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  • Oracle Unveils Autonomous Database Cloud Service; Larry Ellison Comments
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    Oracle Unveils Autonomous Database Cloud Service; Larry Ellison Comments

    Oracle has introduced a cloud-based database service offering intended to help public and private sector customers process, report and analyze transactions. The Autonomous Transaction Processing system uses machine learning algorithms for users to automate existing databases and is designed to run on government, financial, retail and manufacturing applications, Oracle said Tuesday. The company released the offering to complement the firm’s […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Mars 2020 Rover Power Generator to DOE Lab
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Mars 2020 Rover Power Generator to DOE Lab

    Aerojet Rocketdyne and its partner Teledyne have delivered an electric generator system that would help power NASA’s Mars 2020 rover to an Energy Department facility. The Idaho National Laboratory will fuel, test and evaluate the flight readiness of the the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday. MMRTG is designed to convert plutonium-238 heat into electricity to power the […] More

  • SSL-Built Satellite for Indonesian Telecom Begins Post-Launch Maneuvers
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    SSL-Built Satellite for Indonesian Telecom Begins Post-Launch Maneuvers

    A communications satellite SSL built for telecommunications firm PT Telkom Indonesia has started conducting post-launch maneuvers a day after its liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Merah Putih released the satellite’s solar arrays and would fire its primary thruster to reach final orbit, SSL parent company Maxar Technologies said Tuesday. The system is designed to provide internet and telephone […] More

  • Cubic, Delerrok Form Cloud Transit Mgmt Service Partnership; Bradley Feldmann Comments
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    Cubic, Delerrok Form Cloud Transit Mgmt Service Partnership; Bradley Feldmann Comments

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business will collaborate with Delerrok to offer cloud-based electronic ticketing systems to transit agencies under an investment and alliance agreement. The partnership seeks to integrate Delerrok’s TouchPass electronic fare collection technology with Cubic’s Transit Management as a Service platform in an effort to help operators simplify the ticketing process through a pay-as-you-go […] More

  • Mitre Unveils Federal Benefit Eligibility Verification Challenge; Gordon Milbourn Comments
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    Mitre Unveils Federal Benefit Eligibility Verification Challenge; Gordon Milbourn Comments

    Mitre has introduced a prize competition that seeks to engage entrepreneurs, college students and representatives from government and nonprofit organizations to help address improper payments in federal programs. The Strengthening Eligibility Verification Challenge is a two-month-long contest that aims to find new ways to validate the eligibility of individuals who are applying for federal benefit […] More

  • SSL’s Rob Zitz: Agencies to Leverage Small Satellites for Large Spacecraft Capability Enhancement
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    SSL’s Rob Zitz: Agencies to Leverage Small Satellites for Large Spacecraft Capability Enhancement

    Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer for government systems at Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary, has said he believes intelligence and defense agencies will look to small satellites in the next few years to build up the capabilities of large spacecraft owned and run by the government, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. “We see growth […] More

  • NASA to Launch Northrop-Built Spacecraft for Ice Topography Measurement Mission
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    NASA to Launch Northrop-Built Spacecraft for Ice Topography Measurement Mission

    NASA and United Launch Alliance are preparing to launch a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft in mid-September on a mission to record the changing measurements of Earth’s glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice. The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 is scheduled to lift off Sept. 15 at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the final launch of ULA’s Delta […] More

  • Dennis Chesley Named Guidehouse Partner; Scott McIntyre Comments
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    Dennis Chesley Named Guidehouse Partner; Scott McIntyre Comments

    Dennis Chesley, former global leader of risk consulting at PwC, has joined Guidehouse as financial risk management partner. Guidehouse said Tuesday the more than 25-year consulting veteran will oversee strategic advisory services for risk management, operations, compliance, internal control and technology in his new position. “[Chelsey] experience and ability to help clients navigate risk and guide strategy will be crucial […] More

  • Motorola Solutions Adds Venue Maps to Public Safety Comms Platform
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    Motorola Solutions Adds Venue Maps to Public Safety Comms Platform

    Motorola Solutions has integrated its public safety communications software with venue details from HERE Technologies as part of a joint effort to increase field responders’ situational awareness. The CommandCentral Aware platform will include location maps that are intended to guide fire and emergency medical services personnel through buildings in the event of a critical situation, HERE said Monday. The […] More

  • Boeing Invests in 3D Printing Tech Developer Digital Alloys
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    Boeing Invests in 3D Printing Tech Developer Digital Alloys

    Boeing has invested in Burlington, Mass.-based additive manufacturing system developer Digital Alloys through its ventures arm to advance the development of 3D-printed aerospace components. Digital Alloys has developed an additive manufacturing platform, Joule Printing, that works to combine high-temperature alloys, titanium and other metals to produce 3D-printed parts, Boeing said Tuesday. Boeing HorizonX Ventures made the […] More

  • 19 Small Businesses to Participate in NASA Research Program’s Second Phase
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    19 Small Businesses to Participate in NASA Research Program’s Second Phase

    Twenty research and technology proposals from 19 U.S. businesses are set to advance to the second phase of NASA‘s Small Business Technology Transfer program. The space agency said Wednesday the selected companies will collaborate with research organizations to help develop technologies for aeronautics, science, human exploration and operations and space. The proposals, worth a combined $15 million, […] More

  • Northrop Supports USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter Design Review
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    Northrop Supports USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter Design Review

    Eastern Shipbuilding Group collaborated with Northrop Grumman to conduct a final critical design review of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter on June 27 and 28. Northrop said Monday it serves as the integrator of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and control systems under the OPC program. The company will manage an OPC C4ISR test and […] More