The Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) Consolidated Buy (CB) 26 is open for ordering from Jan. 16, 2018 through March 31, 2018 and offers all Windows 10 devices.

Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) engineers collaborated with the Fort Gordon Cyber Battle Lab in the Combat Service Support (CSS) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Transport Convergence Focused Assessment from Nov. 28 through Dec. 15, 2017. In support of Cyber Command Battle Lab and Army Capability Integration Center, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems, Defense–Wide Transmission Systems, MC4 and Global Combat Support System – Army conducted a feasibility assessment to replace CSS-VSAT commercial teleport backbone facilities with Army Enterprise Gateways.

Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) hosted an information exchange for the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW 2) follow-on contract with 27 companies in attendance.

he purpose of the Cyberspace Real-time Acquisition Prototyping Innovation Development (C-RAPID) process is to expedite development, demonstration, and delivery of prototypes to increase Warfighter readiness. The Army plans to manage this process via a Consortium Management Firm (CMF) and plans to insure innovative and collaborative industry engagements via use of Consortiums.

PEO EIS bid farewell to MG Patrick W. Burden at a Relinquishment of Charter ceremony held at Thurman Hall on Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

The U.S. Army Acquisition Executive’s (AAE) Excellence in Leadership Awards were announced at a ceremony Jan. 18 at the Pentagon, with this year’s honorees representing excellence across such fields as missile defense, workforce development, rapid fielding, logistics and Soldier equipment.

The U.S. Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence (USACCoE) unveiled the Army’s first-of-its-kind Wideband Training and Certification System (WTCS) here on Jan. 11. Students attending the USACCoE’s Satellite Systems Network Coordinator Course will use WTCS to apply classroom learning to simulations generated from real-world events.

Federal Computer Weekly(FCW) recently named Ms. Dawn Bare as a 2017 Rising Star, an award that recognizes outstanding individuals within the IT community that are making a difference today and establishing themselves as future leaders.