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ATA to Build Target Acquisition Tech for Army Stryker Directed Energy Program

Applied Technology Associates has received a contract to develop aÂ target acquisition and tracking platform for installation on aÂ Stryker military ground vehicle as part of a U.S. Army initiative to increase soldier protection with laser weapon systems. ATA said Tuesday it will also provideÂ electro-optical infrared sensors and control systems to theÂ Directed Energy-Maneuver Short Range Air Defense prototyping effort.

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June 10, 2020, 7:13 am
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Army, Navy Order FLIR-Built Robots for Explosive Ordnance Disposal

FLIR Systems has received two contracts worthÂ $23.5M combined from the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army to supply more than 160 mediumÂ robotic systems intended for military explosive ordnance disposal missions. The two branches orderedÂ CentaurÂ unmanned ground vehicles along with accessories and spares.

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June 10, 2020, 6:27 am
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Logic Soft-Automated Insights Partnership to Offer Gov’t Agencies Natural Language Generation Tech

Logic Soft andÂ Automated InsightsÂ have teamed up to introduce the latter'sÂ natural language generation platform to the public sector market in a push to help agencies gain insights from key data trends.

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June 9, 2020, 9:40 am
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McKean Defense Awarded Navy Submarine Program Support Contract

McKean Defense GroupÂ will help the U.S. Navy manage submarine programs under aÂ five-year, $14M contract from theÂ Naval Surface Warfare Center's Philadelphia Division.

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June 9, 2020, 9:17 am
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Raytheon Technologies to Help NOAA Design Satellite Sounder Tech; Wallis Laughrey Quoted

Raytheon TechnologiesÂ has received a seven-month contract to explore satellite instrument designs that would helpÂ the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration improve weather predictions. The company said MondayÂ its intelligence and space business will perform theÂ High-Resolution Infrared Sounder concept studyÂ and seeks to offer NOAA design optionsÂ with greater spatial, spectral range,Â horizontal coverage andÂ sensitivity features than the current IR sounders.

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June 9, 2020, 7:57 am
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DynCorp to Continue Executive Airlift Maintenance Support to Air Force

DynCorp International will continue to help the U.S. Air ForceÂ maintain its executive airlift platformÂ atÂ Joint Base Andrews in Maryland under a $40.4M contract modification awarded by the 11thÂ Contracting Squadron.

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June 9, 2020, 6:44 am
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Google’s Security Team Discovers Foreign Hackers Targeting Presidential Campaigns

A team ofÂ GoogleÂ security professionals has found that advanced persistent threat groups working for Iran and China targeted theÂ election campaigns of President Donald Trump and political rival Joe Biden.

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June 8, 2020, 8:35 am
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SOCOM Issues SIGINT Tech RFI, Plans Demo Event in September

U.S.Â Special Operations Command has issued a request for information on new signals intelligence technology platforms and scheduled a test event for the week of Sept. 21 atÂ the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana.

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June 8, 2020, 7:36 am
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Trident Systems Gets AFRL Collaboration Tech Support IDIQ

Trident Systems has been awardedÂ a potential five-year, $35M contract from the Air Force Research LaboratoryÂ to developÂ hardware and software that would function asÂ secure collaborative technology or SCTECH. The company will study, adapt, update and transitionÂ technologies for connectingÂ chat protocols and facilitatingÂ access acrossÂ security domains, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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June 8, 2020, 6:45 am
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In-Q-Tel Invests in Deepgram Speech Recognition Tech

Intelligence community venture capital firmÂ In-Q-TelÂ has invested in and partnered withÂ DeepgramÂ to help bring the latter's speech recognition technology to the government.Â

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June 5, 2020, 9:46 am
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Honeywell to Demo Updated Engine Tech on Army Chinook Helicopter

HoneywellÂ and the U.S. Army have agreed to test-fly aÂ Chinook helicopterÂ with a newÂ variant of the company's T55 engine to demonstrate the motor's powerÂ output and fuel consumption. The 6,000-horespower machine is designed to generateÂ 25 percent more power and consume 10 percent less fuel than the current model.

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June 5, 2020, 9:24 am
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Geospark Analytics to Help DHS Implement Risk Analysis Tech

Geospark Analytics has been selected to provide a technology platform forÂ Department of Homeland Security personnel to analyzeÂ potential risks and threats from global events.

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June 5, 2020, 7:23 am