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    Mitre Appoints DOE Vet William Tedeschi as Technical Fellow

    William Tedeschi, a former senior scientist in the Department of Energy’s intelligence and counterintelligence office, has been named as the newest technical fellow at non-profit corporation Mitre. In a Linkedin post on Thursday, Mitre said it will lean on Tedeschi’s expertise in nuclear weapons, threat assessments and high-altitude electromagnetic pulse disturbances to provide technical guidance […] More

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    Katharyn White: IBM Supports Federal Cybersecurity Goals Through Partner Ecosystem

    IBM has established strategies to participate in government and industry collaboration to help advance national cybersecurity, said Katharyn White, vice president of the company’s U.S. federal ecosystem unit.  White wrote in an article published Thursday the company supports President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity through a collaborative approach. She said IBM […] More

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    Northrop Rolls Out Australia’s 1st MQ-4C Autonomous Aircraft

    Northrop Grumman has rolled out the first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle built for Australia‘s air force at a manufacturing location in Palmdale, California. Wednesday’s unveiling event comes almost three years after the company began aircraft construction work at its Moss Point, Mississippi, factory, Northrop said. The Australian defense department collaborates with Northrop and the […] More

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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

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    Sierra7 to Support IT Service Desk of USDA Program

    The Department of Agriculture has tapped information technology company Sierra7 to provide services in support of the Mahogany Farm Production and Conservation IT Service Desk. The $10.9 million award requires Sierra7 personnel to address IT requests from FPAC users and assist in FPAC application lifecycle management efforts, the company announced Thursday. Work will involve but […] More

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    Intel Commences $20B Semiconductor Expansion in Ohio

    Intel has inaugurated a $20 billion project to establish a semiconductor manufacturing site, which the company dubbed Silicon Heartland, in Ohio. Officials broke ground on the first of two state-of-the-art chipmaking facilities that Intel plans to build in Licking County through 2025, the company said Friday. U.S. President Joe Biden, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and […] More

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    Axellio CEO Scott Aken Discusses Future of 5G in Defense Technology on Podcast

    The U.S. military is looking into the future of 5G and succeeding broadband network generations to fortify its defense operations, Axellio CEO Scott Aken said in a podcast aired Tuesday. Aken discussed in an interview with Telecom Reseller the potential of 5G technology to advance the Defense Department’s multi-domain operations, from supply chains to surveillance […] More

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    Southern Company Wins Potential $117M GSA Energy Service Contract

    The General Services Administration has awarded Southern Company a potential $117 million contract to help GSA meet energy efficiency and resilience goals for a dozen federal facilities located in Georgia. The company said Tuesday its Atlanta Gas Light and PowerSecure subsidiaries will carry out the project, which involves replacing 60,000 light fixtures with LED lamps […] More

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    SBA Marks Decade of GovCon Education Support for Women-Owned Businesses

    The Small Business Administration is hosting the 10th year of its program that offers opportunities for women entrepreneurs to connect with federal agencies and government contractors. SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman kicked off the return of ChallengeHER Thursday, and was joined by representatives from Women Impacting Public Policy and American Express, co-sponsors of the national […] More

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    5 Companies Win Spots on $90M AF Special Ops Command Support Contract

    Five companies have won spots on a five-year, $90 million enterprise sourcing contract with the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command. The multiple-award contract will include professional advisory and assistance services for AFSOC installations, including geographically separated units and tenants on those bases, the Defense Department said Monday. AFSOC expects contract work to conclude by […] More