DISA issued a solicitation to a consortium of more than 500 vendors for the case management system under National Background Investigations Services initiative.
The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is the latest DoD organization to jump on the OTA bandwagon with an arrangement that would spend $100 million on 14 cyber technology areas.
NDAA gives agencies special funds for contractors dedicated to modernizing IT systems, cybersecurity, etc.
The company that won DIUx's first production contract says DoD's new approach let it break an "effective veto" by traditional defense vendors.
Other Transaction Authority contracts are gaining popularity in the Pentagon and military services.
The Army's RCO plans to deploy new electronic warfare systems in Europe, then Korea. A more reliable version of GPS is next on its list.
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental thinks it’s learned a thing or two about rapid acquisition over the year since its initial standup, and sees no good reason why the rest of the Defense Department can’t use the same techniques it’s put in place to award new contracts in 60 days or less.