Other Transaction Agreement

Office of the Director of National Intelligence building, ODNI

Intel agencies see ‘appealing’ use cases for OTAs

Intelligence agencies are increasingly turning to OTAs to acquire capabilities in areas like artificial intelligence.

Acquisition Policy

James Hopkins, a D Department robotics engineer at NSWC IHEODTD, evaluates the external battery adapter for the MK 1 Mod 0 PackBot's operator control station. U.S. Navy photos by Matthew Poynor.

Another agency discovers the benefits of other transaction authority

Technology

Innovation in the GovCon market

Amtower Off-Center

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Why the Pentagon needs to bolster its network of corporate consortiums

Defense

AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency

Artificial Intelligence

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

OTAs and beyond: Scaling innovation in Defense contracting

Commentary

DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based ‘backbone’ of JADC2

Space Operations

Amid explosion in DoD’s use of OTAs, myths abound about how and whether to use them

On DoD

DoD spending data tells us how serious the Pentagon is about a shift to great power competition

Defense

Rise in OTAs for federal contracting brings mixed blessings

Acquisition

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

DIU rethinking cyber endpoint protections through advanced deception tools

Defense Innovation Unit cyber portfolio Deputy Director Patrick Gould said on behalf of cyber mission teams, his organization tested out two tools that…

Ask the CIO

Pentagon has huge blind spots in its spending on OTAs

A careful examination of DoD’s use of consortiums for other transaction agreements found the Pentagon doesn’t have a clear picture of its billions in OTA…

On DoD

DoD’s JAIC rolling out new contracts to speed up AI acquisition

Artificial Intelligence

DoD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has spent the last two years looking for ways to marry AI innovations with military systems. Now it’s introducing new ways to buy and integrate those technologies.