Blue Origin Conducts Hot-Fire Test of BE-7 Lunar Lander Engine
Blue Origin conducted an initial test in Washington for an engine that was developed for the Blue Moon lunar landing vehicle, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
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Luke Savoie: L3-AVX Team to Offer Army Helicopter Platform With ‘Distinct’ Features
Luke Savoie, president of surveillance and strike systems sector at L3 Technologies, has said L3 and partner AVX Aircraft aim to meet the Capability Set 1 requirements of the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program by designing a platform from the outset, Rotor and Wing International reported Thursday.
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Johns Hopkins APL Joins Lunar Observation Team for NASA’s SIMPLEx Program
NASA has selected a team that includes a scientist from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a finalist for the agency’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration program.
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Boeing, Nammo Form Artillery Projectile Development Partnership
Boeing and Norway-based defense company Nammo have signed a 25-year agreement to conduct joint development work on artillery system offerings for the U.S. and Norwegian governments, Defence Blog reported Thursday.
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AWS Deploys Cloud, Machine Learning-Based Tech to Support Geoscience Research Group
Amazon Web Services has collaborated with Earth Science Information Partners to support the integration of emerging technology platforms for geospatial research and experimentation activities.
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BAE Gets $67M USMC Contract Modification for Combat Vehicle Engineering Drafts, Development
BAE Systems has received a three-year, $67M contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps to draft engineering drawings for amphibious combat vehicles, mission role variants and a medium caliber cannon.
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IBM’s Dan Chenok: Data Governance, Explainable Algorithms Could Help Agencies Address AI-Related Risks
Dan Chenok, executive director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government, wrote in a Nextgov article published Thursday that government agencies should address ethical issues and risks associated with the implementation of artificial intelligence and one of the measures to consider is developing explainable algorithms.
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Anthony O’Brien on Balance Between Defense-Commercial, US-International Aspects in Raytheon-UTC Deal
Anthony “Toby†O’Brien, chief financial officer at Raytheon, said the company’s proposed merger with United Technologies Corp. seeks to create a new entity that has its business evenly split between defense and commercial work and between domestic and international areas, Defense One reported Thursday.
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Johns Hopkins APL Explains Advantages of Deep Learning for Eye Health
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has issued a new report describing how the medical community can apply deep learning to better diagnose eye problems.
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Rick Ambrose: Lockheed to Submit Satellites to Space Sustainability Rating Scheme
Rick Ambrose, executive vice president for space business at Lockheed Martin, said the company has volunteered its satellites for World Economic Forum’s “space sustainability†rating system, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
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NGA Names 10 MagQuest Scientific Challenge Phase 1 Winners
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has named 10 companies and research organizations that will support the first phase of a $1.2M global challenge to build technologies to measure Earth’s magnetic field.
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Tripwire to Offer Cybersecurity Platform Through AWS Public Sector Partnership
Tripwire has started to offer cybersecurity technology offerings to the government as a member of Amazon Web Services' Public Sector Partner Program. The IP360 vulnerability management platform is now available for purchase by agencies on the AWS marketplace, Tripwire said Wednesday.