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  • Ashley Bunce Named Executive Director for NDIA’s Women in Defense Affiliate
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    Ashley Bunce Named Executive Director for NDIA’s Women in Defense Affiliate

    Ashley Bunce, formerly associate director for the National Defense Industrial Association’s Women in Defense affiliate, has been named executive director of WID. NDIA said Monday Bunce will oversee the organization’s strategic direction, external relationships and programs that seek to facilitate professional networking and leadership development for women in national security. Craig McKinley, NDIA president and CEO, said […] More

  • Stan Crow Named Chief Executive of Northrop’s Japan Operations; Dave Perry Comments
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    Stan Crow Named Chief Executive of Northrop’s Japan Operations; Dave Perry Comments

    Stan Crow, former director of Northrop Grumman‘s aerospace systems business in Japan, has been named chief executive of the company’s operations in that country. Northrop said Tuesday Crow will report to Dave Perry, corporate vice president and chief global business development officer, and lead the company’s development, growth and partnership efforts in Japan. Crow succeeded Jack Dorsett, who […] More

  • General Dynamics Delivers Future USS Rafael Peralta Destroyer to Navy
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    General Dynamics Delivers Future USS Rafael Peralta Destroyer to Navy

    General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has delivered its first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s restarted development program for this ship class. The military branch said Monday the future USS Rafael Peralta underwent a series of at-sea and pier-side trials to check its operational readiness prior to delivery. “As the 65th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program
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    Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program

    Aurora Flight Sciences has tested a technology demonstration platform designed to retrieve unmanned aerial systems as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. DARPA said Monday the SideArm prototype worked to capture a Lockheed Martin-built Fury UAS flying at full speed. “SideArm aims to replicate carriers’ capability to quickly and safely accelerate and decelerate planes through a portable, […] More

  • Lockheed Martin, MDA & Navy Test Latest Version of Aegis Weapons System
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    Lockheed Martin, MDA & Navy Test Latest Version of Aegis Weapons System

    A team that includes the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have conducted the first shipboard demonstration of the latest version of a Lockheed-produced  ballistic missile defense system. Lockheed said Monday the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 (BMD 5.1) combat system underwent the developmental test onboard the USS John Paul Jones and worked to detect, track and intercept a medium-range ballistic […] More

  • AWS Enters Agreement With Plano, TX to Provide GovCloud to City Agencies, Police
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    AWS Enters Agreement With Plano, TX to Provide GovCloud to City Agencies, Police

    Amazon Web Services and the city of Plano, Texas, have entered into an agreement to give local government and law enforcement agencies access to the company’s U.S. government cloud platform. AWS said Monday the Criminal Justice Information Services agreement works to enable Plano’s city government and police department to use AWS GovCloud (US) to utilize encryption and other features […] More

  • IBM Partners With Dubai Agencies, Firms for Blockchain Tech Initiative
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    IBM Partners With Dubai Agencies, Firms for Blockchain Tech Initiative

    IBM has teamed up with six Dubai-based public and private organizations in an effort to advance the country’s government blockchain strategy. IBM said Monday it will collaborate with Dubai’s customs and trade agencies as well as with Emirates NBD, du, Aramex, and Banco Santader to assess the potential use of blockchain technology in trade finance and logistics systems designed for the import and re-export process […] More

  • Accenture Helps Develop, Deploy Australian Defense Supply Codification System
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    Accenture Helps Develop, Deploy Australian Defense Supply Codification System

    Accenture has supported the Australian defense department in the development and implementation of a cloud-based supply codification system that works to receive updated supply chain codification data and link with the systems of other NATO nations. The software-as-a-service program is also designed to facilitate new supply chain processes for the Australian DoD and manage defense logistics, […] More

  • Mikros to Support Production of Maintenance Tool for Navy Radar Systems
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    Mikros to Support Production of Maintenance Tool for Navy Radar Systems

    Mikros Systems has secured a potential five-year, $35.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to support the production of a computer-aided alignment and maintenance tool for air and surface radar systems used on warships. The Defense Department said Monday the Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract also covers data management, engineering, logistics and technical […] More

  • Technology CEO Council Recommends $1T Cost Reduction Plan for Trump Administration
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    Technology CEO Council Recommends $1T Cost Reduction Plan for Trump Administration

    A new report from the Technology CEO Council outlines ways the federal government could save approximately $1 trillion in the next decade through the implementation of modern technologies. The report titled “The Government We Need” has been shared with President Donald Trump’s team including Vice President Mike Pence and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, TCC said Jan. […] More