GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (9/9–13)

This week's Weekly Debrief covers CMS's request for informatoin on AI, CISA and cyber lapses, Pentagon and 6G, Navy's award for its airborne electronic attack capability, and NGA's satellite data analytics contract.

CMS

FedScoop – CMS seeks information on AI uses for health care ahead of ‘demo days’

• "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is asking organizations to provide information about artificial intelligence technologies for use in health care outcomes and service delivery as it plans demonstration events. In a request for information announced earlier this week, CMS said it wants to gather information about AI products and services from health care companies, providers, payers, start-ups and others, and plans to eventually select organizations to provide demos of those technologies at “CMS AI Demo Days” starting in October."

Cyber

FedNewsNet – CISA review: ‘Low hanging’ cyber lapses plague critical infrastructure

• "Phishing, stolen credentials, and other lapses in basic cybersecurity continue to be a primary avenue available to hackers, including China-linked threat groups such as “Volt Typhoon,” looking to infiltrate U.S. critical infrastructure networks."

Defense

DefenseNews – Pentagon readies for 6G, the next of wave of wireless network tech

• "Since transitioning most of its 5G research and development projects to the Chief Information Office last year, the Pentagon’s Future Generation Wireless Technology Office has shifted its focus to preparing the Defense Department for the next wave of network innovation."

DefenseScoop – After nearly 5 years of litigation, Navy awards next system in advanced airborne electronic attack

• "At long last, the Navy has awarded a contract for the next portion of its premier airborne electronic attack capability. The Defense Department announced on Aug. 26 that L3Harris won a five-year, $587.4 million contract for the engineering and manufacturing development of the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) system. The NGJ family of systems is a replacement for the decades-old ALQ-99, that will be mounted on the EA-18G Growler aircraft."

Space

SpaceNews – NGA taps 10 firms for $290 million satellite data analytics contract

• "The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has selected 10 companies to compete for up to $290 million in contracts over the next five years to provide commercial satellite imagery and data analytics, aiming to bolster the government’s global monitoring and intelligence capabilities."

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