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Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
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Capella Space, Air Force to Demonstrate SAR Satellites’ Imagery Collection Tasking Capability
Capella Space and the Air Force Research Laboratory will test the ability of the company’s constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites to facilitate imagery collection and data downloads under a $750K contract, Breaking Defense reported Monday.
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Boeing’s ‘Rosie the Astronaut’ to Fly Aboard Starliner’s First Orbital Test Flight; Leanne Caret Quoted
Boeing has named the test dummy that will ride aboard the company’s CST-100 Starliner crew capsule as part of the spacecraft’s maiden orbital flight test, Florida Today reported Thursday. The mannequin “Rosie the Astronaut†was named after “Rosie the Riveter,†a World War II icon that represented female assembly line workers who helped produce weapons and other equipment during the war.
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Boeing, Saab Progress on T-7A Trainer Aircraft Program
Boeing and Saab are reaching developmental milestones on schedule for the T-7A Red Hawk trainer towards the aircraft’s planned production start in late 2020, Aviation Today reported Friday.
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Summit Panelists on Incentive Structure for Cybersecurity in Satellite Industry
Panelists at CyberSat 2019 said the satellite industry faces misaligned market incentives when it comes to cybersecurity, Via Satellite reported Friday.
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Ingram Micro to Offer HPE Aruba’s Wireless Networking Tech to Federal Customers
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise subsidiary, has authorized Ingram Micro to distribute its wireless networking products to federal government clients, CRN reported Thursday.
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Jacobs Hosts Space Tech Contest for NASA; Steve Arnette Quoted
Jacobs Engineering recently hosted a national competition on space exploration technologies to support NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Army, C3.ai Partner on Predictive Maintenance Tool Development
The U.S. Army has tapped enterprise artificial intelligence software provider C3.ai to help capture, organize and standardize data from maintenance logs to support predictive maintenance of its aircraft, Defense One reported Wednesday.
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Booz Allen Leaders Say Gov’t Needs Comprehensive Approach to Revolutionize Digital Customer Experience
Santiago Milian, John Gray Parker and Cameron Hanson of Booz Allen Hamilton wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on Federal Times that transforming the federal government’s digital customer experience requires the implementation a comprehensive approach that involves change management, data science and a “firm understanding of the domain.â€