit.
Israeli software company Cellebrite has established a new unit called Cellebrite Federal Solutions and has recently acquired Cyber Technology Services. Cyber Technology has expertise in incident response services, digital forensics, and cybersecurity. Read more
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
How did DOD operations avoid the impact of CrowdStrike’s 'glitch'?
Although computer systems around the world, including some US government systems, are struggling to recover from a mass IT incident, America’s top military officer says the Pentagon appears to have been spared. CrowdStrike does do business with the DOD, so how did the DOD avoid being impacted? Read more
What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
55 years ago on Saturday, Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's two-and-a-half hour moonwalking adventure in July 1969. Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface. Read more
Why does the Army's size make it tough to implement Zero Trust?
For the U.S. Army, the objective of meeting the target level goals of the Pentagon's Zero Trust Strategy by fiscal year 2027 is especially challenging; its unique and large-scale operational environment may require a service-specific approach for implementing Zero Trust principles. Read more
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