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  • Sapient, Luminoso Technologies Form AI Tech Partnership for Federal Clients
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    Sapient, Luminoso Technologies Form AI Tech Partnership for Federal Clients

    Sapient Government Services, a Publicis.Sapient subsidiary, and Luminoso Technologies have forged a marketing alliance that aims to use artificial intelligence technology to help federal customers transform data into actionable insights. SGS said Tuesday Luminoso’s software utilizes natural language processing and machine learning to analyze text data and transform language into mathematical vectors using the ConceptNet open-source semantic knowledge base, which was developed at […] More

  • AT&T to Design, Build Mobile Radio Comm Towers for Navy
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    AT&T to Design, Build Mobile Radio Comm Towers for Navy

    AT&T has won an $11.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to design and build five land mobile radio communication towers throughout the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California. The company’s government solutions business unit will construct 70- to 150-foot-high towers that can operate as standalone facilities in remote areas within the Sierra Nevada […] More

  • Antonio Rucci Joins Information International Associates as Info Security Program Chief
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    Antonio Rucci Joins Information International Associates as Info Security Program Chief

    Antonio Rucci, owner and principal of Insider Threats Consulting, has been named head of the information security program at Information International Associates. Bonnie Carroll, founder and CEO of IIa, said Rucci’s experience in program management, cybersecurity governance and policy development will help IIa expand its threat intelligence footprint, build up its cybersecurity programs and service […] More

  • Phacil in Inc. Magazine’s List of Fastest-Growing Companies for 10th Straight Year
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    Phacil in Inc. Magazine’s List of Fastest-Growing Companies for 10th Straight Year

    Phacil has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the 10th consecutive year. The company said Aug. 18 it is also featured on the Inc. 5000 Honor Roll for the fifth year in recognition of its appearance on the Inc. 5000 for at least five years. “The Inc. 5000 list stands out where it really counts,” said […] More

  • Marine Corps Orders Vehicle-Mounted Comm Devices From LRAD
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    Marine Corps Orders Vehicle-Mounted Comm Devices From LRAD

    LRAD has received a $335,000 contract to provide 1000Xi long-range acoustic hailing devices that will be mounted on U.S. Marine Corps vehicles. The company said Tuesday the technology is designed to help military users signal and warn through broadcasts of attention-commanding voice messages and deterrent tones. “With these orders for the Marine Corps, LRAD systems will now be deployed by all branches of the […] More

  • Lockheed-Raytheon JV, Tata Power Intend to Jointly Build Anti-Armor Missile System
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    Lockheed-Raytheon JV, Tata Power Intend to Jointly Build Anti-Armor Missile System

    A Lockheed Martin–Raytheon joint venture and Tata Power have signed a letter of intent to explore joint development and production of the Javelin anti-tank guided missile system. Under the agreement, Javelin Joint Venture will work with Tata Power’s strategic engineering division to craft a strategy to jointly build the missile as well as to integrate platform mounts in an effort to help address India’s weapon […] More

  • Noblis’ Roger Mason: Career Path Understanding Key to Cyber Workforce Training, Retention Efforts
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    Noblis’ Roger Mason: Career Path Understanding Key to Cyber Workforce Training, Retention Efforts

    There has been no shortage of research materials over the past year that point to a fear among government and private industry leaders that the U.S. does not have the needed numbers or proper skillsets in its cybersecurity workforce and could feel some consequences as a result. One survey from Raytheon and the National Cyber Security Alliance said almost […] More

  • QinetiQ Gets $2.7M in DARPA Funds for Electric Hub-Drive Tech; David Moore Comments
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    QinetiQ Gets $2.7M in DARPA Funds for Electric Hub-Drive Tech; David Moore Comments

    QinetiQ has received $2.7 million in funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to continue work on the company’s electric hub-drive technology. The technology will form part of an electric propulsion system to replace gearboxes, differentials and drive shafts with electric motors contained within the wheels, QinetiQ said Tuesday. QinetiQ was among the eight organizations DARPA […] More

  • Imperva Firewalls Included in DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program BPA
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    Imperva Firewalls Included in DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program BPA

    Two Imperva SecureSphere firewalls will be available to federal agencies through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Tools/Continuous Monitoring as a Service blanket purchase agreement. Imperva said Tuesday federal agencies can use its SecureSphere Database Firewall and SecureSphere Web Application Firewall in efforts to identify cybersecurity risks, prioritize risks based on potential effect and help cybersecurity […] More

  • Infinity Secures NASA SBIR Phase 3 Contract for Air Independent Fuel Cell Devt
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    Infinity Secures NASA SBIR Phase 3 Contract for Air Independent Fuel Cell Devt

    Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen has been awarded a phase three contract under NASA‘s Small Business Innovation Research program to develop air independent fuel cells for potential use in the Space Launch System. Infinity said Tuesday it will use contract funds to help advance the company’s patented Non Flow Through fuel cell stack and update its Advanced Product Water Removal technology. “The need […] More

  • L-3 to Provide Simulator Update for China-Based JV’s Nuclear Power Site
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    L-3 to Provide Simulator Update for China-Based JV’s Nuclear Power Site

    L-3 Communications‘ MAPPS division has received a contract from China-based joint venture Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power to help update the reactor core model on the Hongyanhe Phase I nuclear power site’s simulator. MAPPS said Tuesday it will provide the Orchid Core Builder graphical utility that will work to create and validate the simulator’s cycle-specific reactor core data. The updated Comet Plus reactor […] More

  • L-3 to Produce Electro-Optical IR Turrets for Middle East Country’s UH-60 Fleet
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    L-3 to Produce Electro-Optical IR Turrets for Middle East Country’s UH-60 Fleet

    L-3 Communications has been chosen to supply electro-optical and infrared designating turrets for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of a Middle Eastern defense customer under a foreign military sales agreement. New York City-headquartered L-3 said Tuesday its Wescam MX-10D EO/IR turrets will work to help the customer execute counterterrorism missions from UH-60s helicopters. The company added its integrated sensor systems segment began to […] More