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  • Navy Tests Data Exchange Between Triton UAS, Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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    Navy Tests Data Exchange Between Triton UAS, Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    The U.S. Navy has tested the communication features of Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system during a flight test held June 2 at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. MQ-4C Triton exchanged full-motion video data with a Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft during the demonstration, the Navy said Wednesday. The test […] More

  • Janus Global Operations Quality Management System Attains ISO 18788:2015 International Certification 
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    Janus Global Operations Quality Management System Attains ISO 18788:2015 International Certification 

    Janus Global Operations‘ quality management system has attained the ISO 18788:2015 certification, a worldwide standard that seeks to set a global business and risk management framework for security contractors and organizations. The company said Thursday that the ISO 18788:2015 certification follows on its ANSI/ASIS PSC.1 certification in 2015. Alan Weakley, JGO president and COO, said that “Commercial and government clients in […] More

  • Leidos Appears on LinkedIn’s Top Attractors List; Roger Krone Comments
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    Leidos Appears on LinkedIn’s Top Attractors List; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos was among the 40 companies featured on LinkedIn‘s Top Attractors list, the professional social network’s ranking of how businesses attract and retain employees. The company said Thursday that it was ranked 36th on the inaugural list. Roger Krone, Leidos chairman and CEO, said that the company considered its appearance on the list as recognition for its […] More

  • Ilene Gordon Joins Lockheed Board of Directors
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    Ilene Gordon Joins Lockheed Board of Directors

    Ilene Gordon, CEO of global ingredients company Ingredio, has joined the board of directors of Lockheed Martin. Gordon previously served as chief executive of Alcan Packaging before she joined Ingredion in 2009, Lockheed said Thursday. She also held various leadership roles at Alcan and Pechiney, which Alcan purchased in 2003, and previously worked in executive roles at […] More

  • Intel, Samsung Create Industry Forum to Develop IoT Policy Recommendations
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    Intel, Samsung Create Industry Forum to Develop IoT Policy Recommendations

    Intel, Samsung have launched an interactive dialogue that seeks to convene technology industry stakeholders to develop Internet of Things policy recommendations for U.S. lawmakers. Samsung said Wednesday the National IoT Strategy Dialogue was created in response to technology leaders’ call for a forum that can help industry and Congress to realize the potential advantages of IoT technology for the economy and society. The Information […] More

  • CBP Selects GreenGen to Install Lighting At US-Mexico Border Entry Site in Energy Reduction Initiative
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    CBP Selects GreenGen to Install Lighting At US-Mexico Border Entry Site in Energy Reduction Initiative

    Green Generation Solutions has received a $2.4 million contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to install new lighting fixtures at the San Luis Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona as CBP seeks to reduce energy consumption. CBP has set a goal to cut energy usage at the border by approximately 75 percent […] More

  • Microsoft, CSRA, Amazon Web Services Receive FedRAMP High Baseline Cloud Designation
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    Microsoft, CSRA, Amazon Web Services Receive FedRAMP High Baseline Cloud Designation

    Microsoft, CSRA and Amazon Web Services have each received a newly-created high baseline designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to operate their cloud computing offerings on sensitive, unclassified systems for agencies. The FedRAMP program management office says the new high baseline level is intended to unlock nearly $40 billion in information technology funds per year […] More

  • DARPA, Lockheed Demo Cognitive Electronic Warfare System
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    DARPA, Lockheed Demo Cognitive Electronic Warfare System

    Lockheed Martin and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have collaborated to demonstrate a cognitive electronic warfare system that is designed to detect, characterize and counter wireless communication threats. Lockheed said Monday that Raytheon‘s Silencer EW technology hosted machine-learning software for the Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare system onboard a modified Piper Navajo aircraft during a series of flight tests. The Lockheed-Raytheon team flew the aircraft to […] More

  • BAE, IBC Sign Beryllium-Aluminum Components Development Pact
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    BAE, IBC Sign Beryllium-Aluminum Components Development Pact

    BAE Systems and IBC Advanced Alloys have signed a joint development agreement to produce components based on the latter company’s beryllium-aluminum alloys. IBC said Wednesday it will initially develop prototype components to demonstrate the characteristics of Beralcast casted products for specific applications at BAE under the deal. David Heinz, IBC president and CEO, said the partnership supports the company’s efforts […] More

  • US Air Force Mulls Energy-as-a-Service Model; Mark Correll Comments
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    US Air Force Mulls Energy-as-a-Service Model; Mark Correll Comments

    The U.S. Air Force is looking into the possibility of using an energy-as-a-service model at its bases in order to keep facilities powered in the event of a cyber attack or a natural disaster, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jared Serbu writes the model could replace the Air Force’s existing business arrangements that involve enhanced-use leases and energy saving performance […] More

  • DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support
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    DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support

    DRT Strategies has received a 29-month, $3.9 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for web, information technology and graphics support services. DRT Strategies said Monday it will redesign and modernize CDC’s websites to include social media, data visualization, mobile apps and collaboration sites to help support communication within the public health community. “This contract […] More

  • DOE Aims to Help Commercialize 2 Energy Technologies From Los Alamos Nat’l Lab
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    DOE Aims to Help Commercialize 2 Energy Technologies From Los Alamos Nat’l Lab

    The Department of Energy has awarded $850,000 in funds to support groundwater restoration and fractured rock characterization projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico under DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund. DOE picked a total of 54 energy technology projects that involve collaboration between 12 national laboratories and 52 companies as part of an effort to help businesses move technologies from the lab to the market, LANL said […] More