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  • BAE Unveils Upgraded F-16 Maintenance Software With Cybersecurity Capability
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    BAE Unveils Upgraded F-16 Maintenance Software With Cybersecurity Capability

    BAE Systems has released an updated version of its aircraft maintenance offering that is designed to enhance the cybersecurity defenses of the F-16 fighter jets. The company said Wednesday the Viper Memory Loader Verifier II supports the maintenance of radars, mission and flight control computers, data recorders, electronic warfare, engine control, navigation and other mission-critical […] More

  • SkyWater Gets DOD Funds for Expanded Rad-Hard Tech Development; CAES’ Mike Kahn Quoted
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    SkyWater Gets DOD Funds for Expanded Rad-Hard Tech Development; CAES’ Mike Kahn Quoted

    SkyWater Technology has received a $12 million investment from the Department of Defense to support the intellectual property expansion of its 90-nanometer radiation-hardened manufacturing process. The investment is part of an initial $27 million DOD funding awarded as an other transactional agreement option, the company said Wednesday. IP ecosystem design and validation for the rad-hard […] More

  • NASA Taps SpaceLink to Demo Ground Terminal, Near Space Network Integration
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    NASA Taps SpaceLink to Demo Ground Terminal, Near Space Network Integration

    NASA has tapped SpaceLink to conduct a study on the integration of commercial optical ground terminals into the space agency’s Near Space Network architecture to help with the orbital communication system’s commercialization. Under the contract from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, SpaceLink said Tuesday it will craft a tracking and data relay satellite system-like capability […] More

  • General Atomics Wraps Up Gray Eagle Drone’s Flight Computer Tests for Army
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    General Atomics Wraps Up Gray Eagle Drone’s Flight Computer Tests for Army

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has completed the first flight tests of a new computer system designed to enhance the performance of the Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft in contested environments. The Flight Control Module system trials were held by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. on Sept. 13 and 14 at a testing facility in […] More

  • L3Harris, MAG Aerospace to Develop ISR Aircraft for Army Program
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    L3Harris, MAG Aerospace to Develop ISR Aircraft for Army Program

    L3Harris Technologies has teamed up with MAG Aerospace to develop a commercial aircraft equipped with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for a new U.S. Army program. The team will modify Bombardier Global Express 6500s to include new radar as well as electronic and communications intelligence capabilities in support of the Army’s Theater Level High-Altitude Expeditionary […] More

  • Raytheon’s Investment Arm Backs Electric Propulsion System Developer H55
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    Raytheon’s Investment Arm Backs Electric Propulsion System Developer H55

    H55, a Swiss developer of electric propulsion and battery systems, has received a minority investment from Raytheon Technologies’ venture capital business unit.  The financing builds on the companies’ existing collaboration aimed at advancing the development of sustainable aviation technologies, Raytheon said Tuesday. RTX Ventures is currently in partnership with H55 for the development and demonstration […] More

  • CBP Expands Analytics Software Contract With Seerist
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    CBP Expands Analytics Software Contract With Seerist

    The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has extended its mission support contract with Seerist‘s federal business unit for another five years, building on the software company’s efforts to assist the agency during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seerist Federal was granted a $3.8 million renewal contract to continue supporting CBP’s various intelligence and operational missions and to […] More

  • Cubic Unveils Cisco-Powered Router, Switch Network Connectivity Module; Anthony Verna Quoted
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    Cubic Unveils Cisco-Powered Router, Switch Network Connectivity Module; Anthony Verna Quoted

    Cubic‘s mission and performance solutions division has unveiled a network connectivity device module powered by Cisco‘s router and switching technologies for use in military applications. M3-SE5 is a rugged router and switch module optimized in size, weight and power that uses Cisco’s ESR6300 router and ESS3300 switch that are designed to enable high-speed networking capabilities, […] More

  • Accrete, Quantifind Awarded AI Tech Production Contracts to Help DOD Fight Foreign Malign Influence
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    Accrete, Quantifind Awarded AI Tech Production Contracts to Help DOD Fight Foreign Malign Influence

    The Department of Defense awarded contracts to Accrete AI Government and Quantifind to produce their artificial intelligence platforms designed to analyze commercially and publicly available information to detect patterns and relationships with foreign adversaries. The AI-based tools from Accrete and Quantifind enable DOD analysts and investigators to identify links between organizations, networks of interest and […] More

  • Qlik’s Cloud Analytics SaaS Certified in FedRAMP Marketplace; Andrew Churchill Quoted
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    Qlik’s Cloud Analytics SaaS Certified in FedRAMP Marketplace; Andrew Churchill Quoted

    A cloud-based Qlik business analytics offering has joined the list of certified products in the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program marketplace. The Environmental Protection Agency acted as the sponsoring entity throughout the FedRAMP authorization pursuit for the Qlik Cloud Government software-as-a-service platform, which achieved Moderate Impact Level compliance under the program, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • SAIC, SecureXperts Announce Telework Platform Development Partnership; Vernon Saunders Quoted
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    SAIC, SecureXperts Announce Telework Platform Development Partnership; Vernon Saunders Quoted

    Science Applications International Corp. and SecureXperts have partnered to build platforms for telework and alternative work environments that meet federal requirements for ensuring the security of the Department of Defense’s classified documents. “Together, SAIC and SecureXperts bring unique skills and expertise that will support the growing demand for services to protect intelligence users that store, […] More