The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a spot on a potential five-year, $49 million indefinite/delivery-indefinite/quantity contract to provide intelligent automation and artificial intelligence (IAAI) services for HHS’ Program Support Center (PSC), Accenture Federal Services announced on Wednesday. 

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Textron‘s AAI Corp. subsidiary has received a potential $15.7 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan through the use of unmanned aircraft systems. AAI will also provide a non-developmental contractor-owned and contractor-operated UAS ISR platform as well as support the service branch’s force protection efforts under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

Textron‘s AAI Corp. subsidiary will perform mid-endurance unmanned aircraft system intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the U.S. Special Operations Command under a $30 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Monday the award extends the contract period by up to 12 months and increases the contract value to a maximum of $105 million. AAI will extend […] More

A Textron Systems subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $35 million contract to continue to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services for the U.S. Special Operations Command through mid-endurance unmanned aerial systems. The sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded to AAI Corp. has a base term of six months and six option months and contains cost reimbursable and […] More

Top government contracts won by Airbus U.S. Space Defense, Inc. often serve the defense and space sectors. The company’s international government relations often involve providing logistics support and manufacturing equipment for specific missions. Airbus is a defense and space contractor based in France, established in the late 1960s to match the American manufacturers. Airbus has […] More

A partnership between wireless network engineering specialists RIVA Networks and JMA Wireless will assist in network modernization initiatives of the Department of Defense by adding 5G mobile services to aging cellular networks used by an Air Force Research Laboratory site in Rome, New York. Work under the contract will cover equipping AFRL Rome Research Site […] More

An L3Harris Technology subsidiary has received a $74.4 million contract to provide software and hardware components for the U.S. Army’s reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and force protection drone. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price award calls for L3Harris to perform production, depot maintenance and sustainment work supporting the RQ-7Bv2 Shadow unmanned aerial system until Jan. 31, 2027, the […] More

John Beieler, director of science and technology at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said the agency wants to share unclassified versions of intelligence community priorities in the S&T area with partners in the commercial and academic sectors, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. “These are the IC’s S&T Strategic Plan, the Strategic Investment Landscape, […] More

Sandeep Shilawat, vice president for cloud and edge computing at ManTech International, said the U.S. government and its procurement process should prepare for and keep up with the next wave of cloud disruption to maintain the country’s edge over adversaries. Shilawat outlined in an article published Tuesday some of his near-term predictions in the field […] More

Chris Valentino, chief strategy officer at Peraton, said the Department of Defense should work with industry to drive experimentation, invest in new technologies and rapidly deploy capabilities to advance the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept. He wrote in an article published Friday on the Professional Services Council website that DOD should recognize the potential […] More

Intelligent Waves has received a prime contract from the U.S. Air Force to create a 5G testbed to help the Department of Defense accelerate the deployment of advanced wireless communications in regions within and outside the continental U.S. The company said Monday the potential $8.4 million Information Warfare Research Project contract provides for the construction […] More

Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense should kick off efforts to electronically connect its key weapons systems as part of the Joint All Domain Command and Control strategy, Defense One reported Wednesday. Taiclet said he believes companies should help create the technical […] More