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  • Comprehensive Health Services’ Gary Palmer Honored at Federal Occupational Health Conference
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    Comprehensive Health Services’ Gary Palmer Honored at Federal Occupational Health Conference

    Gary Palmer, president and CEO of Comprehensive Health Services, has accepted a “Provider of the Year” award at the 2017 Federal Occupational Health Conference hosted by the Florida State Association of Occupational Health Nurses. FSAOHN honored Palmer for his efforts to promote and uphold the objectives of the association established to advance occupational and environmental nursing in Florida, CHS said […] More

  • Red Hat Govt Symposium to Tackle Open Source Collaboration; Paul Smith Comments
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    Red Hat Govt Symposium to Tackle Open Source Collaboration; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat will hold its annual government symposium on Nov. 9 in Washington, D.C. to highlight the potential advantages of open source collaboration and emerging technology for federal agency missions. The company said Tuesday the symposium, themed “Open first: building a foundation for choice and security,” will feature sessions, demos and panel discussions that will tackle […] More

  • Cyber Vet Melissa Hathaway Voices Concerns Over Use of AI in Law Enforcement
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    Cyber Vet Melissa Hathaway Voices Concerns Over Use of AI in Law Enforcement

    Melissa Hathaway, former White House cybersecurity adviser, has expressed concerns over the potential use of artificial intelligence by law enforcement officers to foresee crimes, Euronews reported Monday. “I feel that more and more around the world we are starting to see Minority Report come about,” Hathaway said at the European Cybersecurity Forum in Krakow, Poland. Minority […] More

  • Lexmark Releases Military Document Capture Platform
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    Lexmark Releases Military Document Capture Platform

    Lexmark International has introduced a technology platform designed to help military organizations automate documentation and information management processes. Smart Document Capture for Military utilizes Lexmark’s multifunction printer technology and process management tools built to automatically classify documents, verify data and perform compliance checks, the company said Monday. The system is equipped with technology that works to secure data and […] More

  • UltiSat to Support Air Force UAV Ku-Band Ground Terminals
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    UltiSat to Support Air Force UAV Ku-Band Ground Terminals

    UltiSat has received a potential $8.1 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide Ku-band satellite coverage for the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle training and operations. The company said Monday it will also help the Air Combat Command manage Global Hawk Ku-band ground terminals deployed within the 48 contiguous United States. Steve Roth, […] More

  • Engility to Support DoD Technical Data, Network Security Efforts; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility to Support DoD Technical Data, Network Security Efforts; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has won a potential five-year, $28 million contract to help the Defense Department‘s Damage Assessment Management Office and Joint Acquisition Protection and Exploitation Cell prevent foreign exploitation of key acquisition programs, technology networks and controlled technical information. The company said Tuesday it will also help counterintelligence, intelligence and law enforcement departments and agencies examine any data […] More

  • General Atomics to Help Sustain USS Ford Aircraft Launch, Arresting Gear System
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    General Atomics to Help Sustain USS Ford Aircraft Launch, Arresting Gear System

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a delivery order for spare parts needed to sustain a U.S. Navy carrier’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear system. The company said Monday GA-EMS will support the USS Gerald R. Ford AAG ground-based facility at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. GA-EMS will also assess and analyze equipment, perform quality […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev’t & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev’t & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop and test a propulsion system as part of the Advanced Full Range Engine program that aims to realize reusable hydrocarbon propulsion technologies. AFRE looks to develop a propulsion system that could operate at up to hypersonic speed in an effort to deploy responsive hypersonic aircraft for […] More

  • Roboteam Launches ‘Interoperable’ UGV at AUSA 2017; Shahar Abuhazira Comments
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    Roboteam Launches ‘Interoperable’ UGV at AUSA 2017; Shahar Abuhazira Comments

    A Roboteam unmanned ground vehicle was scheduled to launch Monday at the 2017 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington D.C. The company said Monday the Transportable Interoperable Ground Robot is designed to be modular to allow integration of add-ons, sensors and future technologies and is built as an all-weather system for all-terrain operation. TIGR […] More

  • Triumph Group to Continue Gearbox Supply for MD 530 Attack Helicopters
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    Triumph Group to Continue Gearbox Supply for MD 530 Attack Helicopters

    Triumph Group has signed an agreement to supply main and tail rotor gearboxes for attack helicopters that MD Helicopters will build for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales customers. The Army awarded MD Helicopters an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to produce up to 150 armed MD 530 scout attack helicopters over five years, Triumph said Monday. MD Helicopters also received an initial […] More

  • Report: General Motors to Create New Defense Industry Unit
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    Report: General Motors to Create New Defense Industry Unit

    General Motors aims to create a new defense industry unit as part of the vehicle maker’s efforts to expand business with the U.S. military, Automotive News reported Monday. The report said GM will establish the GM Defense unit within the company’s global product development arm. GM has initiated multiple defense projects and is in talks with the U.S. […] More

  • Cubic Aids Hurricane Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico; Mike Twyman Comments
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    Cubic Aids Hurricane Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s mission solutions business unit has deployed satellite antennas and personnel across Puerto Rico to provide connectivity support to hurricane relief operations. The company said Monday its GATR antennas are currently working to deliver cellular and internet service in the island of Vieques to facilitate communications between residents, businesses, local government officials and relief organizations. GATR also supported the […] More