Eyeing more special forces business, GDIT acquires AI, tech firm Iron EagleX

Eyeing more special forces business, GDIT acquires AI, tech firm Iron EagleX
Eyeing more special forces business, GDIT acquires AI, tech firm Iron EagleX

“The combination of Iron EagleX and GDIT represents a new chapter in our company’s stated goal of having a ‘generational impact on national security,’” said Michael Grochol, Iron EagleX’s CEO.

GDIT’s Project Enigma inches toward production contract

GDIT’s Project Enigma inches toward production contract
GDIT’s Project Enigma inches toward production contract

Project Enigma is a program designed to create a single-cloud digital environment where industry, academia and the DoD can work together on a shared network.

General Dynamics wins $922 million contract for CENTCOM IT modernization

General Dynamics wins $922 million contract for CENTCOM IT modernization
General Dynamics wins $922 million contract for CENTCOM IT modernization

The new contract has a one-year based period and five option years.

Mirroring DoD’s interest, GDIT chief says it’s upping investment in digital engineering

Mirroring DoD’s interest, GDIT chief says it’s upping investment in digital engineering
Mirroring DoD’s interest, GDIT chief says it’s upping investment in digital engineering

GDIT President Amy Gilliland sat down with Breaking Defense to talk digital engineering, zero trust and the firm’s strategy for 2024.

GDIT drastically upping investments in DoD emerging tech areas like AI, zero trust

GDIT drastically upping investments in DoD emerging tech areas like AI, zero trust
GDIT drastically upping investments in DoD emerging tech areas like AI, zero trust

GDIT President Amy Gilliland spoke to Breaking Defense about how the tech company is redirecting its investments to meet the technological demands of the day, including incorporating lessons from Ukraine.

Connect ‘anyone, anywhere, anytime’: SSC slated to test Enigma infrastructure in June

Connect ‘anyone, anywhere, anytime’: SSC slated to test Enigma infrastructure in June
Connect ‘anyone, anywhere, anytime’: SSC slated to test Enigma infrastructure in June

“So we’re trying to have a full integrated picture from device to transport…to the cloud environment or the hosting environment where we can do our actual work,” Col. Jennifer Krolikowski said.

GDIT nabs $908M US Air Force IT contract in Europe

GDIT nabs $908M US Air Force IT contract in Europe
GDIT nabs $908M US Air Force IT contract in Europe

EITEN will support the entire IT lifecycle to include legacy operational and sustainment activities, Jon Marshall, vice president of GDIT’s air force and combatant commands defense division, told Breaking Defense.

GAO denies GDIT protest over $11.5B contract won by Leidos

GAO denies GDIT protest over $11.5B contract won by Leidos
GAO denies GDIT protest over $11.5B contract won by Leidos

The Defense Enclaves Services program seeks to consolidate systems, personnel and functions, among other program elements.

GDIT wins new task order to support Marines in contested battlefield networks

GDIT wins new task order to support Marines in contested battlefield networks
GDIT wins new task order to support Marines in contested battlefield networks

The task order, awarded under the $4.4 billion, 10-year Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) cloud contract, will support the Marines in denied, disconnected, intermittent and limited bandwidth (DDIL) environments.

EXCLUSIVE: DISA’s Skinner on Thunderdome, DES and ‘transitioning’ from a hardware agency

EXCLUSIVE: DISA’s Skinner on Thunderdome, DES and ‘transitioning’ from a hardware agency
EXCLUSIVE: DISA’s Skinner on Thunderdome, DES and ‘transitioning’ from a hardware agency

With an eye on China, US military networks in the Pacific likely among first stops for Thunderdome zero-trust program after prototyping, DISA chief Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner told Breaking Defense.

GDIT nabs contract worth up to $4.5B to advance geospatial intelligence capabilities

GDIT nabs contract worth up to $4.5B to advance geospatial intelligence capabilities
GDIT nabs contract worth up to $4.5B to advance geospatial intelligence capabilities

The company will deliver a “full range of enterprise services, including application services, high-performance computing, virtual desktop, unified communications, DevOps, Platform as a Service, and mobile secure wireless across multiple networks and agency locations worldwide.”

milCloud 2.0 to die a quiet death in spring 2022

milCloud 2.0 to die a quiet death in spring 2022
milCloud 2.0 to die a quiet death in spring 2022

Sunset deadline could be tight, according to a former DISA official, as “May 2022 is tomorrow in terms of DoD IT.”