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The Energy Department‘s Argonne Leadership Computing Facility has launched a call for proposals on the development of data science and machine learning applications to support an exascale supercomputer machine. ALCF said Thursday it will accept proposals for projects related to data science, machine learning and crosscutting simulation data and learning through April 8 as part of the facility’s Aurora […] More

A Kraken Robotics subsidiary has produced a synthetic aperture sonar technology designed to map the ocean floor in support of U.S. Navy‘s autonomous minehunting operations. The service branch integrated and tested Kraken Robotics Systems-made SAS onboard the Naval Warfare Center‘s REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle, the company  said Jan. 11. The sonar is built to collect target data at a range of […] More

The U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services has posted a request for information on potential sources of risk, fraud and development security and operations services. USCIS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday that the required services will be deployed on the agency’s Amazon Web Services-built cloud platform and other cloud environments as required. Proposed services should be able […] More

The U.S. Army has announced plans to negotiate a contract for engineering work on a technology platform that soldiers use to detect improvised explosive devices and antitank mines on roads. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army intends to enlist a Chemring Group business unit to perform engineering modifications in the military branch’s Husky Mounted Detection System. The […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and an industry consortium have selected six university research centers to conduct research efforts that seek to address challenges related to microelectronic technologies under a potential five-year, $200 million cost-sharing program. Linton Salmon, manager of DARPA’s Joint University Microelectronics Program, said in a statement published Wednesday JUMP and the […] More

Barbaricum has won a potential five-year, $36 million contract to provide logistics services to the U.S. Army project manager for close combat systems program. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will perform logistics support for equipment the service branch will issue to NATO and allied forces. Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 19, 2023. The Army Contracting Command received three […] More

Saab has opened a technology development center in Tampere, Finland, that includes a unit focused on electronic warfare systems. The center will support Saab’s efforts to produce EW technology for Gripen E/F fighter jets, airborne early warning and control aircraft and land-based electronic support measures/electronic intelligence systems, the company said Wednesday. Hakan Buskhe, president and CEO […] More