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DARPA Seeks Vendors for New Military Logistics Software
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new program to develop a new software for real-time logistics and supply chain monitoring in support of military operations across the world.
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Lockheed Awarded $63M to Continue Navy Undersea Combat System Development Work
Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems unit will continue to develop a surface ship undersea warfare system for the U.S. Navy under a $63.1M contract modification.
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Lockheed Updates F-22 Software With Agile Development Process
Lockheed Martin has started implementing Agile development process since August 2018 and is now set to deploy in the summer the software upgrade for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fighter aircraft, FCW reported Tuesday.
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Gregory Bloom Named COO at Acorn Growth Companies
Gregory Bloom, former president of aerospace firm Seal Science, has joined Acorn Growth Companies to serve as partner and chief operating officer. He will oversee the growth of Acorn's businesses and participate in board efforts on due diligence, integration, optimization and business development, the company said Tuesday.
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Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy on New Tech ‘Moonshot’ Projects
Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy wrote in a LinkedIn article published Monday that the pace of technological advancements has accelerated since the launch of the manned lunar mission 50 years ago. Kennedy, a 2019 Wash100 winner, said that after the launch of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, new technology “moonshot†projects have emerged and are now ready for launch, including hypersonic flight and artificial intelligence avatar.
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DARPA Names 11 Teams to Participate in Subterranean Challenge’s First Circuit
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen 11 global teams to compete for more than $3.5M in prizes through demonstration of technology platforms in physical and virtual tunnel operations during the first leg of the Subterranean Challenge.
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Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: CDM DEFEND Phase Could Help Agencies Address Modernization, Interoperability Issues
Eric Trexler, vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales at Forcepoint, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program’s transition to the third phase – Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense – could provide agencies an opportunity to address interoperability and modernization challenges. Such challenges were revealed in a survey of more than 200 federal civilian IT leaders conducted in August with research firm Market Connections.
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George Mason University GovCon Center Names 10 New Members to Advisory Board
George Mason University’s School of Business has announced the addition of 10 new members to the advisory board of its Center for Government Contracting. “These additional appointments continue our efforts to diversify the composition of the center’s board, from small to large firms, whether products or services, and with business and government representation,†Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting, said in a statement released Tuesday.
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Air Force Acquires Three More KC-46 Tankers From Boeing
The U.S. Air Force received an additional three KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers from Boeing last week following a delivery pause due to foreign objects discovered on the aircraft, Air Force magazine reported Monday.
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