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    BullFrog Licenses Johns Hopkins APL-Built Data Analysis Tool Via DHS Program

    Artificial intelligence company BullFrog AI has licensed a data analysis tool developed by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Transition to Practice Program. The licensing agreement grants BullFrog exclusive rights to use the Socrates data analysis platform for biopharmaceutical applications, DHS said Thursday. Socrates is built to determine patterns and relationships in large-scale and complex data sets […] More

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    Lockheed Subsidiary Wins $66M Navy Torpedo Engineering, Maintenance Contract

    A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $65.9 million contract  to maintain and engineer MK48 torpedoes for the U.S. Navy‘s Intermediate Maintenance Activity in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the contract to Lockheed Martin Sippican after a competitive solicitation that garnered two proposals, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the service branch will obligate $3,028,731 […] More

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    CSRA Joins Google Cloud Partner Program; Larry Prior Comments

    Google has added CSRA to its Cloud Partner Program as both companies aim to implement artificial intelligence-based technology platforms in the federal sector. CSRA said Thursday the Falls Church, Virginia-based company seeks to expand its government IT offerings through the partnership. The Google Cloud Platform and G Suite are designed to help customers modernize enterprise operations. “Our longstanding relationship with the federal government […] More

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    DoD Seeks Underwater-Launched UAV Platform

    The Defense Department has started to accept solution briefs for an underwater-launched unmanned aerial vehicle with interface and control features similar to those of existing consumer drones. A solicitation notice posted on the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental’s website says that DoD seeks a platform that can process full-motion video and operate for more than one hour at a range […] More

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    Startup Firm Relativity Enters Agreement to Use NASA Stennis Test Stand

    NASA‘s Stennis Space Center and launch vehicle provider Relativity have entered an agreement that authorizes the startup to use one of Stennis’ test stands exclusively, Space News reported Wednesday. The Commercial Space Launch Act agreement grants the exclusive use of the E-4 Test Complex to Relativity for 20 years. The complex features four cells for engine […] More

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    Tiag Obtains CMMI Level 3 Rating, ISO 9001:2015 Certification

    The Informatics Applications Group has obtained separate certifications for services and quality management systems from the CMMI Institute and the International Organization for Standardization. Tiag said Wednesday it received a Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 rating for services, validating that the company performs at a “defined” level based on its standards, procedures, processes, tools and methods. […] More

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    Harris to Help Modernize Asian Country’s Military Comms Network

    Harris has been named the prime systems integrator for a project to update a military communications network of an undisclosed Asian country. The company said Wednesday it will replace the country’s disparate systems with military and commercial products that will compose an integrated platform compatible with Falcon III tactical radios. Falcon III is designed for military users […] More

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    Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments

    Peraton has received a potential five-year, $40.97 million contract to help the Department of the Navy identify, locate and remove unexploded underwater and ground ordnance. The contract has a one-year base term and four one-year options and covers support for the Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal program management office, Peraton said Wednesday. “Detecting, locating, removing or […] More

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    Mythic Raises $40M in Lockheed-Backed Funding Round for AI Chip Tech

    Artificial intelligence chip developer Mythic has obtained $40 million in series B financing round led by SoftBank Ventures and backed by Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm, Data Collective, Lux Capital, DFJ, AME Cloud Ventures and Andy Bechtolsheim. Mythic said Wednesday it will use the investment to further develop a compute-in-memory technology designed to deliver the […] More

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    KBR to Help Naval Group Design Australian Submarine Construction Yard

    Naval Group has subcontracted KBR to support the concept design of a proposed shipyard for the Australian navy’s future class of submarines. KBR said Wednesday it will help Naval Group produce and deliver the concept design for a South Australian-based Future Submarine construction yard to the Australian government by July. Naval Group aims to build the facility at Osborne […] More

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    DynCorp Reports 2017 Earnings, Displaying Strong Year-Over-Year Revenue and Income Increase

    DynCorp International announced Wednesday 2017 fourth quarter earnings and full year financial results. Revenue in Q4 climbed to $567.3 million, with an adjusted EBIDTA of $38.6 million for the period, as compared to Q4 2016 revenue of $461.8 million. Full year 2017 revenue reached $2 billion, with the company handling a total backlog of $4.2 […] More

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    IARPA Taps 4 Industry Teams for User Environment Security Project

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has selected four companies to develop technology platforms to help protect computers from cloud security threats. Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies business, Next Century, Siege Technologies and Star Labs will lead performance teams under IARPA’s Virtuous User Environment project, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Tuesday. VirtUE seeks a user environment […] More