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  • BARDA Issues Platelet Treatment Tech Trial Grant to Terumo BCT
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    BARDA Issues Platelet Treatment Tech Trial Grant to Terumo BCT

    Medical device manufacturer Terumo BCT has received $17.4 million in initial funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to conduct a clinical trial on a technology intended to help facilitate platelet treatments in patients. Terumo BCT said Tuesday its Pathogen Reduction Technology system designed to study the clinical effectiveness of standard platelets in plasma compared to Mirasol-treated platelets in plasma for patients […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Invests in Sensor R&D Project to Provide Tactical Data for Submariners
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    Johns Hopkins APL Invests in Sensor R&D Project to Provide Tactical Data for Submariners

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a sensor technology under an independent research-and-development project that aims to help  submariners gather, examine and access data on their surroundings. Johns Hopkins APL said Monday the Pelagos environmental data collection system works to measure air and sea parameters as well as employs customized algorithms designed to analyze and disseminate information to tactical users. […] More

  • Industrial Electronic Engineers to Supply Control Display Units for Northrop-Built Jammers
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    Industrial Electronic Engineers to Supply Control Display Units for Northrop-Built Jammers

    Industrial Electronic Engineers has landed a contract to supply 3.5-inch handheld control display units for the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command‘s Northrop Grumman-built software-programmable jammers. IEE said Tuesday the CDUs will be used on the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare Increment 1 Block 1 systems designed to provide protection against device-triggered IEDs. “We’ve been working with […] More

  • Navy Adds Raytheon-Built Joint Standoff Weapon Tech to Fleet; Jaime Engdahl Comments
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    Navy Adds Raytheon-Built Joint Standoff Weapon Tech to Fleet; Jaime Engdahl Comments

    The U.S. Navy has introduced a Raytheon-built network-enabled weapon to its fleet of air wings deployed worldwide. The Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 was added to the fleet after the weapon recently completed operational testing against land and sea targets, the Navy said Monday. JSOW C-1 achieved initial operational capability in early June. “As our mission’s […] More

  • Chris Moran Named Lockheed Martin Ventures Executive Director, GM
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    Chris Moran Named Lockheed Martin Ventures Executive Director, GM

    J. Christopher Moran, a 35-year technology industry veteran and former senior executive at Applied Materials, has joined Lockheed Martin as executive director and general manager of the company’s venture capital business. He will manage Lockheed Martin Ventures‘ strategy and pipeline development, investment tracking, transaction execution and reporting functions, the company said Tuesday. “With his guidance, we will work with other leading investors […] More

  • Vencore CEO Mac Curtis Receives Leadership Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts
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    Vencore CEO Mac Curtis Receives Leadership Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts

    Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Vencore, has received the Executive Leader of the Year award from the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his efforts as chairman of the 2015 Greater Washington Heart Walk. Curtis accepted the recognition as part of the Chamber’s 2016 Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Awards that seek to recognize companies and business […] More

  • PAE Awarded Defense Security Service’s Industrial Security Achievement Award; John Heller Comments
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    PAE Awarded Defense Security Service’s Industrial Security Achievement Award; John Heller Comments

    Arlington, Virginia-based PAE has received the Defense Security Service‘s James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award for the company’s support to Naval Air Station Patuxent River. PAE said Tuesday 42 facilities received the Cogswell award, which DSS presented at a National Classification Management Society seminar June 8. PAE CEO John Heller noted the company has supported the U.S. Navy at Patuxent River […] More

  • CACI Makes Washington Post’s 2016 Top Workplaces List; Ken Asbury Comments
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    CACI Makes Washington Post’s 2016 Top Workplaces List; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has been included again in The Washington Post’s annual list of top companies to work for in the greater Washington area. The Post selected CACI for the large workplaces category of its 2016 Top Workplaces list after the publication surveyed workers at more than 300 local companies, CACI said Tuesday. CACI earned high scores on leadership and commitment to […] More

  • Harry Buchanan Joins Kopin as Defense Applications BD Director
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    Harry Buchanan Joins Kopin as Defense Applications BD Director

    Harry Buchanan, previously North American business development manager at Excelitas Technologies, has joined Kopin Corp. as its new business development director for defense applications. Kopin said Wednesday Buchanan will report directly to Bill Mafucci, government programs vice president and general manager. “The addition of Harry Buchanan, with his extensive experience in the defense industry, to this newly created […] More

  • AT&T’s Kay Kapoor Earns ‘Women Worth Watching’ Award by Profiles in Diversity Journal
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    AT&T’s Kay Kapoor Earns ‘Women Worth Watching’ Award by Profiles in Diversity Journal

    Kay Kapoor, president of global public sector solutions at AT&T, has received recognition from Profiles in Diversity Journal as one of the winners of the 15th Annual Women Worth Watching Awards. The awards recognize a total of 162 nominees as the 2016 winners, who will be featured in the 2016 Women Worth Watching magazine edition in September, […] More

  • Digital Reasoning Unveils Latest Cognitive Computing Platform Synthesis 4
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    Digital Reasoning Unveils Latest Cognitive Computing Platform Synthesis 4

    Digital Reasoning has unveiled its latest cognitive computing platform designed to improve on unstructured data analytics and time-to-value for consumers through its new functions. The Synthesis 4 makes use of a number of technologies, such as machine learning, NLP, computer vision, pattern recognition and knowledge representation, to allow analysis delivery through interactive data exploration tools and intelligent […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Conducts AR1 Engine Preburner Tests; Eileen Drake Comments
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Conducts AR1 Engine Preburner Tests; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed another milestone in the company’s AR1 rocket engine development program following completion of preburner tests at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The tests aimed to verify design parameters of the preburner injector built for Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new engine technology, the company said Friday. Aerojet Rocketdyne announced its milestone plan for AR1 engine in 2014 […] More