Aalyria, along with local and foreign institutions, has demonstrated the capabilities of two network concepts aimed at interconnecting private and public sector communications-equipped assets from anywhere in the world. The company said Monday the demo forms part of a previously awarded contract to showcase the Hybrid Space Architecture and Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control concepts securely integrating assets from the Department of Defense, European Space Agency, Comtech, Eutelsat OneWeb, Intelsat and Viasat.

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Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works advanced development arm has partnered with telecommunications services provider Verizon to demonstrate 5G-enabled visualization content streaming on edge computing devices for military sustainment missions. The partnership validated capabilities in three technology areas: 5G at the edge for latency-critical interactions of augmented, virtual and extended reality applications; streaming of real-time, 3D visualization content; and streaming to edge computing devices, Lockheed said Monday.

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Verizon has incorporated C-Band coverage and deployed redundant Wi-Fi and other connectivity platforms and services to support North American Aerospace Defense Command’s initiative of helping children track the whereabouts of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve via a toll-free hotline. Verizon said Tuesday it will provide 5G connectivity service to the command's commercial network and supply equipment, including Wi-Fi jetpacks, Cradlepoint routers and Verizon Frontline mobile assets, to enable volunteers to quickly respond to children’s calls as part of the NORAD Tracks Santa initiative.

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Robert W. Baird & Co. — the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-headquartered wealth management organization — is bringing a prestigious roster of government services company representatives and federal officials to the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner on Nov. 15.

Wash100 Award winners Mile Corrigan of Noblis, Stephanie Mango of CGI Federal, Todd Probert of CACI and Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Stacey Dixon will all be giving presentations.

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BAE Systems' FAST Labs was tapped by the Office of Naval Research to create Gallium Nitride-based monolithic microwave integrated circuit and module electronics as part of the Common-architecture Amplifier for Low-cost, Efficient, SWaP-Constrained Environments or COALESCE program.

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nLIGHT will continue developing a high energy laser prototype under the second phase of the HEL Scaling Initiative of the Department of Defense's Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering. The phase two award now has a total value of $171 million after the DOD exercised additional options.

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A General Dynamics business christened and launched the fourth U.S. Navy John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler during a ceremony in San Diego. The future USNS Robert F. Kennedy is a 742-foot-long ship designed to supply fuel to the service branch’s carrier strike group vessels at sea, General Dynamics NASSCO said Saturday.

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William Mertz has joined Peraton as senior vice president and chief procurement officer. Effective immediately, Mertz will assume leadership of Peraton’s procurement arm, where he will steer the organization’s procurement strategy and manage a variety of other procurement functions, the Reston, Virginia- headquartered company announced on Monday.

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Government technology events, conferences , and summits are hosted by the Potomac Officers Club (POC) several times a year and in these gatherings, you can find avid GovCon experts among the crowd.  Not only that, the focus is geared towards both government and private sectors in the same field, engaging in positive and constructive exchange […] More

NASA launched the first deep space spacecraft built by Maxar Technologies' space systems business from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on Friday, Oct. 13. Maxar Space Systems created the spacecraft chassis based on the Maxar 1300 series bus.

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Sidus Space has acquired edge artificial intelligence company Exo-Space in an effort to expand its presence in the growing AI landscape and boost its Earth and space observations services portfolio. The Cape Canaveral, Florida-based satellite manufacturing and space services provider said Tuesday Exo-Space specializes in edge AI software and hardware for space applications, and brings […] More

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