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  • Report: DARPA, Boeing to Test, Launch Reusable Spaceplane at Cape Canaveral
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    Report: DARPA, Boeing to Test, Launch Reusable Spaceplane at Cape Canaveral

    Rick Weiss, a spokesperson for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has said Cape Canaveral in Florida will serve as the site for flight tests and launch operations for a hypersonic aircraft to be developed under DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane program, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. DARPA partnered with Boeing in May to build an unmanned reusable spaceplane – […] More

  • NIST Picks 33 Research Projects to Advance Communication Tech Devt for First Responders
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    NIST Picks 33 Research Projects to Advance Communication Tech Devt for First Responders

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected 33 projects to research and develop broadband communications tools designed for public safety operations through multiyear grants worth $38.5 million combined. NIST selected the projects after the evaluation of 162 proposals from industry, academia and other organizations both in the U.S. and overseas as part of the […] More

  • Novetta Unveils Analytics Tool in AWS Marketplace
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    Novetta Unveils Analytics Tool in AWS Marketplace

    Novetta has launched a big data analytics platform in the Amazon Web Services marketplace. Mission Analytics is a web-based visualization application that works to merge data from different sources in various formats and helps users customize views and map connections between entities, the company said Monday. Kevin Heald, vice president of defense intelligence at Novetta, said […] More

  • Motorola Solutions to Deliver Mobile Apps, Software for FirstNet Project
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    Motorola Solutions to Deliver Mobile Apps, Software for FirstNet Project

    Motorola Solutions will provide software, mobile applications and related services in support of AT&T’s efforts to build a national public safety broadband network for first responders. AT&T secured a potential $6.5 billion contract from the First Responder Network Authority in March and teamed up with Motorola and three other companies to work on the national broadband network project. […] More

  • AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018
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    AWS Eyes GovCloud East Region Launch in 2018

    Amazon Web Services plans to launch in 2018 a second region for its cloud platform designed to host regulated data workloads and sensitive information. The AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region will work to provide government clients with additional disaster recovery options and help them comply with several regulatory requirements, the company said Tuesday. These government regulations include […] More

  • Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform
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    Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform

    Qualys has unveiled a cloud platform designed to help federal agencies comply with the requirements of an executive order that seeks to build up the cybersecurity posture of the federal government’s networks and U.S. critical infrastructure. The EO signed by President Donald Trump in May requires agencies to manage cyber risks through the adoption of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Resume Antares Rocket Launches in September; Frank Culbertson Comments
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    Orbital ATK to Resume Antares Rocket Launches in September; Frank Culbertson Comments

    Orbital ATK plans to launch its Cygnus spacecraft aboard its upgraded Antares 230 rocket in September as part of the company’s eighth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services contract, Space News reported Monday. “The launch date on the manifest now is September the 12th,” Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK’s […] More

  • NVTC Leaders Discuss H-1B Visa’s Role in US Tech Workforce With Sen. Tom Cotton
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    NVTC Leaders Discuss H-1B Visa’s Role in US Tech Workforce With Sen. Tom Cotton

    Northern Virginia Technology Council board members and member company executives held a meeting with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) on June 7 to discuss how H-1B non-immigrant visas help technology firms and universities gain access to highly-skilled employees. NVTC leaders told Cotton how H-1B visas help companies employ workers to fill job posts in the areas […] More

  • Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool
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    Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool

    Accellion has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program  certification to offer a cloud-based content collaboration system to federal agencies. The FedRAMP moderate-impact level authorization seeks to facilitate the deployment of Accellion’s kiteworks content collaboration tool on Amazon Web Services’ Cloud platform to help government employees access and transmit sensitive data files, Accellion said Monday. “Earning […] More

  • Labor Dept Seeks Info on Cloud Hosting Services Sources for EBSA Public Disclosure System
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    Labor Dept Seeks Info on Cloud Hosting Services Sources for EBSA Public Disclosure System

    The Labor Department has sought information on potential contractors that can provide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified cloud hosting services for the Employee Benefits and Security Administration’s public disclosure platform. DOL said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the ERISA Public Disclosure System is a database application that contains 12 terabytes of data that […] More

  • SSL’s Rob Zitz: MDA Aims to Ramp Up Earth Imagery, Analysis Support to Intell Agencies Via DigitalGlobe Merger
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    SSL’s Rob Zitz: MDA Aims to Ramp Up Earth Imagery, Analysis Support to Intell Agencies Via DigitalGlobe Merger

    Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Space Systems Loral’s government systems business, has said SSL’s parent company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates aims to provide Earth imagery and analysis services to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies through its pending merger with DigitalGlobe, Space News reported Thursday. MDA agreed to buy DigitalGlobe through an estimated $3.6 billion […] More

  • Globecomm Extends Ku-Band VSAT Network Coverage to South Indian Ocean
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    Globecomm Extends Ku-Band VSAT Network Coverage to South Indian Ocean

    Globecomm has expanded the coverage of its Ku-band very small aperture terminal network services to shipping vessels traversing the South Indian Ocean. The company said Thursday the South Indian Ocean serves as a shipping route between Australia and the southern end of Africa. Globecomm’s Ku-band VSAT network currently provides broadband communications services to vessel operators […] More