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Hypergiant Unveils New Data Processing Tool for Ground-Based Satellite Control Systems
Hypergiant Industries has launched a new product designed to help organizations augment ground control systems that deliver information to autonomous satellites.
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DOE to Award $53M in R&D Small Business Funding Opportunity
The Department of Energy is slated to award 256 grants worth a combined total of $53M to 211 small businesses to support research and development efforts.
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Kleos Space to Support Multinational Military Space Program
Kleos Space has received a contract of an undisclosed value to provide its data for a military program between the U.S., Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands and the U.K.
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Ali Kidwai Named Business Dev’t Senior Director at 1901 Group
Ali Kidwai, a 10-year business analysis, capture and growth veteran, has joined 1901 Group as senior director of business development, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Thursday.
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Navy to Hold Virtual Industry Day for Large Displacement UUV Program in June
The U.S. Navy has scheduled a two-day virtual event for next month to discuss the objectives, requirements and schedule of the service branch’s Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program.
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Joyce Hunter Named ICIT Executive Director; Parham Eftekhari Appointed Board Chairman
Joyce Hunter, a veteran information technology leader, has been named executive director of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, a nonprofit cybersecurity think tank. Parham Eftekhari, ICIT founder and most recently executive director, has transitioned to the role of chairman of the board of directors.
AWS’ Dave Levy on Early Learnings From COVID-19 HPC Consortium
Dave Levy, vice president of federal business at Amazon Web Services and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said there are three early lessons from the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium and one is the capability of new technology platforms to help researchers expedite their work. "Tools including deep learning and artificial intelligence are reducing time to insight for researchers around the world," Levy wrote in a blog post published Thursday.
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CAE to Help Build C-130J Simulator for AF Special Operations Command; Ray Duquette Quoted
Lockheed Martin has selected CAE’s U.S. subsidiary to support the development and production of three systems to train U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command personnel to operate the C-130J multimission aircraft.
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Octo Consulting Partners with Indica Labs to Launch COVID-DPR; Mehul Sanghani, Susan Gregurick Quoted
Octo Consulting and Indica Labs have partnered to launch the online COVID Digital Pathology Repository, a virtual collection of high resolution microscopic COVID-related human tissue images hosted at the National Institutes of Health, Octo announced on Thursday.
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Guidehouse Releases Health Executive Survey, Notes Adoption Struggles Amid COVID-19; David Burik, Chuck Peck Quoted
Guidehouse has released a study, analyzing hospital and health system executives revenues before and after COVID-19, the company reported on Thursday. The survey was conducted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.



