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Rise8’s IDIQ: The Fastest Path to Mission-Ready Software

Rise8’s Software Delivery Organization (SDO) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) is a Phase III SBIR contract vehicle designed to accelerate the acquisition of high-impact software. It derives from multiple competitively awarded Phase I and Phase II CSOs, making it CSO-compliant by design. The contract vehicle also fully aligns with the Secretary of Defense’s 2025 Directive for modern software acquisition. Here’s how:

Uncertainty and the One Mission Metric that Matters

Explore how leaders from government and tech are tackling uncertainty, rejecting bad metrics, and defining success through mission-driven outcomes. Insights from David Bland, Alistair Croll, Clinton Herget, and more at Prodacity 2025.

Connect Dots & Measure Results for Mission Success

Discover how government and defense leaders are transforming decision-making by aligning strategy with execution and measuring what truly matters. Insights from Martin Eriksson, Douglas Hubbard, and Justin Fanelli at Prodacity 2025.

Recoding America: A Lean Government Enterprise

Learn how federal agencies can accelerate digital transformation, improve cybersecurity, and modernize legacy systems. Insights from top defense and tech leaders at Prodacity 2025 on building a lean, secure, and mission-ready government enterprise.

AFWERX and SpaceWERX Select Rise8 for Program Year 2025 STRATFI

Rise8 announces its selection for the SpaceWERX Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) under the U.S. Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Rise8 will support the U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command to enable rapid, continuous delivery of its mission-critical applications by establishing a continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) pipeline for third-party applications on Warp Core. Warp Core is the USSF Data as a Service (DaaS) platform for data ingestion, processing, normalization, analysis, and visualization across the global space enterprise.

How Long Does the ATO Process Take?

Discover how long the ATO process takes and factors that influence its duration

What Is the Information Security Continuous Monitoring Policy?

Discover how important an effective information security continuous monitoring policy is to protect your IT infrastructure, particularly for federal agencies.

What Is Continuous Monitoring in RMF?

Discover the importance of continuous monitoring in RMF for maintaining security and compliance.