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March 3, 2025
🤖 Scientist AI Jam, IBM finishes $6.4B HashiCorp deal, 18F deleted, SecDef orders Russia ops to stop, Kessel Run to be vendor managed, crypto strategic reserve
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March 03, 2025
QUICK HITS
New EO establishes a crypto strategic reserve: Will the gov’t create the stockpile from crypto it has seized “through law enforcement efforts?”
[Watch] Navigating EOs: Strategies for managing stop-work orders and terminations.
Leverage Project 2025 for proposal development: Keywords extracted from the report can help proposal writers set the stage and seal the deal.
Contract Management Magazine: The ‘shrinking’ defense industrial base—is it an exaggerated phenomenon?
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DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
DOD deploys Striker Brigade, aviation battalion to the southern border.
The units, equipped with wheeled vehicle and air capabilities, are set to reinforce border operations in the coming weeks. Each SBCT is a mechanized infantry force of approximately 4,400 soldiers, and the Army's nine SBCTs — seven active-duty and two National Guard — are known for their rapid deployment and versatility. Read more
Kessel Run will be “government-led, vendor-managed.”
USAF’s Kessel Run software factory is changing the way it does business. Gone will be the small teams of active-duty airmen and civilian coders working side-by-side with contract engineers paid by the hour. Instead, gov’t engineers will manage software development work by vendors. The materiel leader said that Kessel Run will now be “government-led, vendor-managed.” Read more
Navy bumps up use of additive manufacturing to make critical sub parts.
More and more U.S. warship and submarine parts are being 3D-printed—and now the Navy is going after the “really hard problems.” In the last year, the Navy—especially its Maritime Industrial Base Program office—have been upping efforts to utilize additive manufacturing to solve its biggest problems. Read more
ICYMI:
Commanders have been given more leeway to conduct airstrikes against suspected threats, without needing case-by-case approval by Washington.
POTUS wants “shipbuilding, shipbuilding, shipbuilding.”
New JV: Rafael, Kratos team for solid rocket motors as Prometheus Energetics.
Opinion: The USAF lacks imagination, and that’s a dangerous thing.
Defense Contract Awards
Centerra inked a $700M USN WEXMAC 2.0 Support Services deal.
Tyonek booked a $98M USAF Cyber Training contract.
Tecolote Research Institute won a $23M USAF Space and Mission Systems Center Acquisition and Financial Support contract.
HumanIT Solutions awarded $42M USAF IDIQ for CON-IT cloud support.
Follow the Defense Leaders
CACI executive tapped for next Under Secretary of Navy.
Boeing welcomed a new VP and Chief Engineer.
Agile Defense has a new Senior VP.
Defense Job Openings
ANGU wants a Military Support Director.
DOD needs a Vice Deputy Director.
INTEL COMMUNITY
SecDef orders USCYBERCOM to stop its offensive cyber and info operations against Russia.
The decision aligns with POTUS’s efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine under terms that critics argue favor Moscow. Two U.S. officials familiar with the directive said that the pause will remain in effect while diplomatic discussions continue. The pause includes operations that typically expose or disrupt Russian malware before it can be deployed against American systems. Read more
Firings sap NOAA office responsible for licensing remote sensing satellite firms.
Mass firings at the NOAA have resulted in what is essentially a shutdown of the unit responsible for licensing US remote sensing satellites, with license holders receiving emails notifying them all correspondence would now be handled by NOAA’s Office of General Counsel. Read more
ICYMI:
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CIVILIAN
GSA eliminates 18F.
The GSA deleted 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their technology. The office has been deemed “non-critical.” Thomas Shedd, director of GSA’s Technology Transformation Services said, “There are no other TTS programs impacted at this time, however we anticipate more change in the future.” Read more
With ‘AI Jam,’ Anthropic, OpenAI pursue work at US national labs.
Through a new project, about a thousand government scientists will analyze AI models from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The initiative, called a “Scientist AI Jam,” will focus on these chatbots’ scientific and research capabilities. While they’ve developed AI technology of their own, federal researchers are also focused on probing other GenAI systems — and building relationships with the private sector. Read more
ICYMI:
DOE boosts investment in fusion energy.
NASA’s Blue Ghost has landed on Moon!
FAA staff verbally ordered to find funding for deal with Starlink.
Rocket Lab’s ‘Flatellite’ assists companies and government agencies in launching and managing extensive satellite constellations.
Civilian Contracts Awards
8 contractors win spots on the $450M LOC Agile Development Support deal.
Executive Info Sys wins $4M IRS Software for Decrypting CDW Sys Logs project.
NIH awards ICF sole source award for ClinicalTrials.gov IT support.
DHS announced the awardees for $153M Geospatial Tech Support contract.
Follow Civilian Leaders
12 senior executives at FAS head for the exits.
IRS named its Acting Chief Procurement Officer.
CISA has chosen a new Cybersecurity Executive Assistant Director.
TMF director steps down.
Civilian Job Openings
Pretrial Services Agency is hiring a Chief of Staff.
US Capitol Police is seeking a Logistical Services Deputy Director.
M&A CORNER
IBM finalizes HashiCorp deal, expands cloud and automation capabilities.
IBM has officially closed its acquisition of HashiCorp, bolstering its cloud automation and security offerings. The $6.4 billion deal strengthens IBM’s position in multi-cloud and AI-driven enterprise solutions. Read more
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Goodbye, cancer? KAIST team discovers molecular switch to reverse cancer cells. SOURCE↗︎
Japan pioneers deploys over 50,000 solar panels in the water. Is energy’s future floating solar power plants? SOURCE↗︎
Beware! Beware! Spyzie is wreaking havoc in Android and iOS phones. This stalkerware exposes users' messages, photos, and location data. SOURCE↗︎
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