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BWXT Starts Material Production, Equipment Upgrade for TRISO Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Line
BWX Technologies has begun to produce uranium and refurbish equipment as part of preparations to revive the tristructural-isotropic nuclear fuel manufacturing line at a company facility in Lynchburg, Va.
CenturyLink to Update Internet2 Network With Optical Fiber Service
Nonprofit technology community Internet2 has tapped CenturyLink to incorporate the latter’s low-loss fiber network service in support of modernization efforts for a research and education network.
Bell Eyes Pratt & Whitney-Made Engine as Auxiliary Power Unit for 360 Invictus
Textron’s Bell subsidiary plans to use a Pratt & Whitney-built helicopter engine as auxiliary power unit for its proposed helicopter design for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, Vertical Magazine reported Tuesday.
International Gov’t Execs Discuss Cloud-First Policies, IT Modernization at AWS re:Invent
More than 300 government officials from 40 countries joined the three-day Amazon Web Services Government Delegation Program at re:Invent in Las Vegas to discuss the barriers to digital transformation and ways to address such challenges.
in Executive Moves, NewsBG John Simmons Appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Attila Security; Gregg Smith Quoted
Attila Security announced on Tuesday that retired Brigadier General of the U.S. Marine Corps. John Simmons has joined the company’s management team as its chief strategy officer.Â
Lockheed Announces Completion of Littoral Combat Ship 19 Acceptance Trials
A Lockheed Martin-led team has concluded acceptance trials of a new Freedom-variant littoral combat ship.
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Northrop-Built OmegA Spacecraft to Launch Satellites in Inaugural Flight; Charlie Precourt Quoted
A Northrop Grumman-built space launch vehicle will carry satellites from Saturn Satellite Networks as part of the spacecraft’s debut flight in 2021.
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Anomali: US Gov’t Departments Targeted by Credential Harvesting Campaign
Anomali has discovered a phishing campaign that works by stealing login credentials from government procurement, email and courier services worlwide. The security company said Tuesday the credential harvesting threat has targeted the departments of Energy, Commerce, Urban Housing and Development, Veterans Affairs and Transportation.
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NASA Seeks Input on Follow-On Enterprise Comms Support Procurement Plan
Interested vendors have until Jan. 17 provide capability information to NASA as the agency considers establishing a second iteration of its integrated communications services contract.
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Bell to Demo V-280 Tiltrotor Aircraft Under Army Program
Textron’s Bell subsidiary is slated to test the autonomous flight feature of a tiltrotor aircraft’s fly-by-wire control system as part of the U.S. Army’s one-year extension to the Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstration initiative, Asia Times reported Tuesday.