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Harris, L3 All-Stock Merger Completed to Form L3Harris Technologies; Christopher Kubasik, William Brown Quoted
The all-stock merger between L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. has been completed to form L3Harris Technologies (LHX), the new company announced on Monday. L3Harris is officially the sixth largest defense company in the United States worth approximately $17 billion in revenue with over 50,000 employees. The company also announced the details regarding its own leadership, the board of directors and organizational structure.Â
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FBI Vet Eric Welling to Joins Accenture as Senior Security Exec
Eric Welling, former deputy assistant director of the cyber division at the FBI, has been named senior security executive at Accenture, CyberScoop reported Friday. He will manage the company's North America Incident Response Command Center, which analyzes cyber threats and provides security support to customers.
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CenturyLink’s Zain Ahmed Named Industry Innovator of the Year by AFCEA Besthesda Chapter
Zain Ahmed, vice president of civilian and law enforcement sales at CenturyLink, has been selected by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Bethesda chapter as winner of the Industry Innovator of the Year award. He is among the winners for the association's 2019 InnovateIT Awards program, which recognizes individuals or teams that have demonstrated excellence in service, mission and stewardship, AFCEA Bethesda said Monday.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers RS-25 Combustion Engines to NASA
Aerojet Rocketdyne has handed over to NASA four rocket engines that are slated for integration into the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket.
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Pure Storage’s Nick Psaki: Data-Centric Framework Key to Space Missions
Nick Psaki, principal system engineer at Pure Storage, has said that teams working on space missions should implement a data-centric approach to their storage architectures in order to manage operations and accommodate emerging technology applications.
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AWS Cloud Tools Help University Scientists Conduct Climate Studies
Amazon Web Services has partnered with North Carolina State University’s Institute for Climate Studies to develop cloud-based datasets for two studies on the Earth's natural phenomena using tools such as the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.
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FLIR Announces New Features for Firm’s Chemical Detector
Flir Systems has unveiled new updates designed to boost the drug enforcement performance of its chemical detectors.
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Boeing-Sikorsky Team to Test, Develop SB-1 Defiant Helicopter’s Propulsion Systems
A team consisting of Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary is slated to conduct ground-based propulsion testing for its SB-1 Defiant compound helicopter after the aircraft completed its first three flights, Rotor and Wing reported Friday.
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Jay Garcia: Companies Should Train Military Vets in Cybersecurity Posts
Jay Garcia, Global Veterans Program lead, program administrator, and federal liaison for managed security service providers at Fortinet, said in a blog post published Thursday organizations should assist military veterans in their transition to cybersecurity jobs to address workforce gaps.
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NASA to Test Orion Launch Abort System
NASA is set to demonstrate the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system on July 2 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space News reported Sunday.