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  • Survey: 43% of State CIOs Cite Internet of Things as Top Emerging Tech Interest
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    Survey: 43% of State CIOs Cite Internet of Things as Top Emerging Tech Interest

    A new joint survey by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, CompTIA and Grant Thornton has revealed that 43 percent of state CIOs are most interested in deploying internet of things platforms, among other emerging technologies, in the next three to five years. The report titled “A New Engine: Driving Innovation in State Technology” also […] More

  • Vencore to Support Army High Energy Laser System Devt Project via QWK Joint Venture
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    Vencore to Support Army High Energy Laser System Devt Project via QWK Joint Venture

    Vencore will support QWK Integrated Solutions‘ efforts to develop a laser technology for the U.S. Army‘s the High Energy Laser Technical Vehicle Demonstrator project. Vencore said Wednesday it will provide program management, engineering and testing services under a HEL TVD task order awarded to the company’s QWK joint venture with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions‘ Digital Fusion Solutions. The Army aims to […] More

  • ATI to Help DARPA Craft On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Safety Standards
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    ATI to Help DARPA Craft On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Safety Standards

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Summerville, South Carolina-based Advanced Technology International a $2.6 million contract under a program that seeks to develop consensus-based safety and technical standards for on-orbit robotic satellite servicing operations. The Phase I contract awarded to ATI is part of DARPA’s Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations […] More

  • Australia Unveils Collins-Class Submarine Sustainment Projects
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    Australia Unveils Collins-Class Submarine Sustainment Projects

    The Australian government has introduced two projects to sustain the country’s Collins-class submarine fleet before the arrival of replacement submarines. Australia’s defense department said Wednesday the first project aims to mitigate control system obsolescence issues and the second project seeks to update submarine communications systems. The department selected the Australian subsidaries of Saab and Raytheon to support control and communications […] More

  • IDC Ranks Unisys Among Top Federal IT Vendors; PV Puvvada Comments
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    IDC Ranks Unisys Among Top Federal IT Vendors; PV Puvvada Comments

    An IDC Government Insights report has designated Unisys as one of the top information technology enterprise companies that serve the U.S. federal government. Unisys said Wednesday it ranked eighth in the 2017 IDC Federal IT Rankings based on the company’s revenues from government IT products and services. “We are pleased that leading analysts and thought leaders in the federal […] More

  • DOE Taps Leidos to Support National Surveys on Commercial Building Energy Consumption
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    DOE Taps Leidos to Support National Surveys on Commercial Building Energy Consumption

    Leidos has received a four-year, $25 million task order from the Energy Department to support two national surveys on energy consumption in commercial buildings across U.S. The company said Tuesday it will lead program management, project control and risk management of the 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey and 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Supplier Survey. […] More

  • Insitu-Esri Team Demos UAV Platform in Firefighting Mission
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    Insitu-Esri Team Demos UAV Platform in Firefighting Mission

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary and Esri have collaborated to conduct test flights of an unmanned aerial vehicle technology that was equipped with geographic information system designed to aid firefighting missions. The flights took place at a Federal Aviation Administration test range in Warm Springs, Oregon, and sought to demonstrate the potential of ScanEagle UAS to help firefighters and fire […] More

  • NASA Eyes Continued Use of Bigelow Aerospace-Built Space Habitat Tech Aboard ISS
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    NASA Eyes Continued Use of Bigelow Aerospace-Built Space Habitat Tech Aboard ISS

    NASA has announced plans to issue a potential five-year contract for the continued use of a Bigelow Aerospace-built expandable activity module currently attached to the International Space Station. The space agency said Tuesday it seeks to utilize the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module as an expandable habitat and long-term in-orbit storage unit as part of efforts to maximize […] More

  • Lockheed Builds Modular Solar Array for Satellite Bus
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    Lockheed Builds Modular Solar Array for Satellite Bus

    Lockheed Martin has completed development work on a modular solar array designed for integration with its LM 2100 satellite bus platform. The company’s Multi-mission Modular Solar Array works to generate 50 percent more energy and is designed to be 30 percent lighter than other rigid solar array designs, Lockheed said Tuesday. Wahid Azizpor, manufacturing director at Lockheed’s […] More

  • Airbus, Thales Extend Military Flight Simulator Supply Partnership
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    Airbus, Thales Extend Military Flight Simulator Supply Partnership

    Airbus has ordered an additional two flight training simulators from Thales for the AM400 military transport aircraft crewmen of the French and German air forces. Both simulators are designed to prepare A400M crews for missions such as in-flight refueling and low-level tactical operations, Thales said Tuesday. Thales has delivered A400M full flight simulators and a pair of flat panel flight training […] More

  • NanoRacks Raises Funds to Accelerate ISS Commercial Airlock Module Production
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    NanoRacks Raises Funds to Accelerate ISS Commercial Airlock Module Production

    NanoRacks has wrapped up a bridge round of investments that will support the company’s efforts to produce an airlock technology designed for the International Space Station. New York-based financial services company Space Angels led the funding round to help expedite the production of Commercial Airlock Module, NanoRacks said Tuesday. NASA and NanoRacks signed a Space Act Agreement […] More