TechFlow has booked a more than $2.1 billion award from the Transportation Security Administration to maintain and conduct performance-based logistics for explosives detection systems. Contract work will support over 300 airports and federal facilities within the U.S. and its territories.

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Chris Pateras, formerly director of operations at the U.S. Special Operations Command, has assumed the position of account executive for the Special Operations Command unit of SOS International. He brings to the role over 30 years of special operations experience and will be responsible for enhancing the company's intelligence, information operations, training and logistics services provided to SOCOM and its subordinate commands, SOSi said Tuesday.

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Databricks has closed its Series I funding after receiving new investments from AT&T and other strategic partners, placing the company at a $43 billion post-money valuation. The funding will go towards accelerating the development of artificial intelligence technologies, generative AI research and hiring new talent with data science and engineering expertise, the San Francisco, California-based company said Friday.

Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual AI Summit to hear from the foremost experts in the field. Keynote speakers come from the Pentagon, DARPA, DHS and NGA. Register here.

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SOS International has received a task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide artificial intelligence and machine learning technology development services for the modernization of the agency’s data-driven decision-making capabilities. The company said Monday that it will leverage its scientific, software engineering and analytical knowledge to support the Missile and Space Intelligence Center to accelerate the generation of foundational military intelligence analysis.

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The space industry needs to address challenges in satellite data volume, bandwidth and latency to prepare for the forecasted surge in satellite launches in the next five years, said Clint Crosier, aerospace and satellite director at Amazon Web Services. In an interview on CIO.inc, he recommended the use of cloud-based artificial intelligence, machine learning and next-generation data analytics to solve the three major space data problems.

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U.S. agencies are working together to fortify the cybersecurity posture of the transportation industry in compliance with the 2021 National Security Memorandum, said Carahsoft Sales Director Alex Whitworth. In a column published Wednesday, Whitworth discussed how the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is collaborating with the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Transportation to launch or fund initiatives to ensure IT defense resilience in the sector.

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Derrick Lee, a retired U.S. Army colonel with decades of leadership experience in the military, has been named director for intelligence programs at SOS International. SOSi said Tuesday Lee will manage the business relating to military intelligence directorates and serve as a strategic advisor to clients on multi-domain intelligence operations.

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CRDF Global has secured a five-year contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to bolster laboratory systems and services for the timely and high-quality testing of HIV and tuberculosis. The award is in support of the Association of Public Health Laboratories-led initiative called Laboratory Improvement Partnership.

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Lockheed Martin is set to kick off mobile network experimentation after delivering to the U.S. Marine Corps the Phase 1 prototype 5G testbed variant for the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution. OSIRIS is a 5G communications network testbed for use in expeditionary operations experimentation in support of USMC and the office of the […] More

Lockheed Martin is set to kick off mobile network experimentation after delivering to the U.S. Marine Corps the Phase 1 prototype 5G testbed variant for the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution. OSIRIS is a 5G communications network testbed for use in expeditionary operations experimentation. More

Spirit AeroSystems has booked a contract to develop a concept for making airframe structures for a project that supports NASA’s Sustainable Flight National Partnership with the aviation sector. NASA awarded the grant under the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project involving 14 organizations that will conduct initial development efforts, Spirit said Tuesday. The HiCAM awardees collectively […] More

Osi Vision will develop courses for NASA’s technical workforce under a contract worth up to $60 million over five and half years. The San Antonio-based veteran-owned business will support executive management, data gathering and web-based tool functions under the Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership Knowledge Services, the space agency said Saturday. Additionally, OSI will develop […] More