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BAE-Lockheed Team Supplies USAF With Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Systems
BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin have supplied the U.S. Air Force with long-range anti-ship missiles for the B-1B bomber aircraft, which reached early operational capability ahead of schedule.
AI SpaceFactory Wins NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
AI SpaceFactory, a New York-based architectural and technology design company, won a NASA competition focused on the development of space habitation structures using advanced manufacturing technology.
Deloitte’s Frank Strickland on Challenges Military Decision-Makers Should Assess When it Comes to AI
Frank Strickland, managing director at Deloitte Consulting, told Government Matters in a video interview posted Thursday that there are several challenges military decision-makers should consider as they look to use artificial intelligence to build up readiness and one is asking the right questions.
USPTO Issues RFI for IT App Modernization Initiative
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is conducting market research to determine a possible approach to update information technology applications essential for the agency mission.
Report: Lockheed Looks to Increase F-35 Missile Capacity With New Weapons Rack
Lockheed Martin aims to increase the F-35 fighter jet’s air-to-air firepower with a newly-built weapons rack designed to increase payload capacity to six missiles, Popular Mechanics reported Friday.Â
Red Hat’s John Osborne on Three Ways Agencies Can Adopt to Facilitate Hybrid Cloud Migration
John Osborne, chief OpenShift architect for public sector at Red Hat, wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that there are three approaches government agencies can implement to speed up and facilitate their migration to hybrid cloud and one is through the development of a “single repository of truth.†“This repository will store not only application code and dependencies, but anything that is needed to build an environment from version control,†Osborne noted.
HII Newport News Uses Digital Tech to Create Blueprints of Warships; Chris Miner Quoted
Engineers at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding business have started using laser scanners and other digital technologies to develop blueprints of aircraft carriers, submarines and other vessels to speed up ship design, construction and maintenance work, Defense One reported Sunday. Chris Miner, vice president of in-service carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding, said digital data will help the company achieve business transformation.
BAE to Use Spire Data for Geospatial Software; Keith Johnson Quoted
Spire Global will provide BAE Systems with automatic identification systems data that the latter firm would use for geospatial applications. BAE will integrate the data into the Geospatial eXploitation Products, a software line designed to help users discover, exploit and disseminate digital geospatial intelligence, Spire said Wednesday.
Lockheed Sets Target Schedule to Deliver New EW Pods to Navy
Lockheed Martin plans to deliver the first set of new electronic warfare pods developed for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters by end of 2019 or in early 2020, Rotor and Wing International reported Thursday.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Deploys 35 NASA Payloads
Thirty-five NASA microgravity payloads launched aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft from a remote flight test facility in Texas, CBS News reported Thursday. The spacecraft reached a maximum altitude of 65.5 miles and released three parachutes before descending back to the Earth's surface.