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Report: Northrop Collaborating With SpaceX on Classified Intelligence Satellite Network
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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April 19, 2024, 11:17 am
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SAP’s Amy Spruill on Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced RPA
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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April 19, 2024, 10:54 am
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UK Intelligence Expert Jeremy Fleming Named SandboxAQ Senior Adviser
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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April 18, 2024, 11:12 am
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Boeing Secures $56M Navy Contract for Aircraft Engineering, Maintenance Support
Boeing has received a potential five-year, $56.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering, maintenance and instrumentation support for the service branch's fleet of F/A-18 A-F and EA-18G aircraft. Contract work will occur in Patuxent River, Maryland, through April 2029, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
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April 18, 2024, 10:30 am
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J&J Worldwide Services Promotes Mike Harper to Pricing & Estimating VP
Mike Harper, a government contracts pricing professional, has taken on the role of vice president of pricing and estimating at J&J Worldwide Services, a provider of preventative maintenance support services to U.S. federal government and civilian agency customers. He announced his promotion in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.
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April 17, 2024, 11:32 am
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Sigma Defense’s Matt Jones on Major Questions US Military Should Address Concerning Combined JADC2
Matt Jones, president and CEO of Sigma Defense Systems, explored two of the three major questions facing the U.S. military regarding its Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative. In an article published Tuesday in Government Technology Insider, Jones first discussed the role of the sensor fusion concept and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge in generating actionable insights from data to support warfighters on the battlefield.
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April 17, 2024, 10:47 am
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Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Pragyansmita Nayak: Data Fabrics Could Help Agencies Navigate Data Deluge
Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies should adopt data fabrics to derive actionable insights from large volumes of data to drive mission outcomes and improve citizen services. “Data fabric architectures integrate disparate data sources into a unified, scalable, and well-governed infrastructure to fuel mission outcomes in an accessible way,” Nayak wrote in an opinion piece published Monday.
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April 16, 2024, 11:14 am
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Susanne Hake: Maxar Intelligence Eyes Expansion of WorldView Legion Satellite Constellation
Susanne Hake, general manager of the U.S. government business at Maxar Intelligence, said the company intends to expand this year its network of electro-optical imaging satellites to meet the data requirements of government and commercial customers. According to Hake, Maxar Intelligence intends to triple its capacity to gather 30-centimeter imagery and increase revisit rates to up to 15 times each day by launching two WorldView Legion satellites with a plan to deploy another four spacecraft this year.
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April 12, 2024, 10:11 am
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Rocket Lab, True Anomaly Secure Contracts for Victus Haze Tactically Responsive Space Mission
The U.S. Space Force and the Defense Innovation Unit have awarded contracts to Rocket Lab’s national security business and True Anomaly to support a mission under the Tactically Responsive Space program. The Victus Haze mission under the TacRS program intends to harness commercial capabilities to rapidly address on-orbit threats, Space Systems Command said Thursday.
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April 12, 2024, 9:48 am
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Brian Conrad Named Zscaler Global Compliance Director
Brian Conrad, a cloud computing and cybersecurity expert, has joined Zscaler as director of global compliance and authorizing authority liaison. He will bring to the role his extensive experience in the military, federal government and industry to help the company's clients meet compliance priorities and advance zero trust implementation in support of their digital transformation goals, Zscaler said in a news release published April 4.
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April 11, 2024, 11:34 am
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CACI Secures $60M Navy UAV Payload Integration Support Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $59.9 million contract to operate and integrate information operations payloads into unmanned aerial vehicles supplied to joint forces. The sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a three-year base term valued at approximately $37.5 million and a two-year option period that could bring the ceiling amount to $59.9 million, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
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April 11, 2024, 11:26 am
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HII Awarded Navy Vertical Launching System Support Task Order; Todd Gentry Quoted
HII's Mission Technologies division will conduct research, analyze and build capabilities for the Mk 41 and Mk 57 vertical launching systems on the U.S. Navy's surface ships under a potential five-year, $75 million task order. HII said Tuesday the task order was awarded through the Department of Defense's Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract.
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April 10, 2024, 11:18 am