GDIT scores $1.3 billion National Guard IT contract
The Enterprise Network Operations and Cybersecurity Support contract aims to provide modernized IT and cybersecurity services to the Army National Guard.
The Enterprise Network Operations and Cybersecurity Support contract aims to provide modernized IT and cybersecurity services to the Army National Guard.
“It's early days,” said Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology. “Right now, the battle that we are waging is education: It is about understanding what AI can do for you.”
"We're not the only target that damn communists are trying to overcome,” Col. Gary Kipe said Wednesday. “They're trying to overcome freedom loving people around the world, and all of us are using the same data.”
“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.
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.
The new contract has a one-year based period and five option years.
GDIT President Amy Gilliland sat down with Breaking Defense to talk digital engineering, zero trust and the firm's strategy for 2024.
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.
“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.
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.
The Defense Enclaves Services program seeks to consolidate systems, personnel and functions, among other program elements.
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.
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.
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.”