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    HII Books DOD Deal for Electromagnetic Spectrum Assessment Support; Garry Schwartz Quoted

    HII’s mission technologies division has secured a potential five-year, $44 million task order from the Department of Defense for electromagnetic spectrum assessment support services. The company said Monday it will perform spectrum assessments across technical, policy and strategy areas in support of the DOD CIO’s Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise, Policy and Programs. Electromagnetic spectrum operations across […] More

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    Transcom Awards CSIOS Prime Contract for Cyberspace Operations Forces Support

    CSIOS will collaborate with Leidos and BTAS to provide the U.S. Transportation Command with cyberspace operations forces and support services under an approximately $41 million contract. The prime contractor will help Transcom’s cybersecurity service provider team execute missions across the cyber domain by providing full-spectrum cyberspace operations, CSIOS said Friday. “We look forward to assisting […] More

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    HawkEye 360 Unveils New RF-Sensing Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Virginia; John Serafini Quoted

    HawkEye 360 has opened a new technology and development center in Herndon, Virginia, to advance the production of radio frequency-sensing satellite technology and geospatial intelligence offerings for defense and government customers. The 19,000-square-foot facility is designed to accommodate up to 70 new employees specializing in data processing, software development, constellation operations, payload development and satellite […] More

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    Carahsoft to Offer HPE GreenLake Cloud Platform to Public Sector

    Carahsoft Technology has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to give public sector customers access to the latter’s cloud products and services portfolio designed to streamline data modernization. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Thursday it is now authorized to distribute the HPE GreenLake cloud portfolio through the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. Federal, […] More

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    State Department OKs $206M Oceanographic Observation Equipment FMS to UAE

    The State Department has granted the UAE government approval to buy oceanographic observation equipment and associated system under a potential $206 million foreign military sale contract. Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission system division has been named the principal for the proposed deal, which includes fiber optic communications suites, remote data collection facilities, multi-site sensors, data […] More

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    AWS to Support Warpspace Inter-Satellite Data Relay Network Development; Clint Crosier Quoted

    Amazon Web Services‘ global infrastructure was selected by Japanese space technology developer Warpspace to support the development of an optical inter-satellite communication relay network service. Warpspace said Thursday it uses AWS’ Kubernetes conformant service, relational database platform and other related offerings to help create workloads for WarpHub InterSat, which will provide communication service for low-Earth […] More

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    SkyWater to Build $1.8B Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility at Purdue University

    Semiconductor manufacturer SkyWater Technology will establish a $1.8 billion research, development and production facility in Indiana as part of a private-public partnership with the state and Purdue University. The semiconductor manufacturing facility is planned to address global microelectronics shortages, advance domestic energy and utility supply chains and create job opportunities for local workers, the company […] More

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    Debanjan Saha Named Interim CEO of AI Cloud Company DataRobot

    Debanjan Saha, president and chief operating officer of DataRobot, has been appointed to serve as CEO of the artificial intelligence-powered cloud platform developer on an acting basis. The interim chief executive will take over Dan Wright, who is stepping down more than a year after taking on the position and will continue to serve in […] More

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    Northrop, Boom Supersonic to Develop Military Variant of Overture Supersonic Aircraft

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with Boom Supersonic to develop new special mission variants of the latter’s Overture supersonic airliner for use in military and government missions. The new version of the Overture aircraft is envisioned to carry up to 80 passengers at twice the speed of existing airliners and to support rapid response operations, including […] More

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    Industry Vet Robert Morse Joins General Dynamics IT Business as Senior Solutions Architect

    Robert Morse, an information technology leader with more than 30 years of government and industry experience, has been appointed senior solutions architect at General Dynamics’ IT segment. In his new role, Morse will provide U.S. federal judiciary customers with IT services in support of their missions, GDIT said Tuesday. He most recently served as the […] More

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    Kratos, Air Force Conclude Valkyrie Flight Tests for Skyborg Program

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has tested an unmanned tactical aerial platform during a series of flight demonstrations in line with its development under the U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg program. The company said Monday it partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory and other USAF components to carry out flight tests for two production XQ-58A […] More

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    John Clark: Lockheed Eyeing Distributed Manned-Unmanned Teaming Concept for Air Force

    Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works has unveiled a manned-unmanned teaming concept aimed at helping the U.S. Air Force team up its piloted fighters with future autonomous systems, Defense News reported Friday. John Clark, vice president and general manager of Skunk Works, said the company proposes a distributed teaming concept wherein a diverse group of uncrewed systems […] More