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Former NAVSEA Civilian Official Matthew Garner Takes Assistant VP Role at Gibbs & Cox
Matthew Garner, a more than 11-year civil service veteran of the Naval Sea Systems Command, has been named assistant vice president of ship design at Arlington, Va.-based maritime engineering company Gibbs & Cox.
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University of Hawaii Research Lab Gets $77M Contract for DoD RDT&E Services
The University of Hawaii Applied Research Laboratory has secured a potential five-year, $77.2M contract for research, development, test and evaluation services to Department of Defense programs.
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Forcepoint’s George Kamis: Behavioral Analysis Could Help Secure Defense Industrial Base
George Kamis, chief technology officer for global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, wrote in an opinion piece published Monday on Fifth Domain that the security of the defense industrial base begins with people. Kamis said companies working with the Department of Defense should have a system in place that could help track the behavioral patterns of users.
Lockheed VP Johnathon Caldwell Talks On-Orbit Performance of First GPS III Satellite
Johnathon Caldwell, vice president of navigation systems at Lockheed Martin, told GPS World in an interview published Monday about the on-orbit performance of the first GPS III satellite the company built for the U.S. Air Force. “On Jan. 8 we began broadcasting navigation data across all signal chains, and the satellite has been in checkout mode since then,†Caldwell said of GPS III SV01, which launched in December.
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NIST Issues RFQ for Public Safety Video Data Collection Program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a request for quotation on a project to design and build a system that would collect data representing objects and events of interest to the public safety user community.
Raytheon to Begin GPS OCX Monitor Station Receiver Installation in August; Dave Wajsgras Quoted
Raytheon will begin installing worldwide the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System’s monitor station receivers in August. “The modernized receivers give GPS OCX the ability to receive and decrypt all GPS III military and civil signals, a critical capability the current system doesn't have," Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services segment, said in a statement published Monday.
In-Q-Tel to Help Sysdig Deploy Cloud-Native Visibility & Security Platform to Gov’t Agencies
In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community's venture capital arm, and Sysdig have entered into a strategic partnership to field a new platform designed to provide government agencies control and insight as they adopt multicloud, containers, Kubernetes and other modern information technology platforms.
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Capital One And Women Presidents’ Organization Announce 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned & Led Companies
Alongside Capital One, the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) announced the 50 fastest growing companies owned and led by women across a wide variety of industries in the Charlotte, N.C. area during the 12th annual awards ceremony on May 2nd. More
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Rocket Lab Plans Next Electron Launch With Spaceflight
Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket in June to carry multiple satellites into orbit for space rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight. The mission will be the seventh Electron launch and the company’s third for 2019, following two launches for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force, Rocket Lab said Friday.Â
Capewell Builds Virtual Loadmaster Training System for Air National Guard
A Capewell Aerial Systems-built virtual loadmaster training system has reached full operational capacity at Bradley Air National Guard Base in Connecticut. VLTS is designed to provide trainees with a 360-degree view around the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft when they wear virtual reality goggles, the 103rd Airlift Wing said Friday.
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Steve Timm Appointed Collins Aerospace Avionics Business Head
Steve Timm, a 22-year veteran of Rockwell Collins, has succeeded Kent Statler as president of the avionics business at Collins Aerospace, Air Transport World reported Friday.