General Atomics Designs Nuclear Reactor for NASA’s Future Mars Exploration
General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business has designed a nuclear reactor system as part of a NASA-backed research project aimed at powering human missions to Mars.
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System Integrators Help Agencies Address IT Asset Management Gaps; ManTech’s Dan Smith Quoted
Systems integrators working on the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program like ManTech International have been helping agencies address gaps in information technology asset management since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, FedScoop reported Wednesday.
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Mercury Systems Launches ‘System in Package’ Chip Offering for 5G, Electronic Warfare Applications
Mercury Systems has unveiled an electronic system offering that features customizable elements to support technologies used in electronic warfare, radar and 5G network applications.
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General Dynamics Combines Encryptor With Klas Telecom’s Data Networking System
General Dynamics' mission systems business and Klas Telecom's government unit have partnered to offer a data networking platform with a Type 1 encryption technology built to help military customers secure tactical computing functions and communications.
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Carahsoft-FTP Today Partnership Brings Cloud File Transfer Platform to Federal, SLED Markets
Carahsoft Technology has signed a master government aggregator agreement with FTP Today to help sell the latter's managed file transfer-as-a-service offering to the federal, state, local and education sectors.
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Boom to Explore USAF Executive Transport Version of Supersonic Airliner
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boom Supersonic a contract to study the possibility of configuring the company's supersonic commercial aircraft platform for government executive transport use. The company said Tuesday it will conduct studies to provide an executive branch transport based on the Overture supersonic jet.
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Elbit Systems Subsidiary to Build Night Targeting Sight Prototypes for Marine Corps
An Elbit Systems of America subsidiary has been selected to develop two prototypes of a multispectral weapon sight technology intended for U.S. Marine Corps' target acquisition and engagement operations.
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Persistent Systems Tech Aids in Connectivity During Air Force Battle Mgmt System Experiment
Persistent Systems used its mobile ad hoc networking technology to provide mobile connectivity support for the U.S. Air Force's second on-ramp experiment with the Advanced Battle Management System.
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Raytheon Technologies Looks to AI/ML Tech to Help Accelerate ISR Missions; Shane Zabel Quoted
Raytheon Technologies executives have said the company is applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to the company's technology offerings in a push to help military customers process intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data faster. “We’re looking at how machine learning can augment our existing sensor product lines and the question is: "How can we utilize machine learning technology to help military commanders make decisions?" said Shane Zabel, AI technology area director for Raytheon's intelligence and space business.
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Karen Walker: Intel Unveils New Logo
Karen Walker, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Intel, wrote in an editorial published Wednesday that the company launched a new logo to reflect its role in technology creation and “commitment to accelerating progress against the world’s most critical challenges.â€
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Lockheed, USAF to Offer F-16 Base Model With Standardized Price to FMS Customers
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force plan to offer a base model of the F-16 fighter jet to speed up foreign military sales of the aircraft, FlightGlobal reported Saturday.
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Immersive Wisdom, Vricon Form 3D Geospatial Tech Dev’t Partnership
Maxar Technologies' Vricon subsidiary and Immersive Wisdom have partnered to integrate a remote geospatial collaboration technology and 3D data in a bid to help military customers plan and execute missions.