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The awards, the first since TMFs $1 billion plus-up in the American Rescue Plan Act, are expected to be made public soon.

By Lauren C. Williams NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com. The accrediting body overseeing the Defense Departments Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program announced June 9 that RedSpin has met requirements for Certified Third-Party Assessment Organizations and passed the CMMC Level 3 assessment administered by the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center. With the first authorized C3PAO organization and more expected this summer, the CMMC-ABs plans to have an o...

The U.S. Space Force is focusing on building its cadre of super coders amid a workforce boon with more interested applicants than available positions, according to the branchs chief of space operations.

By Lauren C. Williams NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com. The Air Force is looking to boost its enterprise IT services with an $811 million program ask in its budget request for fiscal 2022. According to budget documents, the Air Force is focusing on expanding its foray into "as-a-service" models and software development with a $811 million budget request to modernize IT infrastructure with capabilities that can support Joint All Domain Command and Control efforts. "The Air Force contin...

The Biden administration released its $6 trillion fiscal year 2022 budget proposal on Friday, including $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending across federal agencies.

The professional training needed to carry out assessments for the Defense Departments unified cybersecurity standard, AKA CMMC, for contractors wont kick off until later this summer.

Viasat elevates the chief technology officer of its government systems segment to be president of that unit.

By Lauren C. Williams NOTE: This article was first published on FCW.com. The Army made national news when it announced a deal to buy more than 120,000 augmented reality headsets from Microsoft for $22 billion in order to enhance soldier training and situational awareness. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, which has been in the works for more than three years and has functions like radio communications and high-resolution night and thermal sensors, is undeniably cool. But there’s more...

By Lauren C. Williams NOTE: This article first appeared on FCW.com. President Joe Biden will nominate the director of the Defense Department’s innovative acquisition arm to be the Pentagon’s top buyer, the White House announced April 2. Michael Brown has been the director of the Defense Innovation Unit, which helps DOD prototype and field new technologies with rapid acquisition techniques, since 2018. DIU recently celebrated its five-year anniversary and has expanded its portfolio under Bro...

By Lauren C. Williams NOTE: This article first appeared on FCW.com. The House Armed Services Committee has launched a task force to investigate defense supply chain vulnerabilities, foreign manufacturing concerns and other issues raised by the pandemic. "The experience of our totally disrupted supply chains in the early part of the pandemic was a pretty searing experience," Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), co-chair of the Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force, told reporters on March 10. Sup...