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Intel’s David Hoffman: Government, Industry Should Collaborate on National AI Strategy
David Hoffman, associate general counsel and global privacy officer at Intel, has said government and industry should work together on a national strategy that would advance the adoption of artificial intelligence. Hoffman wrote in a FedScoop article published Tuesday the national AI strategy should address four areas and one is to foster AI innovation across government and industry.
General Atomics-Built Ground Station Helps MQ-9B Drone Complete Flight
General Atomics used its ground control station to manage the entire flight of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft from takeoff at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona to landing.
Raytheon’s Jane Chappell: Satellite Ground Stations, Automated Tech Can Support Intell Missions
Jane Chappell, vice president of global intelligence solutions at Raytheon, has said ground stations and automated technologies could help the U.S. military and intelligence community utilize small and large satellites, Breaking Defense reported Monday.
Collins Aerospace to Help Build Life Support System for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft
Collins Aerospace has been selected to manufacture components for the life support platform of the Crew Space Transportation-100 Starliner spacecraft Boeing is building through NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
ULA CEO Tory Bruno Discusses Progress on Vulcan Centaur Rocket
United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno has said the company began to produce the initial flight hardware for the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
ManTech Sees Opportunities in Space Domain; Damian DiPippa Quoted
ManTech International plans to apply its cybersecurity knowledge to space as adversaries target satellites and related ground systems used to support communications and other critical missions of defense and intelligence agencies, SpaceNews reported Monday.
Kratos Joins Space Info Sharing & Analysis Center as Founding Member; Phil Carrai Quoted
Krato Defense & Security Solutions has become a founding member of a sector-specific membership organization that aims to help the federal government gather, analyze and distribute information about potential threats to space-based assets.
BAE Unveils Software-Based Radio Tech for Military, Commercial Space Missions
BAE Systems has introduced a software-defined radio technology that offers multiple transceiver channels designed to support on-orbit reprogramming and signals processing for military or commercial spacecraft platforms.
NASA Reviews Maxar Spacecraft Bus for Satellite Refueling Project; Mike Edwards Quoted
NASA and Maxar Technologies completed the critical design review of a spacecraft bus the company developed for an agency program that aims to refuel a satellite in orbit.