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Planet has teamed up with New Light Technologies to deliver satellite imagery to the federal government in support of its disaster risk mitigation, response and recovery initiatives. The Earth observation services provider said Wednesday it will combine its PlanetScope imagery collection with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster response program to assess areas damaged by […] More

Xendee and the Department of Energy will test a new technology that operators would use to control microgrid functions and manage distributed energy resources. The company said Wednesday it will work with a DOE national laboratory to test the Positronix Model Predictive Controller, which is designed to help microgrids run optimally and adapt to changes […] More

Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company will work with several industry partners under the second phase of a Department of Defense-sponsored program that seeks to advance the development of secure microelectronics and semiconductors for defense and national security applications using commercial innovations. Keane wrote in a blog post […] More

Northrop Grumman will advance the development of a satellite communications-enabled networking radio designed to allow the joint forces to communicate across land, sea, air and space domains. The defense technology company said Wednesday it received an expanded scope of work contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to mature the capabilities of its Freedom Radio […] More