Robotic Research to Showcase Small Two-Mode Drone at CES 2020
Robotic Research will exhibit a small, transformable drone at the Consumer Technology Association’s upcoming CES 2020 event.
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General Atomics Tests New Aircraft Carrier Arresting Gear; Scott Forney Quoted
General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has demonstrated a technology designed to facilitate an aircraft’s recovery sequence on Ford-class carriers.
Dell’s Cameron Chehreh Talks 2020 Federal IT Predictions
Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer and vice president of presales engineering at Dell EMC’s federal business, said he expects artificial intelligence, machine learning, 5G and multi-cloud technologies to become prevalent this year, Meritalk reported Thursday.
Fortinet’s Anthony Giandomenico on Attack Trends Agencies Should Keep in Mind
Anthony Giandomenico, senior security strategist and researcher at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that cybersecurity teams at federal agencies should be aware of the emerging attack trends as they map out their security strategies.
VMware’s Tom Kellermann on Iran’s Cyber Capabilities
Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware, told Bloomberg in a video interview posted Saturday he believes Iran will respond to a U.S. airstrike through cyber warfare.
IBM: AI Adoption in Businesses Holds Large Growth Potential
IBM found in a study that 40 percent of businesses across the globe have adopted the use of artificial intelligence in operations, Fox Business reported Thursday.
GSA, DHS Post RFI on Vulnerability Disclosure Platform
The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security issued in December a request for information on potential vendors that could provide the federal government with a centralized, cloud-based vulnerability disclosure platform, FCW reported Thursday.
Zscaler’s Drew Schnabel on 5G in Federal IT Space
Drew Schnabel, vice president of federal at Zscaler, told MeriTalk in an interview published Thursday he believes 5G will have the biggest impact on federal information technology in 2020.
L3Harris Develops Navigation Technology Satellite-3 for Air Force
L3Harris Technologies is working on an experimental satellite that could help deliver advanced position, navigation and timing capabilities to warfighters under an $84M contract with the U.S. Air Force, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday.
Matt Desch on Iridium NEXT, Partnership With SpaceX
Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications and a 2019 Wash100 award recipient, told Bloomberg in an audio interview posted Tuesday about the company’s use of SpaceX-built rockets and the role of the private sector in space exploration. He said SpaceX and other launch service providers have helped drive down the cost for a lot of satellite suppliers.
NASA Introduces Mars 2020 Rover
NASA has unveiled to the media the rover unit that will be fielded for the agency’s Mars exploration mission in 2020.