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Booz Allen’s Sarah St. Clair on Lessons Learned From HR Tech Upgrade Project
Sarah St. Clair, vice president responsible for human resource services at Booz Allen Hamilton, told Diginomica in an interview published Tuesday about the company’s experiences and efforts to address challenges associated with upgrading its HR technology system. St. Clair discussed Booz Allen’s move to execute the Workday project to manage recruitment operations and mentioned some of the actions the company made to mitigate negative impacts associated with project implementation.
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HHS Opens Solicitation for AI Products, Services Contract Vehicle
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a request for proposals on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle for intelligent automation and artificial intelligence products and services.
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BAE Plans Innovation Hub in Georgia; Peder Jungck Quoted
BAE Systems plans to open an innovation facility at a cyber center in downtown Augusta, Ga., through a lease on the Nathan Deal Campus for Innovation.
Air Force Seeks Info on Cloud, Data Analytics Support for Cyber Operations
The U.S. Air Force has released a request for information on cloud computing, cybersecurity and data science service providers that can support the military branch's Cyber Operations-Based Rapid Analytics program.
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Bombardier Secures $669M New Jersey Passenger Rail Cars Supp Contract to NJ Transit to Deliver Rail Car Platforms
Bombardier Transportation has landed a potential $669M contract to provide New Jersey Transit with rail cars designed for commuter usage.
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Washington Headquarters Services Taps Johns Hopkins APL to Explore Offensive Tech Alternatives
Washington Headquarters Services has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory an $8.5M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to evaluate and develop alternatives of multidomain offensive tools.
DoD Taps Smiths Detection for Chemical Detector Development Effort
Smiths Detection said Wednesday that the Department of Defense has chosen the company to work on the Aerosol and Vapor Chemical Agent Detector, a new, miniature chemical detection device. Technology firm 908 Device will work with SDI as a subcontractor and enable the use of high-pressure mass spectrometry for the effort.
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Matt Desch Eyes Final Launch of Iridium Next Satellites on Jan. 11
Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has expressed confidence that SpaceX will stage its final launch of the Iridium Next communications satellites on Friday following delays in the project, Space.com reported Wednesday.
BAE-Made Computers Support NASA’s InSight Mission
BAE Systems recently revealed that NASA had equipped its InSight spacecraft, which landed on Mars in November last year, with BAE's radiation-hardened RAD750 single board computers. Jim LaRosa, the company's director for Space Processor and Products, said that the RAD750s "commanded a series of critical maneuvers" as InSight descended onto the Martian surface.
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Lockheed Taps Raytheon to Help Design Payload for Next-Gen Missile Warning System
Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon as one of the contractors that will design the payload for a new missile detection technology that would replace the U.S. Air Force’s existing Space Based Infrared System satellites.