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FAA Launches Challenge To Modernize Systems
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On Feb. 18, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration launched a multi-phase, challenge-based acquisition to modernize roughly 200 applications and 3,000 databases to cloud-native architectures. Vendors must submit Phase 1 proposals by March 10, with five finalists demonstrating "modernization factories" before a Phase 4 award targeted Sept. 30 for a 10-year contract, emphasizing AI-driven code analysis and 99.9% uptime.
