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Leonardo DRS to Continue Work With GE for Navy LM2500 Gas Turbine Program
Leonardo DRS has agreed with General Electric to extend their collaboration on the development and delivery of LM2500 gas turbine for the U.S. Navy.
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AFLCMC Eyes Next Generation Helmet Acquisition for Fixed-Wing Aircrews
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has teamed up with the Advanced Tactical Acquisition Corps to equip fixed-wing aircraft personnel with modernized helmets in a move to meet present technological requirements.
Beth Beach: PAE ISR’s Unmanned Aircraft Platform Offers ‘Mission Flexibility’
Beth Beach, vice president of business development at PAE ISR, has said the company's Resolute Eagle unmanned aerial system has the potential to support expeditionary forces and complement military platforms.
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GSA to Release Draft RFQ for DoD Cloud Service BPA by Month’s End
The General Services Administration plans to issue by the end of January a draft request for quotes on a blanket purchase agreement to create a comprehensive cloud service intended to update the Department of Defense's legacy information technology applications.
AWS’ Teresa Carlson on Cloud Adoption in Public Sector
Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector, told SiliconANGLE Media in an interview published Wednesday about the changes she has seen in the public sector when it comes to cloud adoption. “One of the big changes I’ve seen in the last 18 months is state and local government. [They’re] really looking at applications and solutions that can change citizen services engagement,â€Â she told SiliconANGLE’s mobile livestreaming studio theCUBE.
Deloitte: Agencies Could Use Natural Language Processing to Derive Insights From Unstructured Data
A Deloitte article says government agencies seeking to generate insights from unstructured data to facilitate the decision-making process and policy analysis could use artificial intelligence in the form of natural language processing. NLP has seven technical capabilities that could help agencies identify patterns, analyze public opinion and categorize topics, according to the article published Wednesday.
Iridium Launches ‘Certus’ Broadband Service; Matt Desch Quoted
Iridium Communications has unveiled its L-band broadband service powered by the company’s $3B Iridium NEXT satellite network. The company said Wednesday initial activations of the Iridium Certus service kicked off in December 2018 for terrestrial and maritime applications with the aviation service expected later this year once certification is secured.
ÂBooz Allen Execs Explain How Agencies Could Apply DevSecOps to IT Projects
Booz Allen Hamilton Principal Jimmy Pham and Chief Technologist Martin Folkoff have clarified misconceptions about how federal agencies use DevSecOps to aid in the development of information technology software and applications.
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NTT DATA Holds Spot on $12B Army IT Services Contract; Kevin Durkin Quoted
NTT DATA Services’ federal government business is eligible to provide information technology services to the U.S. Army through the third iteration of the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions contract worth up to $12.1B over nine years.
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BAE Gets $80M Contract to Help Navy Maintain, Operate Comms Systems
BAE Systems has received a five-year, $79.8M contract to assist the U.S. Navy in the maintenance and operations of electronic, communication and computing platforms used by U.S. and joint forces across the Pacific.