In his role as director of the U.S. national security team for Amazon Web Services, Ash Thankey fosters a close relationship between AWS and the intelligence community. Thankey sat down with Executive Mosaic recently to discuss some of the trends, emerging technologies, threats and opportunities shaping the defense and intelligence landscapes today.  Read below for Thankey’s […] More

Maxar Intelligence and Lockheed Martin will streamline the purchase and delivery of geospatial products for the F-35 fighter jet’s flight simulation and training platform under a new agreement. Maxar said Monday the long-term agreement with Lockheed seeks to standardize licensing, pricing and requirements for its products, including Dynamic imagery basemaps and Precision3D Data Suite, as […] More

Intellisense Systems will continue enhancing the capabilities and resilience of a small, man-portable tactical meteorological observing system under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract with the U.S. Air Force. The Integrated Weather Observation System is planned for further update and ruggedization as it was recently chosen to replace all of the Department of […] More

Maxar Intelligence has launched its first two high-resolution Earth imagery and mapping satellites with solar arrays onboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The company said Thursday the satellites deployed their solar arrays after launch and began receiving and transmitting signals, indicating that the spacecraft perform well in space where […] More

SES and Intelsat have agreed on a $3.1 billion acquisition deal that would see the U.S. satellite services provider combine with the Luxembourg-based satellite firm to establish a multi-orbit operator with expanded coverage, resources and capabilities to support customers. In a joint announcement Tuesday, both companies said existing cash and equivalents, as well as new […] More

Communication software provider Ecrio has entered into a strategic partnership with semiconductor manufacturer Intel to enable mission-critical connectivity and communication use cases for private 5G networks.

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Intel’s foundry business will further advance the development and testing of chip tape-outs and prototypes under the third phase of the Department of Defense’s Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes-Commercial program. DOD awarded the RAMP-C program’s Phase 3 through the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems other transaction authority agreement, also known as S2MARTS OTA, with the National Security Technology Accelerator, Intel said Monday.

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Northrop Grumman and SpaceX are working together on a classified satellite constellation for a U.S. intelligence agency to gather high-resolution Earth imagery and help improve the U.S. government's ability to monitor military and intelligence targets, Reuters reported Thursday. According to the report, SpaceX secured a potential $1.8 billion contract from the National Reconnaissance Office in 2021 for the classified satellite project.

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According to Amy Spruill, senior vice president and managing director of U.S. regulated industries at SAP, a key element that differentiates robotic process automation from its artificial intelligence-powered counterpart is the level of autonomy and task specificity. “RPA is more about configuration and simple rules and is applied to specific, preconfigured tasks. AI-enhanced RPA sits in the middle, blending the specific task orientation of RPA with the broader capabilities of AI,” Spruill added.

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Applied Insight was awarded a contract to provide an undisclosed but existing intelligence community customer with artificial intelligence development over a five-year performance period. The cloud and technology services provider said Thursday contract work will primarily focus on AI/machine learning and its various aspects to support national security efforts.

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Jeremy Fleming, former director of the U.K. government's intelligence and security agency Government Communications Headquarters, has been appointed as a senior adviser at enterprise software-as-a-service company SandboxAQ. He brings to the role years of leadership experience and understanding of the cybersecurity landscape, the company said Thursday.

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Venture capital financing company In-Q-Tel made an investment in Cloudburst Technologies during the cyber threat intelligence provider's latest venture funding round. Cloudburst said Monday that the investment will make it possible for the company to support various U.S. government agencies.

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