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Embraer Tests KC-390 Millennium Aircraft’s Extraction, Gravity Airdrop Features
Embraer has completed an airdrop testing campaign for its KC-390 Millennium multimission medium airlifter. The company said Thursday it worked with Brazil’s air force and army to carry out a series of tests at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground facilities in Arizona.
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Army to Hold Industry Day for Warfighter Modular Tech
The U.S. Army is slated to host an industry day on Jan. 23 to discuss details in line with a planned soldier-and-squad framework for the service branch.
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Joanna Jones: Qualitative Research Can Support Cybersecurity Tech Dev’t
Joanna Jones, founder and CEO of InterQ Research, has said cybersecurity companies can use qualitative research data and input from industry professionals when developing new products.
NetCentrics’ Robert Schofield on Making the Case for Implementing Orchestration in Federal Space
Robert Schofield, director of enterprise solutions at NetCentrics, wrote in a Federal News Network commentary piece published Friday about the four questions information technology and security team leaders at federal agencies should expect and consider answering when it comes to implementing security orchestration.
MarketsandMarkets: Growing Cyber Threats to Drive Intrusion Detection & Prevention Tech Market Size
A MarketsandMarkets forecast, released by Reportlinker, said the global market for instrusion detection and prevention systems will see an 8.3 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $7.1B in value by 2024.
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Cole Engineering to Help DARPA Create Virtual Testing Environment
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Cole Engineering Services to support research and development of a virtual testing environment for technology platforms intended for expeditionary urban missions.
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CyberScout’s Adam Levin Forecasts 2020 Cybersecurity, Privacy Trends
Adam Levin, founder and chairman of CyberScout, has cited workforce shortage, disinformation campaigns, ransomware and artificial intelligence-driven jobs as some of the cybersecurity trends he forecasts for the coming year.
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Navy Issues RFI on Fabric Materials for Biosensing Flight Suit
The U.S. Navy has released a request for information on fabrics that can support biosensing features for collecting the physiological data of aircrew, The Drive reported Thursday.
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Applied Energetics to Develop Standoff Electronic Denial Tech for Army
The U.S. Army has awarded Applied Energetics a contract to develop a standoff electronic denial technology under the first phase of the service branch's Small Business Technology Transfer program.
DoD Seeks Industry Input on AI-Supported Search & Rescue Drone Platforms
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center asked industry to provide information on the potential of AI technology to accelerate drone swarm deployment to search-and-rescue missions, Nextgov reported Thursday.
Air Force Seeks Technical Concepts for Base Control System Security Analysis
The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to provide information on technical concepts and approaches that might be used to automatically identify, map and perform security analysis of base control systems.