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Nick Wakeman
Emerging Tech
DARPA-funded fabric protects against chemical, biologic threats
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing new fabrics and protective equipment that can reduce the risk of chemical and biological threats to service members and responders.
Emerging Tech
AFWERX invests in 5G-enabled IoT security
The Air Force’s innovation arm has awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract to Phosphorus Cybersecurity to help build a scalable security infrastructure to support 5G-enabled IoT devices.
Emerging Tech
DARPA seeks AI assistants to help with complex tasks
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to explore how artificial intelligence-enabled assistants can provide just-in-time visual and audio feedback to help users expand their skillsets and minimize errors.
Cybersecurity
DARPA scouting for ‘revolutionary’ ideas
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for unconventional approaches that challenge conventional wisdom and have the potential to radically change established practices.
Digital Government
GSA pilots AI for regulatory streamlining
The General Services Administration plans to run an artificial-intelligence-based pilot program to help speed up how agencies procure innovative and commercial solutions.
Infrastructure
DOD to reconsider JEDI award
The Defense Department wants some time to it “reconsider” parts of its decision to award its $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft and has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a 120-day pause.
Infrastructure
JEDI injunction decision hinges on cloud storage definition
Conflicting interpretations of “highly accessible storage” are at the center of a federal judge’s ruling granting Amazon Web Services a preliminary injunction that freezes task orders on the Defense Department’s massive Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative cloud contract.
Infrastructure
Could JEDI lose its momentum?
Though it will take some time to resolve the protests to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract and deploy the infrastructure, the march to the cloud moves on unabated.
Emerging Tech
DOD's firms up 5G experimentation plans
The Pentagon is looking at facilities and use cases for large-scale experimentation and prototyping of 5G applications and spectrum sharing.
Infrastructure
DEOS headed for recompete
The General Services Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency, which partnered on the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud contract, have pulled an award to General Dynamics and will re-do the competition.
Infrastructure
Oracle previews JEDI appeal
In a Sept. 25 docketing statement, Oracle described why it is appealing a recent court decision to deny its protest of the JEDI cloud computing infrastructure contract.
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Infrastructure
Is the JEDI prelude winding down?
We may be seeing the end of the introductory phase the Pentagon's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement.
Infrastructure
DISA ramps up cloud push
The Defense Information Systems Agency is bolstering support for its Enterprise Services Division and has released the solicitation for cloud-based office solutions.
Infrastructure
Army pushes enterprise IT toward the cloud
The Enterprise IT as a Service pilot will assess whether private-sector IT infrastructure investments, operations and best practices will work for the Army and support the investments the service has made in its network.
Infrastructure
What the CIA wants in a new cloud
A 12-question market survey offers insights on the scope of the intel community's massive cloud strategy.
Infrastructure
Microsoft adds Teams to cloud lineup
The latest government cloud updates integrate Microsoft services across high-impact environments.
Infrastructure
Conflict-of-interest charge may sidetrack JEDI
The Defense Department is reconsidering whether conflict-of-interest charges had an impact on the integrity of the contract.
Infrastructure
Oracle counters DOD's single award argument for JEDI
Oracle disputed the contracting officer's conclusion that a single-award contract will reap better terms for the Defense Department and that a single-award contract will be easier and less costly to secure and manage.
Infrastructure
DOD drafts contract for cloud-based back-office apps
Under the $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract, the Defense Department will buy email, content management, file storage, productivity tools, web conferencing, instant messaging, native audio and video and mobility.
Infrastructure