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    NetApp’s Data Management Software Granted FedRAMP, DOD Authorization for Use in AWS Regions; Liz Martin Quoted

    NetApp has secured approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and from the Department of Defense for the availability of its ONTAP data management software on Amazon Web Services. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server for ONTAP now has FedRAMP authorization under FedRAMP and is certified impact levels two, four and five of […] More

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    Lockheed Shares Tech Enhancement Plans for Missile Defense Agency’s C2BMC System

    Lockheed Martin is working on next-generation technology such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to upgrade the command and control, battle management, and communications capabilities of the Missile Defense Agency. The company said Tuesday that it will integrate hypersonic as well as ballistic and cruise missile defense to modernize the agency’s C2BMC data analysis and […] More

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    Northrop, Navy Conduct 5th Flight Test of Extended-Range, Anti-Radiation Guided Missile

    Northrop Grumman‘s extended-range, anti-radiation guided missile has passed its fifth consecutive flight test in a demonstration using the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range achieved its objectives of detecting, locating and firing at a modern land-based emitter target, the company said Monday. The fourth live fire test […] More

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    General Dynamics Subcontracts Virginia Submarine Payload Tubes to General Atomics

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has tapped General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business to build, test, manufacture and deliver payload tubes for Virginia-class submarines. General Atomics on Thursday announced the contract, which will help carry out the potential $24 billion U.S. Navy Virginia submarine construction award that General Dynamics Electric Boat won in 2019. General Dynamics EB […] More

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    Former MicroStrategy Exec Matt Spencer Joins NetImpact as Product Sales Director

    NetImpact Strategies has appointed Matt Spencer, former public sector account executive at software developer Elastic, as director of product sales. He will be responsible for sales operations and growth initiatives related to Digital Transformation 360, a product line of tools, playbooks and blueprints to aid federal government customers in their digital modernization projects, NetImpact said […] More

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    BlueHalo Uses Alpine-Made Reinforced Polymer to Refine Intense Eye UAS

    BlueHalo worked with Alpine Advanced Materials to use the Dallas, Texas-based manufacturer’s HX5 multi-scale reinforced polymer in the injection molded chassis of the technology company’s next-generation Intense Eye unmanned aerial system. HX5 is expected to make the UAS platform lighter but capable of carrying heavier payload, BlueHalo said Thursday. The IE-V3 UAS uses artificial intelligence […] More

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    CACI Business, Torchlight AI Team Up to Support SOCOM’s Dark Web Analytics

    Bluestone Analytics, a subsidiary of CACI International, will provide its dark web search and analysis tool to the U.S. Special Operations Command and other customers of Torchlight AI. The two companies have teamed up to make the DarkPursuit platform available through Torchlight’s Catalyst AI modeling software, CACI said Thursday. DarkPursuit is part of Bluestone’s DarkBlue […] More

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    Jeremy Feinberg Appointed SpiderOak Finance Chief

    Jeremy Feinberg, a 15-year finance professional in the technology sector, has joined cybersecurity software and service provider SpiderOak as chief financial officer. His role will encompass financial reporting, budgeting, planning and forecasting functions, SpiderOak said Thursday. Feinberg was vice president of finance at ClearShark, an information technology provider to the federal sector, for the past […] More

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    Johns Hopkins APL Discovers New Superconductor Using Human-AI Teaming Approach

    Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory used artificial intelligence to discover a new superconductor made of zirconium, indium and nickel alloy. The discovery only took three months from data collection to candidate material fabrication, demonstrating the promise of predictive AI models in accelerating targeted discovery in materials science, the Johns Hopkins University-affiliated research […] More

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    Carahsoft to Offer Lumu’s Cyber Threat Assessment Model to Government Customers, Resellers; Alex Whitworth Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to be the master government aggregator for Lumu Technologies to make the cybersecurity company’s services accessible to more state and local government customers. The partnership will allow Carahsoft’s government clients and reseller partners to access Lumu’s Continuous Compromise Assessment cybersecurity model, the companies said Wednesday. The software provides information on when […] More

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    NASA Opens 2023 TechFlights Solicitation for Testing Potential Space-based Innovations

    NASA has begun accepting applications for an annual program that awards grants and cooperative agreements to projects focused on testing technologies on suborbital or orbital flights. The 2023 Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities solicitation is open to companies and academic and research institutions in the U.S., NASA said Wednesday. TechFlights evolved from […] More