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Cyber

DISA Readying Final RFP For Potential $12 Billion, Single Vendor IT Consolidation Contract

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

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DISA Readying Final RFP For Potential $12 Billion, Single Vendor IT Consolidation Contract

DISA is readying to release a final Request for Proposals in late September for its potential $12 billion, single vendor contract to consolidate the Pentagon’s ‘Fourth Estate's’ network capabilities. During a pre-solicitation conference in August, DISA officials said a contract award for the Defense Enclave Services (DES) program is slated for December 2021. “Our role here is to migrate these [Fourth Estate] defense agencies from their legacy commodity IT networks to a single network we’re calling DoDNet, which DISA will…

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]

Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

The Pentagon estimates the U.S.’ ongoing conflict with Iran has now cost at least $29 billion, while a lead official noted the updated figure does not factor in damage to […]