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Tyto Wins $66M DHA E-Commerce Operational Systems Support Contract

The Defense Health Agency has awarded Tyto Athene's government solutions division a $65.8 million contract to provide operational system support services for DHA's E-Commerce program. Tyto Government Solutions will maintain, operate and provide engineering technical support to DHA's enterprise information technology infrastructure supporting the commercial health care system, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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October 19, 2023, 7:59 am
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Deloitte to Use Google AI Capabilities to Expand Public Sector Offerings

Deloitte and Google's public sector arm have expanded their strategic alliance to launch a new portfolio of artificial intelligence-powered technologies for government and higher education. Under the partnership, Deloitte will use Google Cloud's generative AI, machine learning and data analytics capabilities to help public sector agencies boost engagement with constituencies, enhance geospatial scenario planning and monitoring and generate mission-driven insights, the professional services provider said Tuesday.

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October 18, 2023, 10:06 am
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SDA Selects SpiderOak Software for Ground C2 Network Security Research

SpiderOak has secured an other transactional authority agreement with the Space Development Agency to research the potential use of its software suite to secure command and control networks for military satellite systems. The company said Tuesday it will study the integration of its OrbitSecure software suite into SDA's future ground system that will support the U.S. Space Force's Rapid Resilient Command and Control initiative.

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October 18, 2023, 8:26 am
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Databricks Adds Unified Data Management Offering to AWS Marketplace; Aaron Kinworthy Quoted

Databricks' enterprise software is now available to the intelligence community through Amazon Web Services' digital catalog of third-party software, data and services. The company said Monday its listing in AWS Marketplace for IC will allow customers to purchase and deploy a suite of artificial intelligence-powered tools to build, maintain and unify their data, analytics and AI tools.

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October 17, 2023, 8:08 am
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BigBear.ai Extends AI Support for AFRL Composable Collaborative Planning Initiative

The Air Force Research Laboratory has expanded its partnership with BigBear.ai to develop composable collaborative planning technology to accelerate military planning processes. BigBear.ai said Monday it will continue to use its artificial intelligence-powered platforms to help condense the traditional operational planning timeframe from two years to less than one month, provide real-time resource data to joint planners and visualize the impacts of simultaneous plan execution.

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October 17, 2023, 7:50 am
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Terran Orbital Expands Printed Circuit Board Production in California

Terran Orbital has expanded its capability to assemble printed circuit boards with the opening of two new advanced PCBA Surface Mount Technology lines at its facility in Irvine, California. The facility is now equipped with additional capabilities for post-SMT processes, 3D X-ray testing, fully automated inspection and automated optical inspection and has the capacity to produce 5,000 printed circuit boards per month.

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October 16, 2023, 11:05 am
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Draper Books $91M Navy Trident II Guidance System Production Contract

Draper has secured a $90.7 million contract to manufacture an upgraded guidance technology for the U.S. Navy's Trident II D5 submarine-launched missile system. The company will design, test, manufacture and maintain the Trident missile guidance systems in support of the Navy Strategic Systems Programs.

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October 16, 2023, 10:42 am
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Salman Rashid Takes on CFO Role at Woolpert

Salman Rashid, a 25-year financial and consulting industry veteran, has been selected to succeed Josh Heid as chief financial officer at construction engineering company Woolpert. Rashid will oversee the company's financial, legal and administration functions and help drive acquisitions and organic growth in his new position.

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October 13, 2023, 11:22 am
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Former Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen Elected to AAR Board

Billy Nolen, former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been elected to the board of directors at commercial aviation services provider AAR Corp. The U.S. Army veteran brings over three decades of experience in aviation safety management, operations, certification and regulatory affairs.

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October 13, 2023, 11:13 am
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Parsons’ Ricardo Lorenzo Discusses Operationalizing AI Systems for Department of Defense Missions

Ricardo Lorenzo, chief technology officer at Parsons, said the company helps military customers build, operationalize and employ artificial intelligence systems for multi-domain missions. According to Lorenzo, Parsons builds operational AI capabilities designed to function within real-world hardware and communications-constrained environments, interact with legacy software systems and operate on disparate and unreliable sensor feeds.

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October 13, 2023, 9:44 am
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Boeing, Partners to Conduct In-Flight Test of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Boeing has partnered with NASA and United Airlines to conduct in-flight tests to examine how sustainable aviation fuel can impact contrails and non-carbon emissions and reduce carbon soot. The study will involve the Boeing-manufactured second ecoDemonstrator Explorer, which will fly using 100 percent SAF and conventional jet fuel stored in separate tanks.

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October 13, 2023, 9:22 am
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Steve Murphy Named GM Defense VP of Contracts for Global Procurement and Supply Chain

Steve Murphy, formerly vice president of contracts and subcontracts at General Motors' defense subsidiary, has been named VP of contracts for global procurement and supply chain at GM Defense. He announced his new post Thursday on LinkedIn and assumed the role after leading contractual oversight for the defense business for more than a year.

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October 12, 2023, 11:06 am