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The U.S. Air Force is exploring potential industry sources of sustainment services for the military service's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft.

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A new survey by market research firm ETR says Microsoft and Amazon have emerged as the preferred vendors in more than half of the top 30 information technology products and services, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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Cary, N.C.-based analytics firm SAS has announced plans to invest $1B in the next three years in artificial intelligence. The company said Monday the AI investment will focus on research and development innovation; education programs meant to address client needs; and expert services to maximize customer return on AI-related projects.

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Communications firm Transition Networks has unveiled a new series of media converters designed to protect data for military, government and financial organizations. The company said Monday its Mini Gigabit Ethernet Unidirectional Media Converters regulate the flow of data to a single direction on network links.

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The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command is conducting market research into industry capabilities that can support the deployment of autonomous unmanned combat air vehicle.

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Brad Bolstad, director of Raytheon's space systems business, has said the company works with U.S. agencies to build missile warning and defense systems with new technology such as space-based sensors and ground-based data processing systems.

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The Defense Intelligence Agency is seeking market information for a potential procurement of application development and sustainment services. The DIA plans to award a potential indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for integrated strategic, analytic and technical services in support of the agency's chief information officer, Virginia's contracting activity said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Microsystems Technology Office is seeking research proposals for a potential $10M program that aims to develop machine learning tools that can learn from streaming data in real time.

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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has launched the second UG2+ Prize Challenge, which calls on researchers from industry and academia to provide new tools to enhance how unmanned aerial vehicles collect and store images. 

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The Department of Defense has issued a request for information on potential hardware and software platforms that can help increase the warfighter's ability to wirelessly connect devices that transmit data and voice communications.

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Chris Townsend, vice president of federal at Symantec, said federal agencies should use the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program as a “springboard” to build up their cybersecurity posture. “For many, that will include a defense-in-depth approach where they build their security architecture into a cohesive system structured around network and data visibility,” Townsend wrote in a GCN article published Friday.

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