NASA Commissions Atomic Clock Payload on General Atomics Satellite
NASA has started commissioning efforts for an atomic clock device aboard the General Atomics-built Orbital Test Bed satellite.
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Boeing, SpaceX Working Towards NASA Spacecraft Test Flights
Boeing plans to conduct the first unpiloted flight of its Starliner spacecraft this October, and SpaceX is working towards the end of an investigation on a ground test mishap with the Crew Dragon spacecraft, Spaceflight Now reported Monday.
BAE Integrates Single Board Computer Into GPS III Satellite
A BAE Systems-built single board computer has been deployed and integrated into a GPS III satellite in line with the latter’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday.
Threat Sketch Releases Local Gov’t Cybersecurity Guide
Cybersecurity startup Threat Sketch has published a guide to help local governments strategically manage cyber risks and address the growing threat of cyber crime.
Industry Leaders Cite Need for Better Network Visibility in Federal IT Infrastructure
Industry executives interviewed at Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas said government agencies need to have more visibility into their networks in order to protect their infrastructure from cyber threats, Fifth Domain reported Friday.
Dun & Bradstreet Names Geospatial Data Science Scholarship Recipient; Tim Solms Quoted
Dun & Bradstreet’s government segment has named Yaneev Golombek, a Ph.D. student in civil engineering at the University of Colorado, as the recipient of the company’s 2019 Geospatial Data Science Scholarship.
DARPA Concludes First Stage of Autonomous Tech Subterranean Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Agency held an underground mine mapping contest this month to demonstrate autonomous technologies.
Privileged Access Mgmt Software Firm Remediant Raises $15M in Funding Round
Remediant, a San Francisco-based privileged access management software provider, has secured $15M in a round of Series A funding led by Dell Technologies’ investment arm and ForgePoint Capital.
KBR, AWS, NASA Stage Autonomous Vehicle Race; Byron Bright Quoted
Amazon Web Services, KBR and NASA collaborated to stage a “DeepRacer†event on Aug. 8th to showcase a race of fully autonomous vehicles operated by NASA and KBR interns who used an advanced machine learning technique called reinforcement learning.
Raytheon, Frequentis to Jointly Develop Air Traffic Control Tower Alternative
Raytheon and Frequentis USA have partnered to build a lower-cost alternative to air traffic control towers operating at airports.