Firing and Maneuvering The $5B Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems and Services (GTACS II) program has now joined the army of contracts that are in retreat. The RFP drop date for this program has moved to 2018. Winging Their Way to Victory – Carrier Pigeon G.I. Joe, was awarded the Dickin Medal [...]
The Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), has a sizable brain power requirement for its DoD Information Analysis Centers (IAC). It’s calling upon contractors to provide it. And there is no telling what great stuff the geniuses put to work under this effort will come up with. Two separate RFI’s [...]
As guardian of the nation’s intellectual property, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plays a key role in fostering America’s commercial vitality. The USPTO oversees the entire US patent operation; acting as the economy’s immune system, it prevents pirated products and processes from undermining the innovations and inventions that make America [...]
Along with control of US air space and outer space, the US Air Force is tasked with maintaining control of cyberspace. And our men and women in blue are calling on contractors to help them do some very heavy cyberlifting, as well as to provide an extended range of other, IT-related, services. [...]
FATHER OF THE IT/TELECOM AGE – Claude E. Shannon, an electrical engineer and mathematician worked for the US military on anti-aircraft targeting and cryptography during WWII. He later laid the theoretical foundations for modern telecom. When high-octane brain power is unleashed on complex military problems, there’s no telling what where [...]
Military Officials and Government Officials Are Adapting to High Tech World – Fast, Fast, Fast… But -- Fast Enough? The RFP for the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Solution for Intelligence Analysis (SIA) III contract is expected to drop any day now. An RFI and an Industry Day are planned for this effort, [...]
