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    NASA Extends Smallsat Data Collection Contract With Spire; Chuck Cash Quoted

    NASA issued a 12-month extension on Spire Global’s contract to support the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program. The $6.5 million award for contract renewal involves collection and sharing of global navigation satellite system data to enhance weather forecasting, the company said Wednesday. Since 2018, Spire has been delivering comprehensive Earth observation data, ancillary information and […] More

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    Air Force, Northrop Demonstrate B-2 Airborne Mission Transfer With Digital Tech

    Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the use of digital communications technology to facilitate mission data transmission between the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit bomber aircrew and a ground station. A B-2 plane, nicknamed Spirit of Kitty Hawk, was fitted with a Northrop-built multimission domain open architecture to support the communications process during the two-day integrated airborne […] More

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    Mercury Delivers Army Radar Processing Hardware to Raytheon

    Mercury Systems has supplied the final radar processing hardware that Raytheon, an RTX business, will integrate into an initial production batch of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor systems for the U.S. Army. More than 160 processors have been delivered to support the first six sensors under a proof of manufacturing contract between the […] More

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    DARPA, 4 Companies to Work on AI Cyber Challenge

    Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on a two-year competition to advance the development of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity systems that could be used to detect and address software vulnerabilities and protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. The AI companies will share their technologies and expertise with DARPA’s AI […] More

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    Amentum, Beast Code Forge Digital Tech Partnership for Federal Clients; Jill Bruning Quoted

    Amentum and software developer Beast Code have signed a partnership agreement with the goal of helping federal civilian and defense agencies adopt digital twin technology. The strategic alliance will apply a web-based software offering Beast Code designed to extract and present data from disparate sources via a 3D digital twin, Amentum said Tuesday. Users can implement […] More

  • in News, Space

    Firefly Aerospace-Xtenti Team to Perform Responsive Space Demo for NRO

    Firefly Aerospace will collaborate with space technology developer Xtenti on a National Reconnaissance Office-led responsive space demonstration using the former’s Elytra orbital vehicle and the latter’s FANTM-RiDE small satellite dispenser. Xtenti is under a follow-on study contract with NRO to showcase the rapid payload reconfiguration capabilities of FANTM-RiDE or Flight Agnostic Non-interfering, Tunable Mass Rideshare […] More

  • in Big Data & Analytics, News

    Dun & Bradstreet Unveils Cloud-based Supply Chain Risk Tool for Public Sector

    Dun & Bradstreet launched a cloud-based platform to help public sector procurement officials conduct due diligence on their suppliers. D&B Protect aims to reduce the risk of supply chain fraud and exploitation among North American government agencies, the market analytics firm said Tuesday. The online tool uses machine learning to map data on suppliers and […] More

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    SandboxAQ Intros Open-Source Quantum Encryption Library for Software Developers

    Quantum software company SandboxAQ has unveiled an open-source encryption library that works to enable software developers to use cryptographic algorithms to create more secure applications. Sandwich provides tools designed to embed post-quantum cryptography algorithms directly into software applications and swap cryptographic elements without rewriting code, SandboxAQ said Tuesday. The meta-library works with open-source cryptographic libraries […] More

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    FMD, Oak Ridge National Lab Collaborating on Marine Propulsion Tech Development

    Fairbanks Morse Defense and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop alternative fuel technologies for powering marine engines. FMD said Tuesday it will define performance and durability criteria and design testing components, while ORNL will research on combustion strategies, high-temperature materials, additive manufacturing, elastomer compatibility and corrosion. The collaboration includes conducting […] More

  • in Artificial Intelligence, News

    Booz Allen Marks 1st Year Milestone for Venture Capital Arm; Susan Penfield Quoted

    Booz Allen Hamilton has marked the first founding anniversary of its corporate venture capital arm focused on developing and deploying emerging technologies for defense and national security applications. Since its launch in 2022, Booz Allen Ventures has expanded its portfolio to six start-ups spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge computing deep technology and cybersecurity sectors, […] More

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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Caren Von Hoene, Ryan Hinkle Named to AFCEA DC Chapter Board; Mark Serway Quoted

    Hitachi Vantara Federal executives Caren Von Hoene and Ryan Hinkle have been appointed to the board of directors of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association’s Washington, D.C. chapter. Von Hoene currently serves as strategic executive of federal systems integrators at Hitachi Vantara Federal and Hinkle is director of federal sales at the Reston, Virginia-based […] More

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    Northrop, USSF, Space Norway Enter Next Phase in Arctic Broadband Mission Preparations

    Northrop Grumman has completed the integration of U.S. Space Force payloads on two satellites the company is building for a Space Norway-led polar broadband mission and put the first satellite through a thermal vacuum test. The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission will use the company’s GEOStar-3 platform and carry payloads developed for USSF’s Enhanced Polar System […] More