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General Motors‘ defense business arm has collaborated with Mistral to equip GM Defense’s light tactical utility vehicle with the latter’s Hero-120 loitering munition, a system co-developed with UVision to engage targets without exposing warfighters to direct enemy fire. GM Defense said Monday its Chevrolet Colorado ZR2-based utility concept vehicle with Mistral and UVision’s medium-range, anti-armored […] More

Carahsoft Technology and Iron Mountain have inked an agreement allowing the former to offer the latter’s machine learning-based content services platform to the government sector. In a statement Thursday, Melissa Carson, vice president and general manager of Iron Mountain Government Solutions, said, “Iron Mountain InSight has assisted numerous Public Sector agencies with highly secure intelligent digitalization of everything […] More

Microchip Technology, a Department of Commerce-backed semiconductor manufacturer, has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of SAMD21RT, a radiation-tolerant Arm Cortex-M0+ based 32-bit microcontroller. SAMD21RT is designed for space-constrained applications and features up to 48 MHz processing rate, an Analog-to-Digital Converter with up to 20 channels, a Digital-to-Analog Converter and analog comparators, Microchip Technology […] More

A digital transformation team within Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has established an advanced visualization engineering facility in Palmdale, California, to provide a virtual environment for advancing engineering development. The Virtual Prototyping team's new Virtual Engineering Environment features computer-aided software and tools, including a large format PowerWall display system, to enable engineers to design, manufacture and test systems and processes virtually, Lockheed said Thursday.

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General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed the MQ-9A Block 5 unmanned aircraft system training for the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. The company said Thursday the seven-week Weapons and Tactics Instructor program, held at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, utilized the SkyTower I pod, which extends airborne communication capabilities for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

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