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  • NASA Picks Axiom Space for 2nd Private Astronaut Mission to ISS
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    NASA Picks Axiom Space for 2nd Private Astronaut Mission to ISS

    Axiom Space has been selected by NASA to perform the second private manned mission to the International Space Station. Axiom Mission 2 is expected to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida between fall 2022 and late spring 2023 to support private astronauts’ in-orbit activities in coordination with ground flight controllers and crew members […] More

  • Outpatient Books Air Force Phase II SBIR Contract for Digital Health Tool; Brian Corey Quoted
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    Outpatient Books Air Force Phase II SBIR Contract for Digital Health Tool; Brian Corey Quoted

    Outpatient has secured a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force to further develop an application meant to facilitate medical readiness coordination between medical personnel, commanding officers, active duty airmen and other service members to speed up deployment processes. Outpatient App is intended to support medical staff task coordination and […] More

  • General Atomics Unveils Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System
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    General Atomics Unveils Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has introduced an unmanned aircraft system that offers short-takeoff and landing capabilities and can carry up to 16 Hellfire missiles in support of armed reconnaissance, attack and armed overwatch missions. Mojave has a 450-HP turboprop engine and enlarged wings with high-lift devices and is based on flight control and avionics […] More

  • Tom Keane: Microsoft Forms Geospatial Partnerships, Unveils Capabilities for Azure Space
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    Tom Keane: Microsoft Forms Geospatial Partnerships, Unveils Capabilities for Azure Space

    Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company has launched new Azure Space offerings and formed partnerships with Airbus, ST Engineering iDirect, Blackshark.ai, ESRI and Orbital Insight to deliver more cloud and space capabilities to customers worldwide. Keane wrote in a blog post published Thursday that one of new capabilities […] More

  • Robotic Research Raises $228M in Series A Funding Round; Alberto Lacaze Quoted
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    Robotic Research Raises $228M in Series A Funding Round; Alberto Lacaze Quoted

    Clarksburg, Maryland-based Robotic Research has raised $228 million in a round of Series A financing and will use the investment to enable its RR.AI division to expand, drive innovation and deliver autonomous driving platforms for transportation and logistics markets. Alberto Lacaze, co-founder and president of Robotic Research, said in a statement published Thursday the investment […] More

  • Research Teams Use Bio-Derived Molecules to Develop Military Tech Under DARPA Program
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    Research Teams Use Bio-Derived Molecules to Develop Military Tech Under DARPA Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has transitioned to five research teams from three service branches technologies such as adhesives and polymers with potential military applications that were developed using biologically produced molecules as part of the 1000 Molecules component of DARPA’s Living Foundries program. A team from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division […] More

  • Parsons Fields Drones to Perform Roof Inspections at DOL Facilities; Jon Moretta Quoted
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    Parsons Fields Drones to Perform Roof Inspections at DOL Facilities; Jon Moretta Quoted

    Parsons has conducted roof inspections at the Department of Labor’s Job Corps facilities using drones. The company said Monday it is deploying drones equipped with visual and thermal sensors to help DOL assess roof conditions and perform facility maintenance and repairs. Jon Moretta, president of engineered systems at Parsons, said the company’s drone capabilities could […] More

  • AWS Unveils Top Secret-West Cloud Region for Defense, Intell Customers
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    AWS Unveils Top Secret-West Cloud Region for Defense, Intell Customers

    Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud region designed to host data and workloads with the “Top Secret” classification status. The AWS Top Secret-West region is the second commercial air-gapped cloud authorized for classified workloads and features new multiple availability zones that are geographically detached from the AWS Top Secret-East region that was unveiled […] More

  • Air Combat Command to Hold Discussions on Long Range Kill Chain Concepts in January
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    Air Combat Command to Hold Discussions on Long Range Kill Chain Concepts in January

    Air Combat Command will host two separate Industry Information Exchange briefings on Jan. 12 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada to discuss Long Range Kill Chain concepts. ACC expects the IIE events to help promote discussions on emerging technologies related to the command’s core functions among academia, industry and government organizations, according to a […] More

  • Contractors Urged to Update GSA Advantage Order Status
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    Contractors Urged to Update GSA Advantage Order Status

    The General Services Administration has called on eligible contractors to update their GSA Advantage order status. GSA said Thursday the Multiple Award Schedule Solicitation requires order status reporting. “Schedule contractors must use EDI, cXML or the GSA Advantage Purchase Order Portal to provide order status that enables ordering agencies to track the location of an […] More