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  • Descartes Labs to Help DARPA Build Geospatial Data Repository
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    Descartes Labs to Help DARPA Build Geospatial Data Repository

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen Descartes Labs to build a technology platform designed to store geospatial imagery and machine learning tools for data analysis. Descartes Labs said Wednesday it will provide the cloud-based infrastructure for the agency to create  applications as part of the Geospatial Cloud Analytics program and offer the apps to data scientists via a […] More

  • Heidi Magnelia Named CFO of CMU’s Software Engineering Institute
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    Heidi Magnelia Named CFO of CMU’s Software Engineering Institute

    Heidi Magnelia, a finance veteran of multiple government contracting firms, has joined Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute as chief financial officer. She succeeds Peter Menniti and oversees the institute’s financial, business and central administrative functions in her new role, SEI said Tuesday. Magnelia gained more than three decades of financial management experience from her career […] More

  • Spear, LexisNexis to Secure Public Access to Gov’t Websites; Haywood Talcove Quoted
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    Spear, LexisNexis to Secure Public Access to Gov’t Websites; Haywood Talcove Quoted

    The General Services Administration has tapped Spear and LexisNexis Risk Solutions to provide identity verification and fraud detection offerings to expand and secure public access to government websites. Under GSA’s Identity Proofing Initiative, the two companies will work to protect access to Login.gov, which is a website that allows civilians to communicate with various government […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium to Deorbit Remaining First-Gen Satellites in Q1 2019
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    Matt Desch: Iridium to Deorbit Remaining First-Gen Satellites in Q1 2019

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company intends to deboost the last batch of its legacy satellites in the first quarter of 2019 as it plans to transition all network functions to the Iridium NEXT constellation, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Desch, a four-time Wash100 recipient, told reporters Monday at World Satellite Business Week in Paris the company has […] More

  • Army Evaluates Detection Capabilities of Northrop Battle Command System in Live Air Test
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    Army Evaluates Detection Capabilities of Northrop Battle Command System in Live Air Test

    The U.S. Army has assessed the detection and tracking capabilities of Northrop Grumman‘s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System during a live air test conducted in New Mexico. Northrop said Wednesday the IBCS combined data from sensors and different sources of information during the three-week test to create virtual engagements of real and […] More

  • Altamira Expands Fairborn, Ohio Office to Support Defense Work; Ted Davies Comments
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    Altamira Expands Fairborn, Ohio Office to Support Defense Work; Ted Davies Comments

    Altamira Technologies has expanded its footprint in the Dayton, Ohio region to at least 30,000 square feet with the opening of a new office space in Fairborn, the Dayton Business Journal reported Wednesday. The launch of the third-floor office space at the company’s Fairborn, Ohio-based facility aims to accommodate work with the Defense Department through […] More

  • ULA Prepares for Final Delta II Launch With ICESat-2 Mission
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    ULA Prepares for Final Delta II Launch With ICESat-2 Mission

    United Launch Alliance has started preparing for the Sept. 15 launch of a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft via the Delta II 7420-10, marking the rocket’s last launch into space. ULA said Wednesday the Delta II configuration rocket will carry NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 to space, where it will monitor the changes in the ice […] More

  • Carahsoft to Resell Senzing’s AI-Based Software via NASA SEWP Vehicle
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    Carahsoft to Resell Senzing’s AI-Based Software via NASA SEWP Vehicle

    Senzing and Carahsoft Technology have partnered to offer public sector customers an artificial intelligence-based platform designed to search for identities across multiple data sources. Carahsoft serves as master government reseller of the Entity Resolution 2.0 software through NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-wide Procurement vehicle, Senzing said Wednesday. The technology is built to help clients identify criminal and fraudulent activities, […] More

  • Bill Sullivan: Raytheon Eyes 2019 Completion for GPS OCX Software Dev’t
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    Bill Sullivan: Raytheon Eyes 2019 Completion for GPS OCX Software Dev’t

    Bill Sullivan, a vice president and OCX program manager at Raytheon, has said the company expects software development work on a ground-based operational control system for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellites to conclude in 2019, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. Sullivan said the Raytheon-built OCX system, which is slated for completion in June 2021, adopts “layered security” […] More

  • L3 to Update Navy Towed Array Sonar Systems
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    L3 to Update Navy Towed Array Sonar Systems

    The U.S. Navy has awarded L3 Technologies a $49.4M contract to provide technical, logistics and inventory management support for the service branch’s sonar devices. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company’s ocean systems division will evaluate, repair and update TB-23/BQ towed array system modules and related test equipment under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Work will occur through December 2021 […] More

  • SES Subsidiary Partners With Bushtex to Support USAF’s Satcom Operations; Pete Hoene Quoted
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    SES Subsidiary Partners With Bushtex to Support USAF’s Satcom Operations; Pete Hoene Quoted

    SES‘ government solutions business has partnered with Bushtex to provide training and testing support to the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combatant Command. The collaboration comes as part of a $29.3M contract which tasks SES to deliver commercial Ku band satellite communications technology to the ACC in support of the command’s missions in the continental U.S., SES said […] More

  • Horacio Rozanski: Booz Allen Eyes Gov’t AI Market Potential
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    Horacio Rozanski: Booz Allen Eyes Gov’t AI Market Potential

    Booz Allen Hamilton CEO Horacio Rozanski said during a recent earnings call the company has invested in artificial intelligence as the Defense Department and federal agencies tap into the technology, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. “We see this as the beginning of something. The market for [AI] is here and Booz Allen is well prepared to capture it,” Rozanski added. […] More