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Garmin-Made Flight Deck Demonstrated in F-5 Aircraft
A supersonic F-5 aircraft flew with a Garmin International-made integrated flight deck after almost six months of the equipment's engineering design and installation. The event marks the maiden flight of Garmin's G3000 flight deck and dual touchscreen controllers, the company said Wednesday. Defense contractor Tactical Air Support conducted preparations for the flight.
Johns Hopkins APL Builds Tool for Complex Quantum Computing
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has built a new device that enables scientists to control and measure previously complex elements and components of quantum computers.Â
Red Hat’s David Egts: Open Source, Hybrid Cloud Could Provide Agencies Access to Supercomputing
David Egts, chief technologist of North American public sector at Red Hat, has said federal agencies seeking to gain access to high performance computing should leverage open source and hybrid cloud platforms.
Army to Host Industry Day for ‘Enterprise IT as a Service’ Program
The U.S. Army will hold a government-industry collaboration day May 7 at Fort Belvoir in Virginia to discuss the service’s Enterprise Information Technology as a Service program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says interested stakeholders have until April 29, Monday, to register for the event, which will discuss the Army’s strategy to upgrade its enterprise network and the other transaction authority as well as feature one-on-one sessions.
DARPA Seeks R&D Concepts to Support Biological Tech Office
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Biological Technologies Office is seeking research-and-development concepts to help address Department of Defense requirements and other national security requirements.
Privoro to Demonstrate Mobile Security Tools Under USAF Contract
Privoro has secured a contract to demonstrate mobile security prototypes under the U.S. Air Force's Small Business Innovation Research program. The company said Tuesday it will trial Blue Force Tracking technology that is designed to boost situational awareness at command centers. The approach also uses the SafeCase security platform to protect smartphones of government agents operating within and outside the continental U.S.