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NASA and Uber Technologies have teamed up to identify new urban air mobility-related technologies and concepts designed to ensure safety of aerial transportation operations in populated areas. The agency said Wednesday Uber will share its implementation plans for an urban aviation rideshare network, while NASA will use computer modeling and simulation for airspace management to […] More
The White House is set to hold a meeting on Thursday with executives from at least 30 U.S. technology companies as part of efforts to advance the use and deployment of algorithms, robots and other artificial intelligence technologies, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. A draft schedule of the meeting says the Trump administration aims to […] More
Technical Frontiers Inc. has achieved a CMMI Institute Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal at level 3 for services. TFI said April 30 the rating indicates that the company has implemented general and specific process areas of the model and managed its business processes at a “defined” level. The firm was also re-appraised at CMMI level 3 for development following […] More
General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a $9 million sole-source contract to help the U.S. Air Force implement a cloud services environment. The Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services infrastructure is designed to provide the military branch access to Microsoft Office 365 services and additional services from Amazon Web Services, Oracle and SAP, General Dynamics said Tuesday. GDIT will work to […] More
Intelleuron will design, build and test a reconnaissance technology to aid in Customs and Border Protection operations as part of a $199,977 contract from the Department of Homeland Security. DHS said Tuesday the company aims to produce a portable small UAS designed to help CBP agents detect potential threats across different types of terrain and weather. The department awarded the project using […] More
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business will demonstrate a remotely piloted aircraft in Japan over the next three weeks in an effort to promote the vehicle’s civil and scientific applications. Demonstration flights of the Guardian RPA will take place on Iki Island and aim to gather data for multiple government agencies as part of scientific research efforts, General Atomics […] More
Made in Space has landed a NASA contract to continue developing a new machine that would manufacture products using a variety of base materials in space, Space.com reported Tuesday. The Vulcan manufacturing system is being designed to produce items out of various feedstock materials such as metal, in contrast to the International Space Station‘s two existing manufacturing machines […] More
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has awarded Globecomm a five-year contract to help transmit radio and television programming content to the Middle East and North Africa. Globecomm said Tuesday it will support the transmission of Middle East Broadcasting Network‘s Radio Sawa audio and Alhurra video through teleport, satellite transponder and terrestrial fiber services under the contract. “This project underlines the company’s focus […] More
Alfred Zollar, a veteran of IBM, has been named to Red Hat‘s board of directors. “Al will help us continue to anticipate and deliver open source technologies,” Naren Gupta, the board of directors chairman at Red Hat, said in Monday’s press release. Zollar’s career started at IBM where he progressed to senior leadership roles that […] More
A business unit of United Technologies Corp. will update the building systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ facilities across the VA’s Great Lakes Health Care System under a $97 million contract. NORESCO said Monday it aims to increase the energy and water efficiency of facilities at six sites of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 under the Energy […] More
AeroVironment has delivered a NATO-compliant maritime unmanned aircraft system to Germany’s navy. The company said Monday the Puma UAS is designed to be used with existing naval vessels without the need for extensive modifications. The units are fitted with the Mantis i45 sensor and remote video terminals to provide surveillance capabilities. Germany will receive Pumas co-produced with […] More
Telephonics will supply radar systems for integration onto U.S. Coast Guard surveillance aircraft under a potential $31.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The contract covers the purchase of 19 multimode radar systems for the Coast Guard’s HC-27J aircraft and the required logistics support and engineering technical services, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will run […] More
