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OmniSci Provides Data Mgmt Tech for Disaster Intelligence Partnership
OmniSci and Disaster Intelligence have partnered to apply data technologies such as geospatial analysis and graphics processing unit-based analytics for disaster management efforts.
AT&T Implements FirstNet Emergency Response Comms Service to Calif. City
AT&T has partnered with the government of San José in California to field the FirstNet communications service for first responders, equip the service to various agencies including the police, emergency, environmental services and fire departments as part of San José’s Emergency Action Plan initiative.
Industry Execs Laud FITARA’s Role in Federal IT Modernization; Dell EMC Federal’s Steve Harris Quoted
Several executives in the federal information technology sector cited how the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act helps agencies carry out their information technology modernization efforts, MeriTalk reported Thursday.
Lockheed Unveils Quiet Supersonic Technology Airliner Concept
Lockheed Martin introduced on June 19 a supersonic passenger aircraft concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aviation Forum, FlightGlobal reported Thursday.
Study Finds Disconnect Between Agency Leaders, IT Teams on Data Security
Forty percent of senior officials and another 66 percent of middle managers said they are confident about the security posture at their agencies, according to a study by Acronis SCS and Market Connections. Data also showed that only about a third of government information technology or technical professionals feel positive about edge data security at their agencies, Acronis SCS said Wednesday.
General Dynamics Unveils Update for Sectera vIPer Secure Phone
General Dynamics’ mission systems business has updated a universal secure phone that utilizes cryptographic methods to repel potential cyberattacks and help users perform secure and non-secure Voice over IP calls.
Aerojet Rocketdyne-Made Engines Delivered for NASA Artemis 2 Mission
Aerojet Rocketdyne has shipped eight auxiliary engines, which will regulate the Orion spacecraft’s trajectory, for NASA’s second Artemis mission.
Sikorsky Optimizes Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Design With Raider
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has handed over its S-97 Raider compound helicopter to a team to improve the design of the company’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft offering for the U.S. Army, Rotor & Wing International reported Tuesday.