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HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner: US Gov’t Needs Strategic Program to Advance 3D Printing Adoption
Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP’s federal business, has said the U.S. government should come up with a “sweeping plan†to facilitate the adoption of 3D printing in both public and private sectors. Gardner wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on GCN that the use of 3D printing technology could help the public sector expedite the production of parts, reduce shipping costs and minimize overstocked shelves.
AWS’ Michael Punke: Legislation Needed to Ensure Government Transparency in Facial Recognition Tech Utilization
Michael Punke, vice president of global public policy at Amazon Web Services, has said the company supports the call for a national legislative framework to prevent misuse of facial recognition technology against individual civil rights.
Vbrick Enterprise Video Mgmt Platform Gets FedRAMP OK
Vbrick Systems has received approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer a technology platform designed to help government agencies capture, process and distribute live and on-demand videos to multiple devices.
NASA Eyes US Firms to Help Build Reusable Tech for Manned Moon Missions
NASA is interested in partnering with U.S.-based companies to design and build reusable systems that would land astronauts on the moon by 2028.
ÂBoeing Hands Over Fifth KC-46 Tanker to Air Force; Leanne Caret Quoted
The U.S. Air Force has welcomed the arrival of its fifth Boeing-built KC-46A Pegasus tanker at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The aircraft took off from Boeing’s Seattle-based facility on Friday and arrived at Altus AFB, where the 56th air refueling squadron responsible for the tanker maintenance, aircraft and support training is based, the company said Friday.
ÂApplied Insight Obtains CMMI Level 3 Rating; John Hynes Quoted
Applied Insight has received appraisal under the CMMI Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration framework for the company's processes to engineer software and systems.
Hughes Delivers Satcom Modems to General Atomics for SkyGuardian RPA Beyond-Line-of-Sight Comms
Hughes Network Systems has delivered an initial batch of satellite communication modems to support beyond-line-of-sight operations of General Atomics's remotely piloted aircraft.
Inmarsat Government’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch on Commercial Satcom Service Misconceptions
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, has said many government customers still have false perceptions about the use of satellite communications as a commercially managed service.
Dell EMC Federal’s Cameron Chehreh: Virtualization, Transparency Key to Data Center Optimization
Prioritizing virtualization, data portability and transparency in server utilization can help federal agencies meet the requirements of the White House’s data center consolidation initiative, Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer and vice president of presales engineering at Dell EMC's federal business, wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov published Thursday.