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Department of Justice

DataWalk Extends DOJ Footprint with Multi-Year Financial Crime Contract

Jun 1, 2026

DataWalk has been retained by the U.S. Department of Justice to continue powering landmark financial crime investigations under a multi-year program extension. The contract, awarded through Research Innovations Incorporated (RII), keeps the DataWalk platform at the heart of DOJ's...

DARPA

DARPA awards $127M contract for next-generation electronic warfare capability

OFFSET Staff — May 31, 2026

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a $127 million contract to develop cognitive electronic warfare systems capable of autonomously identifying and countering emerging threats in...

Army

Army pilot data ops center to oversee Pentagon's first API marketplace

OFFSET Staff — May 31, 2026

The Army Data Operations Center (ADOC) will oversee a new marketplace for application programming interfaces (APIs) as the service wraps its first sprint in a series of hackathons designed to make sys...

Space Force

Space Force picks SpaceX for $4.16B contract to detect airborne targets

OFFSET Staff — May 30, 2026

The Space Force today awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to build a constellation of satellites able to track and sense airborne moving targets, according to a service announcement. The contract, awarded un...

Navy

Navy, DIU seek mine countermeasures solutions amid Strait of Hormuz standoff

OFFSET Staff — May 30, 2026

As the standoff over shipping access to the Strait of Hormuz surpasses three months, the Navy and Defense Innovation Unit are launching a $10 million modernization prize challenge in search of rapidly...

Air Force

Air Force fighter inventory dips below legal minimum as service renews push for combat-coded standard

OFFSET Staff — May 29, 2026

The Air Force's existing fleet of fighter aircraft has fallen below the minimum primary mission aircraft inventory (PMAI) requirement of 1,145, a congressional aide confirmed to OFFSET. The shortfall ...

Space Force

House panel proposes eliminating SDA, Space RCO in sweeping Space Force acquisition overhaul

OFFSET Staff — May 29, 2026

The House Armed Services Committee is proposing a major restructuring of Space Force acquisition authorities that would eliminate the Space Development Agency and Space Rapid Capabilities Office while...

SOCOM

With new cohort, SOCOM expanding reach of private capital

OFFSET Staff — May 28, 2026

Private capital will play a larger role in U.S. Special Operations Command's acquisition landscape, with the command having spent the past year fine-tuning its new Private Capital Investor Cohort (PCI...

MDA

House panel wants details by September on MDA-Next agency and architecture overhaul

OFFSET Staff — May 28, 2026

The House Armed Services Committee's strategic forces subcommittee has directed the Missile Defense Agency to provide a comprehensive briefing on MDA's digital modernization strategy by September, sig...

DoD

Pentagon CIO mandates zero-trust architecture compliance by Q4 FY27

OFFSET Staff — May 28, 2026

The Department of Defense Chief Information Officer has issued a directive requiring all DoD networks to implement identity-centric zero-trust security frameworks ahead of the original FY28 timeline. ...

Army

Army sustainment plan for LTAMDS under scrutiny; lawmakers want details

OFFSET Staff — May 27, 2026

Lawmakers are concerned the Army has not adequately defined its sustainment and sparing strategy for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor radar, advancing directive report language requiring ...

DIU

DIU launches search for low-cost radar guidance systems for small missiles

OFFSET Staff — May 27, 2026

The Defense Innovation Unit has rolled out a $250,000 prize challenge for mass-producible small radar systems capable of actively seeking and tracking targets after launch. The effort targets commerci...

CYBERCOM

CYBERCOM activates first dedicated AI-enabled electronic warfare battalion

OFFSET Staff — May 26, 2026

U.S. Cyber Command has activated its first battalion-sized unit dedicated to AI-enabled electronic warfare operations, marking a significant expansion of the command's operational capability in the el...

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