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Cyber

DISA Readying Awards For New Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud, IT Engineering Contract Vehicles

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

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DISA Readying Awards For New Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud, IT Engineering Contract Vehicles

New DISA Director Rear Adm. Nancy Norton. Photo: Navy.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is readying several new contract programs in the coming months, including two multi-billion dollar projects for commercial cloud capabilities and streamlined information engineering services, as it looks to deliver improved solutions for Pentagon network mobility and defense.Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, DISA’s new director, told attendees at an AFCEA conference in Baltimore that her agency is planning to deliver the final Request for Proposals for its $7.8 million dollar Defense Enterprise Office Solution (DEOS) cloud…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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