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Lockheed Martin and the Drone Racing League have partnered to launch a competition for artificial intelligence technologies that will be used to power an unmanned aircraft system during a race with a pilot-operated drone. Lockheed said Wednesday the AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge aims to encourage university students, technologists, coders and drone enthusiasts to boost innovations in […] More
Paul Stockton, a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has written a report that recommends federal agencies to collaborate with power companies to develop “emergency orders” to guard the U.S. electric grid system against cyber adversaries. APL said Tuesday Stockton explained in his “Resilience for Grid Security Emergencies: Opportunities for Industry-Government Collaboration†report […] More
Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of SSL‘s government systems business, has noted some technological innovations that he believes will drive the satellite and space industry in the coming years. “I believe we will see much more 3D printing to enable geometries and large structures that were not possible before,” Zitz said […] More
The U.S. Air Force could name a manufacturer in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 to build helicopters that will replace the military service’s UH-1N Huey fleet, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. Proposed replacement platforms are Sikorsky‘s HH-60U, Boeing‘s MH-139 and Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s UH-60L. Boeing said last year its offering was derived from Leonardo’s AW139 multimission helicopter that have […] More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has partnered with IBM to develop a system that would collect and secure information on public health issues using blockchain technology, Fast Company reported Tuesday. The blockchain-based platform will help the CDC coordinate with medical providers regarding patient information, including health conditions. IBM will offer its cloud systems […] More
CenturyLink has been selected as a partner under Amazon Web Services’ Managed Service Provider program. The MSP partner status will allow the Monroe, La.-based firm to deliver cloud products and services that contain access to AWS resources to its customers, CenturyLink said Friday. The telecommunications company’s offerings include the Cloud Application Manager platform, which is […] More
Austal‘s U.S. subsidiary has delivered the USS Charleston littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy at a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery marks the third LCS shipment from Austal USA this year, the company said Friday. Charleston is the eighth ship of the Independence variant and 16th LCS slated to enter the Navy’s fleet. The […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency has extended by seven days the deadline for interested vendors to submit feedback on DISA’s plan to build a military satellite communications management system. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the agency will continue accepting responses to its request for information notice for the potential SATCOM Ordering, Management & Situational Awareness […] More
Strativia has received a potential five-year, $75M contract to provide scientific, technical and engineering support services for the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s research programs. NIST announced the award in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday. Strativia will do work that aims to help the agency further conduct studies on measurement science, standards and technology. The […] More
Global Data Systems and Carahsoft Technology have partnered to offer cloud services to federal, state and local government agencies and academic organizations in 15 states through the NASPO ValuePoint procurement program. GDS said Thursday its managed cloud services will help agencies modernize aging legacy systems, leverage big data and deploy enterprise mobility networks, among other […] More
BAE Systems intends to compete for U.S. Army–National Guard program to build a joint all-terrain all-weather support vehicle that can function on the ground and across moderate bodies of water, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. The company looks to offer its BvS10 tracked carrier to replace the National Guard’s existing small unit support vehicle, which was […] More
Joseph Schmitz, former inspector general of the Defense Department and current chief legal officer of Pacem Solutions International, has been named chairman of the Falls Church, Va.-based firm’s advisory board. He joined Pacem in May and brings public and private sector experience to his new position, the company said Thursday. Schmitz served as foreign policy and […] More
