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    Romania Signs Letter of Intent to Procure Bell Helicopter-Built Attack Helos

    Romanian Defense Minister Adrian Tutuianu has signed a letter addressed to the U.S government that expresses the European country’s intent to buy Bell Helicopter-built attack helicopters. Tutuianu, Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose and other senior government officials discussed the planned purchase with Bell Helicopter representatives at a meeting held last week, the Romanian government said in […] More

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    Industry Teams Monitor Potential SOCOM Light Attack Aircraft Buy

    Industry participants in the U.S. Air Force‘s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration are eyeing a separate opportunity to sell light attack planes to the U.S. Special Operations Command, Defense News reported. The Air Force released a presolicitation notice on FedBizOpps in July to gain industry feedback on “platform-agnostic” light attack aircraft technologies that can address the needs […] More

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    Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler Outlines Changes in Big Data Structure

    Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of public sector at Hortonworks, has said cultural shift is one of the factors that drive the evolution of big data storage. Bierweiler told FedScoop in an interview published Tuesday that he observed data was previously used in a “transactional” manner but has now become crucial to decision-making. “We like to say that […] More

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    Report: Kratos to Enter Production Phase of ‘Confidential’ Govt UAV Platform

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions is scheduled to begin production of unmanned aerial vehicles for an unidentified government customer by the end of the third quarter, FlightGlobal reported Tuesday. Kratos President and CEO Eric DeMarco told audience at the Jefferies 2017 Investor Conference that he expects the “confidential” UAV program to help increase Kratos’ drone […] More

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    American Electric Power Taps Vencore to Provide Infrastructure Monitoring Service

    American Electric Power has awarded a contract to Vencore‘s research arm to provide continuous monitoring service in support of AEP’s advanced metering infrastructure. Vencore Labs will pilot its SecureSmart platform that will work monitor and analyze AEP’s wireless field networks; boost visibility into system operations; and optimize the electric utility company’s capacity to protect its AMI and distribution […] More

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    AWS Demos Use of AI-Powered Image Analysis Service for DoD Missions

    Amazon Web Services has demonstrated the potential defense applications of an artificial intelligence service designed to help software developers build image analysis applications. Amazon Rekognition employs deep learning methods to automatically identify objects and scenes as well as support image tagging to let users search for images using key words, AWS said Monday. The AI service also works to recognize […] More

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    Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a three-year, $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide program planning, technical and instructional services to the government of Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Monday the foreign military sales contract covers support for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative that seeks to optimize social and economic conditions […] More

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    Engility Opens New Office in Augusta, Georgia

    Engility has established a new facility in Augusta, Georgia, as the company seeks to access the area’s cyber talent pool and expand support to customers at Fort Gordon. Chantilly, Virginia-based Engility said Monday its new office will also house program management personnel who coordinate the activities of approximately 100 company employees across the state. Scott Whatmough, senior […] More

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    Navy Seeks White Papers for Expeditionary Warfare Tech Dev.

    The U.S. Navy seeks industry white papers on technologies that can help address the service branch’s irregular, expeditionary and special warfare needs. The Navy said Wednesday in a broad agency announcement posted on FedBizOpps that it may request proposals from selected offerors and award contracts if funds are available. Interested participants must provide information on technologies […] More

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    Report: Air Force Eyes JLTV Purchase to Replace Humvee Fleet

    The U.S. Air Force plans to replace its fleet of 3,270 Humvee vehicles with the Oshkosh-built Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, Defense News reported. Laura McAndrews, an Air Force spokeswoman, told Defense News that the service branch is currently developing a fleet management strategy to determine when and how to acquire additional JLTVs. The Air Force’s fiscal year 2018 budget […] More

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    BAE Starts Cogeneration Facility Construction at UK Naval Base

    BAE Systems has started to build a combined heat and power plant at Portsmouth Naval Base in the U.K. in an effort to help the British defense ministry recycle energy, reduce carbon footprint and save as much as $5 million in energy costs. The company said Friday the cogeneration system will also help the U.K.’s […] More

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    Huntington Ingalls Division to Help Maintain, Modernize USS Dwight Eisenhower Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has secured a $36.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support maintenance and modernization work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. NNS will aid nuclear ship alterations and propulsion plant maintenance during the fiscal 2017 planned incremental availability of USS Dwight Eisenhower at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Defense […] More