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Northrop-Led Team Gets DARPA Contract to Build AI-Based Wargame Simulation Tech
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a Northrop Grumman-led team for a program aimed at integrating artificial intelligence and strategy games to assess technologies in simulated battlefield operations.
in Executive Moves, NewsQuantum Tech Firm ColdQuanta Unveils Strategic Advisory Board Members
Five public and private sector veterans have been appointed to the strategic advisory board at Boulder, Colo.-based quantum technology developer ColdQuanta. Donald Kerr, former principal deputy director of national intelligence and current chairman of Mitre's board of trustees, will lead ColdQuanta's newly established board, the company said Tuesday.
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Cognosante to Support Pennsylvania Health Insurance Enrollment Process
Cognosante has secured a contract to help the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority manage the enrollment process for the state's new marketplace. The company said Tuesday it will assist families and individuals that want to purchase insurance plans through the state-run Pennie exchange.
in News, Press ReleasesNCI Secures CMMI Maturity Level 3 V2.0 Appraisal; Paul Dillahay Quoted
NCI Information Systems has successfully completed Level 3, Version 2.0 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for Development and Services, the company announced Wednesday.
in Contract Awards, NewsBAE Wins $211M Navy Destroyer Ship Modernization Contract; Tim Spratto Quoted
BAE Systems will modernize the U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyers USS Carney (DDG 64) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) under a potential $211.6 million contract, the company announced Wednesday.
Travis Hartman: Maxar-AWS Partnership Helps NOAA Build Cloud-Based Computing Tech
Maxar Technologies collaborated with Amazon Web Services to build a cloud-based computing technology designed to accelerate processing of global weather data at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, SiliconANGLE reported Tuesday. “We knew NOAA had capabilities of weather prediction models in traditional on-premises, big beefy high-performance supercomputers, but we wanted to do it in the cloud; we wanted to use AWS as a key partner,†said Travis Hartman, director of analytics and weather at Maxar.
in Executive Moves, NewsBeth Gomolka Promoted to Excella National Security VP
Beth Gomolka, former director of the national security practice at Excella, has been promoted to vice president of the same unit, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday.
SAIC’s Mark Forman: Data Analytics, Other Digital Transformation Tools Could Help Agencies Manage Supply Chains
Mark Forman, vice president of digital government strategy at Science Applications International Corp., said that government agencies should adopt digital transformation techniques and tools to scale supply chains in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other future crises.