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  • Boeing Opens Factory for Composite Military Aircraft Parts; Ted Colbert Quoted
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    Boeing Opens Factory for Composite Military Aircraft Parts; Ted Colbert Quoted

    Boeing has completed the construction of a Mesa, Arizona, facility to make composite aircraft components for military customers. The company said Tuesday its research and development division, Phantom Works, will operate the 155,000-square-foot Advanced Composite Fabrication Center beginning in the fall. ACFC personnel will use advanced manufacturing and digital engineering methods in support of new combat […] More

  • NetImpact-Dark Wolf Team to Help Air Force Transition to Cloud-Based Enterprise IT Platform
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    NetImpact-Dark Wolf Team to Help Air Force Transition to Cloud-Based Enterprise IT Platform

    A partnership between NetImpact Strategies and Dark Wolf Solutions has received a contract to migrate the Department of the Air Force’s enterprise information technology management system to ServiceNow‘s cloud platform.  NetImpact said Tuesday it will lead the development and implementation of replacement software for the IT Investment Portfolio Suite and help the DAF chief information officer […] More

  • Iron Bow Gets Army ATO Accreditation for AttackIQ Threat Emulation Platform
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    Iron Bow Gets Army ATO Accreditation for AttackIQ Threat Emulation Platform

    Iron Bow Technologies has received an Assess Only Authority to Operate designation from the U.S. Army for AttackIQ’s Security Optimization Platform. The three-year Assess Only ATO will enable the service to use AttackIQ’s breach and attack simulation platform to come up with a more strategic posture to protect from cyberthreats its mission-critical assets used to […] More

  • Empower AI Seeks to Accelerate Federal Digital Transformation With AI Product Set; Paul Dillahay Quoted
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    Empower AI Seeks to Accelerate Federal Digital Transformation With AI Product Set; Paul Dillahay Quoted

    Empower AI has introduced a set of artificial intelligence platforms designed to help federal technology professionals manage code development and other digital transformation efforts. The product suite, dubbed Empower AI Develops, uses machine learning, natural language processing, hyperautomation and proprietary algorithms to speed up code analysis and development and detect vulnerabilities in their information technology […] More

  • Google, NIST Sign Chip R&D Cooperation Agreement; Laurie Locascio Quoted
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    Google, NIST Sign Chip R&D Cooperation Agreement; Laurie Locascio Quoted

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has teamed up with Google to create a new suite of chips designed to help researchers and technology startups measure the performance of artificial intelligence memory devices. Under a cooperative research and development agreement, Google will shoulder the initial cost of constructing and operating a production facility while […] More

  • AWS to Mentor Startups Through Infrastructure-Focused Accelerator
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    AWS to Mentor Startups Through Infrastructure-Focused Accelerator

    Amazon Web Services will offer cloud education and mentorship for startup companies that want to develop infrastructure management tools through the third iteration of the Sustainable Cities Accelerator program. Jeffrey Kratz, general manager of AWS’ worldwide public sector channels and alliances, wrote in a blog post published Monday the company teamed up with venture development […] More

  • Electrosoft to Support GSA Identity Management Strategy Development
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    Electrosoft to Support GSA Identity Management Strategy Development

    Electrosoft has received a potential $11.7 million contract to help a General Services Administration unit responsible for helping federal agencies implement identity, credential and access management processes. The company said Tuesday it will provide subject matter expertise to GSA’s Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division in developing a strategy to assess shared ICAM systems and […] More

  • GE, Air Force Conclude Phase 2 Testing of F-35 Adaptive Cycle Engine
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    GE, Air Force Conclude Phase 2 Testing of F-35 Adaptive Cycle Engine

    General Electric and the U.S. Air Force have jointly tested a next-generation fighter jet engine for the F-35 aircraft at the service branch’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee. The company said the second phase of testing on the XA100 three-stream adaptive cycle engine was concluded in August in preparation for its maturation and full-scale […] More

  • AWS, ServiceNow Execs Cite Education, Work Flexibility as Keys to Grow Federal IT Talent Pipeline
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    AWS, ServiceNow Execs Cite Education, Work Flexibility as Keys to Grow Federal IT Talent Pipeline

    Government business leaders at Amazon Web Services and ServiceNow, said education programs and flexible work arrangements are among the ways for agencies to develop and retain information technology professionals, FedTech Magazine reported Monday. Max Peterson, vice president of the worldwide public sector unit at AWS and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, emphasized the importance for […] More

  • VMD to Help Secure TSA IT Systems
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    VMD to Help Secure TSA IT Systems

    VMD will provide information technology cybersecurity services to the Transportation Security Administration under a potential five-year task order with a one-year base period. The company said Monday it will recruit information security professionals to collaborate with development, operational and infrastructure support teams and agency directors to identify approaches for protecting mission-critical systems against cyberthreats. Under […] More

  • Bill Rowan: DOD Customers Complete Splunk Cloud Platform Deployment
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    Bill Rowan: DOD Customers Complete Splunk Cloud Platform Deployment

    Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said Department of Defense customers have completed fielding the company’s cloud service offering to handle sensitive data at Impact Level 5. The company secured the Defense Security Information Systems Agency’s IL5 provisional authorization in 2021 that allows Splunk Cloud Platform to […] More