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- June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024
DeRusha at Google Cloud, Apple and Meta AI partnership, B2G marketing content, Collins Aero NASA spacesuit contract, DISA’s Olympus, DOD Fulcrum IT
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June 26, 2024
QUICK HITS
Government-wide contracting: Check out contracting stats in GAO’s a new interactive dashboard.
AI talk: Six cost factors for government agencies delving into Artificial Intelligence.
Grants and programs for small businesses: Dept of Commerce has several grants and loans available you can tap into.
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DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
Let’s take a look at DOD’s “Fulcrum IT Advancement” strategy.
DOD has released an extensive IT networks and computing infrastructure modernization plan, with the goal of delivering improved user-centric IT capabilities to global warfighters. Read more
DISA’s Olympus pilot will be delivered this September.
Olympus provides two core services to DOD cloud users—shared services needed for any cloud environment to be successful, and the management of that environment. As a service-agnostic platform, Olympus supports integration with various tools and systems such as Vulcan for software development and Stratus. Additionally, DISA is looking to host the OLYMPUS platform on all four of the cloud service providers under JWCC. Read more
SPACECOM wants a common operational picture: Data fusion pilot is on its way.
SPACECOM is launching a pilot project to demonstrate how data fusion can be used to make a common picture for enhanced command and control capabilities. The idea is to set up a pilot that can provide results “over a reasonable amount of time” and for “a reasonable cost,” although SPACECOM’s leader is “still waiting to get that POAM [plan of action and milestones] back of what that time will be and what it’s going to cost.” Read more
ICYMI:
RFI: Navy is doing market research on sub-launched air drones.
Rollout: General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), Army’s modernized, web-based financial management system.
GAO takes BAE’s side in the $12B Weapons Support contract battle.
High demand for counter-IED technology due to evolving threats.
APEX Accelerators: Proposed DOD amendment would slash FY24 funding by approximately 60%.
DOD tightens the supply chain restrictions for magnets, tantalum, and tungsten.
Defense Contract Awards
TRAX International books $692M Aberdeen Test Center Support Services contract.
Collins Aerospace won a $300M Reconnaissance Pod Program Sustainment Support deal.
Just-Evotec Biologics bagged a $39M DOD Biological Emergencies Response Enhancement deal.
18 companies were awarded a $249M Navy Financial Management Transformation and Operations IDIQ.
Follow the Defense Leaders
The US Defense Secretary has a new Chief of Staff.
DOD DC3 has a new Executive Director.
CTO Programs and Agile Projects Manager is now IntelliBridge’s Technology and Innovation Integration Director.
Former Sales VP of Boldened is now Alamo City Engineering Services’ COO.
Defense Job Openings
Army needs a Director of Staff.
DCMA is seeking a Contract Management Director.
Air Ed Training Commd wants a Force Support Squadron Director.
DISA is hiring a Communications Director.
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INTEL COMMUNITY
ICYMI:
DARPA: It’s difficult to develop quantum finance solutions.
DOJ settled with Guidehouse for $7.6M and Nan McKay for $3.7M for violations associated with cybersecurity requirements.
Blackwatch International awarded a spot on $8B FBI contract.
American Systems nabbed a spot on (that same ^) $8B FBI contract.
ODNI wants a CTO, CIO.
ODNI is seeking a Division Chief.
ODNI is Hiring a Chief of Staff.
CIVILIAN
Will Collins Aerospace back out of its NASA spacesuit contract?
Collins Aerospace could withdraw from making NASA spacesuits for the International Space Station astronauts. This development poses challenges as NASA grapples with aging spacewalking suits. The deal was part of the $3.5 billion awarded to both Collins and Axiom Space in 2022 for the ISS and future moon mission’s extravehicular mobility units. Read more
Medicaid’s Deloitte-run system is plagued with errors.
Deloitte promotes itself as the industry leader in building sophisticated and efficient systems for states that, among other things, screen who is eligible for Medicaid. However, one investigation of eligibility systems found widespread problems. Deloitte dominates this important slice of government business: Twenty-five states have awarded it eligibility systems contracts — with 53 million Medicaid enrollees in those states. Deloitte’s contracts are worth at least $5 billion. Read more
DHS report: Priorities in combating AI-fueled chemical and biological threats.
DHS has released a report aimed at reducing the ways AI could make the chemical and biological threats problem worse. The document contains a number of new recommendations focused on AI safety. These include promoting the use of additional credentialing for high-risk scientific databases and establishing standards for “alarming responses” from big language models. Read more
ICYMI:
NSF will invest in AI for research community diversification.
USDOT updated their DBE and ACDBE regulations.
O&G Methane Emission Project gets $850M from DOE and EPA.
Civilian Contracts Awards
V2X bagged a $265M NASA Astronaut Support contract.
Valiant Solutions was awarded a $28M ED OCIO Data Security and Services Operations deal.
Black Canyon Consulting won a $6.3M NIH NCBI NLM Program and Project Management Software Development Services contract.
8(a) WOSB Delviom booked a $2.2M IRS EAC ISSO support deal.
Follow Civilian Leaders
Former Fed CISO DeRusha lands at Google Cloud.
BRMi has a new Civilian Programs VP.
Tyto Athene: We have a new COO and CGO.
Former Capegemini CEO is now Summit Technologies’ Public Sector CEO.
VHA selected a Physician Informaticist to be their Interim CDO.
Civilian Job Openings
ABMC needs an Executive Director.
VA’s CX Dept is seeking a Multi-channel Technology Director.
CDC wants a Director of Grants Services.
SEC is hiring a Senior Officer-Associate Regional Director.
M&A CORNER
Gresham Worldwide Inc. will merge with Ault Disruptive Technologies Corporation.
Gresham Worldwide and Ault Disruptive Technologies Corporation are merging to create Gresham Worldwide, Inc. Both companies’ boards of directors have approved the proposed transaction, contingent on customary closing conditions. Read more
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Stranded astronauts in space: What went wrong with the Boeing Starliner?
Two NASA astronauts rode Boeing’s Starliner and soared into orbit. Afterwards, engineering identified numerous problems with the spacecraft, including helium leaks in the thruster system. Now, our astronauts find themselves stranded aboard the ISS. Will astronauts Wilmore and Williams be able to return safely to our planet? Read more
Want that “killer smile” back? Human trials for the revolutionary teeth regrowth drug is about to commence!
Are you missing some pearly whites? Here’s something to grin about. Japanese researchers have developed a new medicine that could pave the way for regrowing human teeth. Let’s check out the deets! Read more
A generative AI partnership between…Apple and Meta?
Apple has been in talks with its rival, Meta, to incorporate its generative AI model into Apple Intelligence. If this collaboration pushes through, will the company still have a controlled closed ecosystem? Read more
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