AT&T, Verizon and Microsoft scored the trio of EITaaS pilot contracts.

The iterative contracting method is popular, and it shows.

The Department of Defense began working with Silicon Valley startup Zipline in 2018 through an Other Transaction Agreement.

DISA plans to issue an OTA to "research, evaluate, test, and deliver a prototype utilizing cryptographic algorithms and solutions that would secure DoD IT systems against both quantum and classical computers."

Perspecta Enterprise Solutions will create a scalable security enterprise architecture and data services prototype for the National Background Investigation Service.

The service issued a solicitation earlier this month in search of commercial, vendor-owned IT services for its network, end user, and compute and storage needs.