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    Reliable Robotics Selects Davis Hackenberg as VP of Government Partnerships

    NASA veteran Davis Hackenberg has been appointed as vice president of government partnerships at Reliable Robotics. With a track record of promoting NASA-industry collaboration, Hackenberg’s experience aligns with Reliable’s mission to work with research organizations, civil government stakeholders and regulators both globally and internationally, the Mountain View, California-based company said Tuesday. Reliable Robotics Co-founder and Chief Technology […] More

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    Antenna Research Associates Marks 60th Founding Anniversary; Logen Thiran Quoted

    Antenna Research Associates highlighted its 60th anniversary of doing business as a manufacturer of antennas and radio frequency systems for military and civilian applications. Since its establishment in 1963, ARA has developed products and services for communication networks, unmanned air systems, satellite communications, RF surveillance and jamming for electronic warfare, border patrol and public safety […] More

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    General Dynamics Unit to Modernize NY Higher Education Financial System Under $78M Contract

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business will support a financial system modernization project for the higher education student financial aid agency of New York under a $78 million contract. The GDIT unit will replace New York Higher Education Services Corporation systems with a new platform designed to help the agency simplify grant application processing and analyze […] More

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    Finance Professional Erin Macaluso Appointed Capewell CFO

    Erin Macaluso, a two-decade finance professional in the aerospace and defense industries, has joined Capewell as chief financial officer. She will oversee Capewell’s strategic planning, investment, revenue forecasting and financial operations throughout the U.S. and Europe, the aviation combat equipment supplier said Monday. The certified public accountant previously held similar positions at Pursuit Aerospace and Pratt […] More

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    Maxar Offers New Satellite Bus to L3Harris, Other Defense Contractors; Dan Jablonsky Quoted

    Maxar Technologies is scheduled to hand over to L3Harris Technologies the first of 16 satellite buses meant for a Space Development Agency constellation in low-Earth orbit in early 2024, SpaceNews reported Monday. L3Harris selected the Westminster, Colorado-based space technology company to provide the Maxar 300 satellite bus for SDA’s Tracking Layer.  In July 2022, SDA […] More

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    UberEther Launches Access Management Tool for Government Clients

    UberEther has unveiled an identity, credential and access management platform meant to help government agencies and suppliers update their legacy identity systems. IAM Advantage is a preconfigured platform that can be fielded in the cloud or hybrid platforms, on-premises or in disconnected environments and integrates technologies from several identity providers, including Radiant Logic, SailPoint, Ping […] More

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    Army Seeks Info on Strategies to Safeguard Military Data for AI Applications

    The Department of the Army is requesting information on available technology and methods for testing, validating and protecting datasets for future artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that Army Science Board seeks to study methodologies and techniques for dataset protection and security, including using cryptographic algorithms, data anonymization, […] More

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    HII Christens Navy’s 25th Virginia-Class Attack Submarine at Newport News Shipyard

    HII‘s Newport News Shipbuilding division has christened Massachusetts (SSN 798), the U.S. Navy’s 25th Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine built to conduct open-ocean and littoral missions. SSN 798 is the 12th submarine in the Virginia class that NNS built for the service branch, HII said Saturday. The christening ceremony was held outside of the module outfitting […] More

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    General Dynamics Subcontracts Virginia Submarine Payload Tubes to General Atomics

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has tapped General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business to build, test, manufacture and deliver payload tubes for Virginia-class submarines. General Atomics on Thursday announced the contract, which will help carry out the potential $24 billion U.S. Navy Virginia submarine construction award that General Dynamics Electric Boat won in 2019. General Dynamics EB […] More

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    Former MicroStrategy Exec Matt Spencer Joins NetImpact as Product Sales Director

    NetImpact Strategies has appointed Matt Spencer, former public sector account executive at software developer Elastic, as director of product sales. He will be responsible for sales operations and growth initiatives related to Digital Transformation 360, a product line of tools, playbooks and blueprints to aid federal government customers in their digital modernization projects, NetImpact said […] More

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    Rocket Lab, Partners Deploy Hurricane Monitoring Satellites to Space for NASA

    A Rocket Lab team has launched into space the first two satellites of a four-part constellation that is designed to monitor cyclone and hurricane activities for NASA. Along with MIT Lincoln Labs, Blue Canyon Technologies and Kongsberg Satellite Services, Rocket Lab said Monday they performed the “Rocket Like a Hurricane” mission to deploy two CubeSats for the Time-Resolved Observations of […] More