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General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has introduced an unmanned aircraft system that offers short-takeoff and landing capabilities and can carry up to 16 Hellfire missiles in support of armed reconnaissance, attack and armed overwatch missions. Mojave has a 450-HP turboprop engine and enlarged wings with high-lift devices and is based on flight control and avionics […] More
Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company has launched new Azure Space offerings and formed partnerships with Airbus, ST Engineering iDirect, Blackshark.ai, ESRI and Orbital Insight to deliver more cloud and space capabilities to customers worldwide. Keane wrote in a blog post published Thursday that one of new capabilities […] More
Clarksburg, Maryland-based Robotic Research has raised $228 million in a round of Series A financing and will use the investment to enable its RR.AI division to expand, drive innovation and deliver autonomous driving platforms for transportation and logistics markets. Alberto Lacaze, co-founder and president of Robotic Research, said in a statement published Thursday the investment […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has transitioned to five research teams from three service branches technologies such as adhesives and polymers with potential military applications that were developed using biologically produced molecules as part of the 1000 Molecules component of DARPA’s Living Foundries program. A team from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division […] More
Parsons has conducted roof inspections at the Department of Labor’s Job Corps facilities using drones. The company said Monday it is deploying drones equipped with visual and thermal sensors to help DOL assess roof conditions and perform facility maintenance and repairs. Jon Moretta, president of engineered systems at Parsons, said the company’s drone capabilities could […] More
Rocket propulsion company Ursa Major Technologies has raised $85 million in a round of Series C funding led by accounts and funds managed by BlackRock and will use the capital to ramp up the development and production of liquid rocket engines for hypersonic and launch applications. Ursa Major said Tuesday it intends to manufacture one […] More
Amazon Web Services has launched a new cloud region designed to host data and workloads with the “Top Secret” classification status. The AWS Top Secret-West region is the second commercial air-gapped cloud authorized for classified workloads and features new multiple availability zones that are geographically detached from the AWS Top Secret-East region that was unveiled […] More
Susan Lawrence, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and a previous Wash100 Award winner, has been named the first female president and CEO of AFCEA International in a move that takes effect Jan. 1. She will succeed the retiring Robert “Bob” Shea, who will continue to serve as a permanent director on AFCEA’s board of […] More
Air Combat Command will host two separate Industry Information Exchange briefings on Jan. 12 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada to discuss Long Range Kill Chain concepts. ACC expects the IIE events to help promote discussions on emerging technologies related to the command’s core functions among academia, industry and government organizations, according to a […] More
The General Services Administration has called on eligible contractors to update their GSA Advantage order status. GSA said Thursday the Multiple Award Schedule Solicitation requires order status reporting. “Schedule contractors must use EDI, cXML or the GSA Advantage Purchase Order Portal to provide order status that enables ordering agencies to track the location of an […] More
Dell Technologies and Amazon Web Services have unveiled a cloud-based offering meant to help organizations secure, isolate and recover data from a ransomware attack and other cyber breaches. Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS is a data protection platform that allows customers to field a public cloud vault to help isolate data from the […] More
Stephen Kovac, chief compliance officer and head of global government affairs at Zscaler, said he appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee roundtable Tuesday and highlighted how the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program enabled government agencies to immediately transition to the cloud during the COVID-19 pandemic. “FedRAMP promotes cloud adoption across […] More
