Contracts

Army wraps up awards for $379M training support contract

The Live Training Ranges and Combat Training Centers contract covers continues tech refreshments and other modernization work to aid in the readiness of soldiers.

Contracts

Army nixes planned $10B agile software development contract

There will be no solicitation for the New Modern Software Development contract vehicle, and therefore no award.

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Army pauses bundled recompete of professional services, IT vehicles

The so-called MAPS contract is yet another big-ticket Army tech acquisition to enter a holding pattern two months into the second Trump administration.

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Army wraps up awards for $4.2B aerostat contract

Army officials set up the contract to support persistent detection, surveillance and targeting missions.

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ACI wins $276M Army mobile tech support contract

Work under the contract supports Nett Warrior, a mobile device designed to enable situational awareness and interoperability out in the field.

Contracts

Army hits pause on $10B software development contract

The service branch puts this modernization vehicle on an indefinite hold while reviewing the acquisition strategy.

Companies

With IVAS takeover, Anduril looks to build out human-machine ‘ecosystem’

Microsoft hands over its prime role on the $22 billion Army headset program to a defense tech company that is proclaiming a “new path in human augmentation.”

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Bowhead wins $103M Army classroom support contract

The Army Training and Doctrine Command is using this contract as a means for shifting into a digital training environment.

Contracts

Judge denies protests over $10B Army IT hardware contract

Seven companies challenged their removal from the ITES-4H competition for allegedly not meeting compliance requirements.

Contracts

Demo concerns emerge in fight for $1B Army business system contract

New filings from the protester Groundswell allege both an improper evaluation process and technical misrepresentation on the Army's part.

Opinion

COMMENTARY: Army budget emphasizes security and virtual training

The $6.2 billion plan prioritizes cryptographic modernization, intelligence capabilities, and training, writes immixGroup’s Grier Eagan.

Contracts

Judge says Groundswell can add former SAP exec to legal team

Accenture Federal Services and the Army did not want Uli Werner to access sealed documents in Groundswell's fight over a $1 billion business system consolidation contract.

Contracts

Groundswell's legal fight for $1B Army ERP contract moves to records access

Groundswell wants a former SAP executive to look at competition documents, but the winner Accenture Federal Services is pushing back.

Contracts

Army lets some protesters back into ITES-4H competition

But other challenges are still moving forward in court regarding how the Army has evaluated bids for the $10 billion multiple-award IT hardware contract.

Companies

General Dynamics IT secures $330M in Army training awards

The company will help train 500,000 soldiers across Pacific and Airborne Corps missions by using advanced simulation environments.

Opinion

Groundswell's protest of Army business system award calls out debriefing issues

Groundswell's complaints around the lack of transparency in the competition brings back up an industry-wide frustration with limited feedback in debriefings from agencies.

Contracts

Groundswell claims the Army wanted Accenture to win the $1B EBS-C competition

Groundswell's lawsuit alleges the evaluation process was changed midstream to favor Accenture's U.S. federal arm for the contract to consolidate several Army business and logistics systems.

Contracts

LMI to bring AI tools to Army acquisitions

The potential $47.6 million contract calls on LMI will use its LIGER solution to build acquisition tools for the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering, and software.

Contracts

The Army’s dream of vastly simplified networking is starting to come true

Field commanders want even less gear to tend, but two divisions are showing how things are improving.

Contracts

Army starts to create SATCOM-as-a-service contract

The service branch wants to create a satellite communications marketplace that leans on commercial-style purchasing for global coverage.