Lisa Atherton: Textron Systems Interested in Four Army Programs
Lisa Atherton, president and CEO of Textron Systems, spoke to reporters Thursday about four U.S. Army programs the company will be pursuing this year, Defense News reported Friday.
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Dell EMC Federal’s Cameron Chehreh: Data Lakes Could Help Agencies Derive More Insights
Cameron Chehreh, chief operating officer and chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said data lakes work to help federal agencies build “a consolidated and scalable agile repository†that allows them to generate insights from data, FedTech Magazine reported Friday. Chehreh noted that data lakes have the ability to take in any type of data, a feature that enables agencies to develop a mechanism to add metadata to help users with access to data lakes to easily tag and search information.
Unisys CEO Peter Altabef’s CES Government Conference Presentation Focuses on Internet Security
Peter Altabef, chairman and CEO of Unisys, appeared Saturday before CES Government conference attendees in Las Vegas to discuss the need to advance internet security and safety through technology adoption. "To enact the necessary changes, governments and companies will need to actively leverage new technologies, including 5G communications, artificial intelligence and biometrics, to make us safer – not just better connected," Altabef said in a statement published Friday.
Final Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Matt Desch Quoted
Iridium Communications’ final and eighth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard SpaceX’s previously flown Falcon 9 rocket. Iridium said Friday the satellites, which were fielded to orbital plane three, established communications with its satellite network operations facility after launch and are set to enter the first on-orbit testing phase.
DOT Eyes Firms, Universities for AI-Based Autonomous Drone R&D
The Department of Transportation has commenced a market research effort to identify companies and universities that can develop artificial intelligence tools to facilitate autonomous operation of unmanned aerial vehicles.
AWS, ECS Partner on Managed File System Offering; John Sankovich Quoted
Amazon Web Services and ECS have partnered to introduce a file-sharing system built to automate software configuration, hardware provisioning, backup and patching tasks.
Air Force Seeks Info on Cloud, Data Analytics Support for Cyber Operations
The U.S. Air Force has released a request for information on cloud computing, cybersecurity and data science service providers that can support the military branch's Cyber Operations-Based Rapid Analytics program.
DoD Taps Smiths Detection for Chemical Detector Development Effort
Smiths Detection said Wednesday that the Department of Defense has chosen the company to work on the Aerosol and Vapor Chemical Agent Detector, a new, miniature chemical detection device. Technology firm 908 Device will work with SDI as a subcontractor and enable the use of high-pressure mass spectrometry for the effort.
BAE-Made Computers Support NASA’s InSight Mission
BAE Systems recently revealed that NASA had equipped its InSight spacecraft, which landed on Mars in November last year, with BAE's radiation-hardened RAD750 single board computers. Jim LaRosa, the company's director for Space Processor and Products, said that the RAD750s "commanded a series of critical maneuvers" as InSight descended onto the Martian surface.