QUICK HITS
White House targeting AI procurement as executive order looms: Federal CISO says procurement part of a bigger conversation.
With billions in buying, procurement needs a new dashboard: Execs with a holistic view may have a big advantage.
Feels good….the ‘light touch’ AI bill: Prospective bill has a focus on generative AI and self-certification system.
Get your cyber act together to qualify for more contracts: Avoid serious security breaches to clinch the contracts you deserve.
DEFENSE & AEROSPACE
Starlink, skis and frozen batteries: Army seeks ‘bespoke’ kit for Arctic warfare.
Queue old movies “The Spy Who Came In From the Cold” and “Spies Like Us.” Army is seeking a 'bespoke' kit for warfare for super-cold geographies. “If you sweat, you die,” said Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, commander of the Army’s year-old “Arctic Angels” division. “That’s the environment we’re talking about…the harshest environment on the planet.” Read more
Army looks at revamping acquisition, asks for industry help as it builds the network of the future.
As the Army works to simplify and modernize its network, service leaders are looking at ways to revamp acquisition strategies and send demand signals more creatively, and they’re asking industry for help. Read more
Budgetary limbo could cost the Navy $26B in missing or ‘misaligned’ funds.
Up to one-tenth of the Navy and Marine Corps’ planned 2024 funding will be cut or constrained if Congress can’t pass a budget. If Congress doesn’t pass funding bills by the New Year, government agencies could be forced to make sequestration cuts. That means if there’s still a continuing resolution on Jan. 1, 2024, the Pentagon will have to operate at 2023 budget levels minus 1 percent. The caps are lifted once permanent funding is passed. Read more.
ICYMI:
D-RFP: Army unveils first draft for $4B in R&D services recompetes.
DARPA’s a bit concerned about tactical-puking attacks.
DARPA is asking a $170 billion question about making money on the Moon.
Army in ‘much better place’ on MSV-L support ship, still calculating buys after cost hike.
RFI: WHS issues Research, Development, Test, Evaluation (RDT&E), Engineering and Technical Services (RETS) sources sought.
Defense Contract Awards
Amentum lands $330M Army contract for C5ISR Prototyping Support.
Boeing, AAR Government Services snag $183M in Navy P-8A maintenance contract mods.
General Dynamics unit secures $217M USN contract for submarine materials. They also won a $95M engineering contract for attack submarines.
Stratolaunch wins AFRL contract for support of the second Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle, TA-3.
Carahsoft won a $8M contract to provide Salesforce software licenses.
Follow the Defense Leaders
Dan Sallet to lead BAE Systems finance team.
Kratos announced a new VP, Space Domain Awareness & Space Superiority.
Defense Job Openings
NAVSEA seeks Distinguished Scientist/Engineer for weapon propulsion.
The Air Force Academy needs a new Associate Professor of Civil Engineering.
FREE RECOMPETE REPORT
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INTEL COMMUNITY
ICYMI:
Russia, North Korea expanding military partnership, White House says.
Recorded Future demos AI solutions for intelligence professionals.
Former USPS VP starts a new consulting firm, naming Deep Water Point as a new consulting gig.
CIVILIAN
IRS invites select taxpayers to test out its e-file returns.
The IRS plans to invite select taxpayers across 13 states to try out the agency’s pilot electronic free file tax return system beginning in January. The nation's revenue service estimates that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will participate in the limited rollout of the program for next year's tax season. Read more
Federal agencies playing catch-up on meeting key privacy goals.
Although standards were established for how federal agencies should incorporate privacy concerns into their risk management strategies nearly five years ago, many agencies have still failed to do so. Read more
These 22 IRS-focused WOSBs are set to have a big FY ‘24.
The women leading these businesses are guiding teams that are winning, growing, and driving some of the key missions of federal agencies, and are among those to watch as you consider potential vendors, partners, and employers, in the months and years ahead. Read more
ICYMI:
White House seeks technology to drive vision of net-zero emissions for federal buildings by 2045.
VHA more than doubles FY23 workforce growth target.
Sources Sought: NOAA gives first look at space traffic control system plan.
GSA official highlights Notify.gov, SNAP benefit betas as people-centered advancements.
NARA wants agencies to automate social media records retention.
Civilian Contracts Awards
K2-Parsons-Culmen secures $253M DHS radiation portal monitor contract.
USDA awards WCJ Consultants, an 8(a) WOSB, a $3M IT support services contract.
EPA awards Zabble a $400K AI-based Bin Tagging Platform contract.
Credence Management Solutions wins $900M USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Support Contract.
Follow Civilian Leaders
CMS Office of Financial MGMT taps a new Deputy Director.
Commerce Dept’s National Technical Info Service gains a new Director (SES).
Treasury Technology Innovation Director was recruited from DOD/Naval Surface Warfare Center.
HHS OIG recruits a CDC Digital Services Office leader to serve as its new CIO.
Civilian Job Openings
NNSA seeks Nuclear Engineer Director Environmental Safety and Health.
NASA needs a Director, Michoud Assembly Facility.
NASA also needs a Supervisory IT Specialist.
M&A CORNER
MindPetal agrees to acquire intelligent automation company VerticalApps.
MindPetal, a digital modernization service provider to the federal government, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire VerticalApps, a provider of Intelligent Automation solutions. Read more
SHOWER THOUGHTS 🚿
Move aside, California Reaper. Pepper X is now officially the world's hottest chili pepper.
The Carolina Reaper has been officially dethroned as the world’s hottest chili pepper. PuckerButt Pepper Co. (FWIW, best company name ever) founder and pepper expert Ed Currie has spent the past 10 years working on Pepper X, a chili pepper that emits an “immediate and brutal heat.” Read more
Interview: What is happening to the Africanization of counterterrorism efforts?
In this special interview segment on Africanews, analyst Niagale Bagayoko breaks down the stakes of an Africanization of counterterorism efforts. The military rulers in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger recently signed a mutual defense pact. They belonged to the G5 Sabel initiative spearheaded by France. Read more.
Did you know that glass is weirder than you knew?
There’s a myth about glass: If you go to a church that’s hundreds of years old and look at the glass windows, you’ll find that the panes are thicker at the bottom of the frame than at the top. That’s because, according to lore, glass is actually a liquid, just one that flows very slowly. It’s true that glass does have some liquid-like properties. But remarkably, rather than flow, glass doesn’t move very much at all. In 2017, scientists analyzed the church glass myth in a paper, determining that, over a billion years, church windowpanes would flow a single nanometer. Read more
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