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  • Battelle Hires Sharon Collinge to Lead NSF-Sponsored Natl Ecological Observation Network
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    Battelle Hires Sharon Collinge to Lead NSF-Sponsored Natl Ecological Observation Network

    Battelle has appointed Sharon Collinge, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, as director and chief scientist of an ecological observation facility that the nonprofit company manages for the National Science Foundation. She will lead the NSF-funded National Ecological Observatory Network that works to gather and shares open data meant to help the user community characterize and […] More

  • INSA Names 6 GovCon Execs to Board of Directors
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    INSA Names 6 GovCon Execs to Board of Directors

    The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has appointed six government contracting industry executives to its board of directors to help oversee INSA’s business operations and strategic planning efforts. INSA Chairman Letitia Long said in a statement published Tuesday the six new directors’ experience and commitment to public-private partnerships will help the alliance respond to industry and develop […] More

  • Parsons Launches Fellows Program for Technical Professionals
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    Parsons Launches Fellows Program for Technical Professionals

    Parsons has formed a Fellows Program in a move to recognize the company’s top technical professionals and encourage innovation in helping customers address technical challenges. Members of the Fellows Program will be appointed based on their expertise in a scientific, engineering or technology discipline; industry recognition and awards; and contributions to Parsons’ projects and programs, among […] More

  • Bryan Lewis Named President and CEO of Intellicheck
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    Bryan Lewis Named President and CEO of Intellicheck

    Bryan Lewis, a 30-year financial services and technology industry veteran, has been appointed president and CEO of Intellicheck in a move slated to take effect Feb. 21. He will be based at Intellicheck’s headquarters in Jericho, New York, the company said Wednesday. Lewis served as chief operating officer of Third Bridge, which saw its workforce and compound annual growth […] More

  • Air Force Integrates Lockheed-Built Extended Range Standoff Missile on F-15E Aircraft
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    Air Force Integrates Lockheed-Built Extended Range Standoff Missile on F-15E Aircraft

    The extended range variant of Lockheed Martin‘s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile became fully operational on the U.S. Air Force‘s F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. JASSM-ER reached full operational capability status on the Boeing-built multirole fighter after the service branch’s Seek Eagle Office completed the weapon integration process under the Suite 8 Operational Flight Program, Lockheed said Tuesday. The ER missile system […] More

  • SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket Soars on Maiden Test Flight
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    SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket Soars on Maiden Test Flight

    SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket took off Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. Eastern time from a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of its inaugural test flight, Reuters reported Tuesday. The space vehicle has 27 engines that generated at least 5 million pounds of thrust during takeoff. The rocket’s two side boosters […] More

  • ICF to Provide Enterprise Learning Services to USAF’s Air Mobility Command
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    ICF to Provide Enterprise Learning Services to USAF’s Air Mobility Command

    ICF has received a potential four-year, $10 million subcontract to support the enterprise learning office within the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Mobility Command. The company said Tuesday it aims to help AMC implement a learner-centric model for the command to manage organizational, team and individual performance through a combination of experience, training and education. “We are […] More

  • Dave Buss: Cubic Defense Segment to Continue EUCOM Training, Exercise Support
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    Dave Buss: Cubic Defense Segment to Continue EUCOM Training, Exercise Support

    Cubic‘s global defense segment has received a contract of an undisclosed value to provide analytical support services for the U.S. military’s joint training events and exercises in Europe. Cubic Global Defense will continue to support the U.S. European Command’s Joint Exercise Program and Title X exercises through the contract, the company said Wednesday. The company aims […] More

  • LogRhythm Gets DHS Certification to Offer Cybersecurity Platforms
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    LogRhythm Gets DHS Certification to Offer Cybersecurity Platforms

    LogRhythm has obtained approval from the Department of Homeland Security to offer two of its cybersecurity tools to government customers. The company said Tuesday its NextGen Security Information and Event Management and User and Entity Behavior Analytics platforms are now available to the Defense Department and civilian agencies through DHS’ Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Daniel Wilbricht, senior […] More

  • NASA to Test Deep Space Navigation Tech Aboard General Atomics Spacecraft
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    NASA to Test Deep Space Navigation Tech Aboard General Atomics Spacecraft

    NASA plans to test the accuracy of its instrument that is designed to support deep space navigation aboard a General Atomics spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday its Deep Space Atomic Clock will be launched later this year as a hosted payload on General Atomic’s Orbital Test Bed spacecraft as part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Space Technology […] More

  • Palo Alto Networks Introduces New Features of Cloud Security Platform
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    Palo Alto Networks Introduces New Features of Cloud Security Platform

    Palo Alto Networks has unveiled new features of its cloud security platform during the company’s Epic Cloud Security Event held Tuesday. The Next-Generation Security Platform will work to expand cloud workload protections to Google‘s cloud platform and offer added security for Amazon Web Services‘ and Microsoft‘s respective cloud environments, Palo Alto Networks said Tuesday. The new tools include […] More

  • L3 Wescam Adds New Imaging, Processing Tools to MX Sensor Product Line
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    L3 Wescam Adds New Imaging, Processing Tools to MX Sensor Product Line

    L3 Technologies‘ Wescam subsidiary has incorporated imaging and processing technologies into the MX Series product line of electro-optical and infrared sensor systems. Wescam said Tuesday it updated MX imaging technologies to feature high-sensitivity cameras, an embedded video engine and a new graphics processing unit. The new cameras are designed to help operators view objects across a wide range of illumination conditions, including in low-visibility or […] More