Government Technology

Radiant Solutions, a subsidiary of Maxar Technologies, will present on artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics applications in the areas of geospatial information and mapping during an event on Jan. 31. Radiant said Tuesday it will join other industry firms, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials and other stakeholders at the FedGeoDay event, which aims to stress the importance of geospatial ecosystems.

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Microsoft is offering its questionnaire tool to government users to help the public sector solicit input, gather customer feedback and manage activities. The Microsoft Form online application, now available via Office 365 U.S. Government, allows users to create surveys, polls and other forms of questionnaire documents, Anqi Du, program manager at Microsoft, said in a blog entry posted Tuesday.

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FileCloud, which offers a cloud-based enterprise file sharing technology, has been certified by Amazon Web Services as an advanced technology partner through the AWS partner network after completing a rigorous qualification process.

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The Transportation Security Administration has issued a request for information to determine potential vendors that can help an agency division manage and maintain information technology systems.

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The U.S. Army is looking for potential providers of smart technologies and tools that can help military installation commanders collect and process large amounts of data from multiple sources in efforts to better manage the military service's facilities.

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The Department of the Treasury is seeking potential industry sources of a hidden machine-readable system designed to identify fake U.S. money and authenticate features on future .currency notes.

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Epner Technology has received National Institute of Standards and Technology's gold standard recognition for the firm's infrared reflectivity technology. Laser Gold, the firm's electroplating process, is designed to produce gold coating that is pure (0.9999), three times harder than standard 24 karat equivalents and reflective to infrared, Epner said Monday.

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Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, has said there are five key takeaways from the White House’s updated National Cyber Strategy and one of those is the Trump administration’s position that cyber crime is a national security threat. Kennedy wrote in a Fox Business opinion piece published Monday that through the strategy, the administration made clear that one of its key priorities is to address intellectual property theft.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun to solicit research proposals on high-performance leading edges for hypersonic air systems under a new initiative.

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Lockheed Martin has landed a contract with two 18-month phased tasks to develop an airborne electronic warfare pod technology for the U.S. Army, C4ISRNET reported Monday.

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Eight NASA-supported research and technology payloads launched aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft Wednesday as part of the space agency's Flight Opportunities program.

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Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command, has said AFSPC plans to use its acquisition authorities to accelerate procurement of three technology platforms, National Defense Magazine reported Friday.

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