Lisa Atherton: Textron Systems Interested in Four Army Programs
Lisa Atherton, president and CEO of Textron Systems, spoke to reporters Thursday about four U.S. Army programs the company will be pursuing this year, Defense News reported Friday.
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Dell EMC Federal’s Cameron Chehreh: Data Lakes Could Help Agencies Derive More Insights
Cameron Chehreh, chief operating officer and chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said data lakes work to help federal agencies build “a consolidated and scalable agile repository†that allows them to generate insights from data, FedTech Magazine reported Friday. Chehreh noted that data lakes have the ability to take in any type of data, a feature that enables agencies to develop a mechanism to add metadata to help users with access to data lakes to easily tag and search information.
Unisys CEO Peter Altabef’s CES Government Conference Presentation Focuses on Internet Security
Peter Altabef, chairman and CEO of Unisys, appeared Saturday before CES Government conference attendees in Las Vegas to discuss the need to advance internet security and safety through technology adoption. "To enact the necessary changes, governments and companies will need to actively leverage new technologies, including 5G communications, artificial intelligence and biometrics, to make us safer – not just better connected," Altabef said in a statement published Friday.
Final Iridium NEXT Satellite Batch Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Matt Desch Quoted
Iridium Communications’ final and eighth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard SpaceX’s previously flown Falcon 9 rocket. Iridium said Friday the satellites, which were fielded to orbital plane three, established communications with its satellite network operations facility after launch and are set to enter the first on-orbit testing phase.
DOT Eyes Firms, Universities for AI-Based Autonomous Drone R&D
The Department of Transportation has commenced a market research effort to identify companies and universities that can develop artificial intelligence tools to facilitate autonomous operation of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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DLT to Distribute Trend Micro Cybersecurity Platforms in Gov’t Market
DLT Solutions has agreed to offer Trend Micro-built cybersecurity technology products to public sector customers as a member of the latter's distributor partner network.
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SpaceX, NASA Delay Demo-1 Test Flight to February at the Earliest
The SpaceX Demo-1 uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station has been pushed back once again to make room for additional hardware testing and reviews. NASA and SpaceX have yet to specify a new launch date, but the U.S. space agency said Thursday that the rescheduled test flight will take place “no earlier than Februaryâ€.
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Exquadrum-Dynetics Team to Develop Weapons Launcher Propulsion Tech Under DARPA Program
Exquadrum has partnered with Dynetics to develop and demonstrate a ground-based system for launching hypersonic boost glide weapons as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program.
AWS, ECS Partner on Managed File System Offering; John Sankovich Quoted
Amazon Web Services and ECS have partnered to introduce a file-sharing system built to automate software configuration, hardware provisioning, backup and patching tasks.
in Contract Awards, NewsVertex to Continue Logistics Support for Air Force C-12 Fleet
Vertex Aerospace said Thursday that it will continue providing contractor logistics support for the U.S. Air Force's C-12 aircraft after receiving a $35M option year award from the military branch. The recent award modifies a previously-awarded contract, which has a maximum potential value of $70M.
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Brazilian Government OKs Boeing-Embraer Partnership
The government of Brazil has approved the strategic partnership between Boeing and Embraer. Boeing said Thursday the approval came a month after both firms agreed on terms for a new joint venture to establish new markets for the KC-390 military multi-mission aircraft.