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  • Intel, Microsoft, Cray Enter Cloud Supercomputing Partnership
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    Intel, Microsoft, Cray Enter Cloud Supercomputing Partnership

    Cray has partnered with Intel and Microsoft to help customers manage workloads on a high-performance computing system hosted in a cloud environment. The partnership will allow clients to leverage Cray’s Sentinel supercomputer alongside a suite of Azure cloud services and tools such as those designed for artificial intelligence, machine learning, storage, archiving, remote visualization and internet-of-things applications, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • Savi Technology Raises Funds for Tech Development
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    Savi Technology Raises Funds for Tech Development

    Savi Technology has raised $7.5M in funds to support development of its in-transit visibility and analytics technologies. Eastward Capital Partners led the financing, with Kimberly Cafferty, founder of Cafferty & Company, serving as an investment adviser, Savi said Tuesday. The technology firm also intends to use raised funds to expand market growth across both public […] More

  • DARPA Taps Perspecta to Build Configuration Security Tech
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    DARPA Taps Perspecta to Build Configuration Security Tech

    Perspecta‘s research arm, Perspecta Labs, has received a 3.5-year, $5.4M prime contract to develop an automatic configuration system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it will design, build and test the Optimized Context-specific Configuration for Attack Surface Minimization system that would work to rapidly generate needed configurations and complementary human-readable […] More

  • Matrix Games to Develop Tabletop Wargames for Warfighter Training; Tim Greef Quoted
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    Matrix Games to Develop Tabletop Wargames for Warfighter Training; Tim Greef Quoted

    The U.S. Army has tapped video game developer Matrix Games to provide computer wargames in support of warfighter training efforts, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Under an other transaction authority for the Athena program, Matrix Games will coordinate with the Atlantic Council and Big Parser to develop portable wargames integrated with commercial off-the-shelf software and voice-controlled […] More

  • DOL Certifies Lockheed’s Nat’l Apprenticeship Program Standards; Marillyn Hewson Quoted
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    DOL Certifies Lockheed’s Nat’l Apprenticeship Program Standards; Marillyn Hewson Quoted

    The Labor Department has approved Lockheed Martin’s proposed framework for apprenticeship programs conducted at the Bethesda, Md.-based defense firm’s U.S. locations. The company said Tuesday that its National Standards of Apprenticeship covers workforce development initiatives such as on-the-job training and classroom instruction for advanced manufacturing capacities. Lockheed said it aims to facilitate more than 30 […] More

  • Sparton’s DLS Business Obtains CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Jim Lackemacher Quoted
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    Sparton’s DLS Business Obtains CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Jim Lackemacher Quoted

    Sparton’s DeLeon Springs, Fla.-based design and development group has received a Capability Maturity Model Integration level 3 appraisal for its manufacturing processes. The rating indicates that the firm’s processes are “well-characterized”, understood and established, as well as described in a standard manner, Sparton said Tuesday. The CMMI level 3 designation also acknowledges that the manufacturing […] More

  • Air Force to Implement SIMBA Blockchain Platform for Logistics, Supply Chain Mgmt
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    Air Force to Implement SIMBA Blockchain Platform for Logistics, Supply Chain Mgmt

    SIMBA Chain has secured a contract to provide a blockchain-as-a-service platform for the U.S. Air Force to manage supply chain and logistics operations. The Air Force will use the cloud-based BaaS in efforts to secure the military service’s additive manufacturing program and its network that transports millions of components worldwide, SIMBA Chain said Tuesday. The […] More

  • NASA Seeks Industry Support for Urban Air Mobility Integration
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    NASA Seeks Industry Support for Urban Air Mobility Integration

    NASA is calling for aerospace manufacturers and researchers to submit market information on technologies and approaches that would contribute to the safe implementation of urban air mobility. The space agency is studying methods to safely integrate manned and unmanned aircraft into the urban airspace and to manage associated air traffic, NASA said Friday in a […] More

  • Leidos Includes Six Tech Firms to Supply Base Partner Network
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    Leidos Includes Six Tech Firms to Supply Base Partner Network

    Leidos has selected six technology companies for inclusion into its program aimed at expanding the Reston, Va.-based defense contractor’s supplier base network. Leidos said Monday that IBM and Red Hat were added to the Leidos Alliance Partner Network as Technology Integration Partners, while Confluent, Databricks, Docker and Elastic were designated as Emerging Technology Partners. Kevin Davis, vice president of public sector […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Selects Veterans for 2018 Fighting Spirit Scholarships
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    Lockheed Martin Selects Veterans for 2018 Fighting Spirit Scholarships

    Veterans 1st Lt. Victor Prato, retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Anthony Radetic and retired Sgt. 1st Class Randy Nantz have been awarded scholarships under Lockheed Martin‘s 2018 Fighting Spirit program. The company said Monday its scholarship program, which it sponsored for the third consecutive year, provides wounded veterans with flying, sailing and competitive exercise […] More

  • Danish Firm MyDefence, General Dynamics Integrate Counter UAS Sensors Into Land Vehicle
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    Danish Firm MyDefence, General Dynamics Integrate Counter UAS Sensors Into Land Vehicle

    Denmark-based MyDefence Communication and General Dynamics‘ land systems business have equipped a light vehicle with sensors made to detect enemy unmanned aerial systems. MyDefence said Monday it developed networked radio-frequency sensors designed to help in-vehicle soldiers identify and dismantle drone threats, and General Dynamics supported the integration of this technology into vehicle platforms for military operations. […] More

  • Endeavor Pursues Two Army Robotic System Development Programs
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    Endeavor Pursues Two Army Robotic System Development Programs

    Endeavor Robotics is vying for a pair of U.S. Army programs to build robotic platforms that are intended to have plug-and-play and interoperable functions, Defense News reported Monday. The Massachusetts-based company will compete with QinetiQ North America under a a potential $429.1M engineering and manufacturing development contract for the Common Robot System-Individual. CRS-I is designed to have a sensor technology […] More