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Navy Calls for White Papers on Weapon System Cyber Warfare Capabilities
The U.S. Navy has posted a solicitation for cyber warfare technologies capable of protecting aircraft, unmanned vehicles, weapons, sensors and other weapon systems. Naval Air Systems Command's cyber warfare detachment seeks white papers on technologies that can detect malware in real-time operating systems, protect assets and respond and recover from cyber attacks, the Navy said Thursday in a broad agency announced published on the SAM website.
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February 12, 2021, 9:20 am
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Army Seeks High-Energy Laser Concepts for Small UAS Deterrent
The U.S. Army is seeking white papers on approaches to design, integrate and prototype high-energy lasers for potential use in deterring small unmanned aircraft systems. A broad agency announcement released Wednesday says the project will focus on the integration of a government-owned HEL subsystem, a sensor suite and a power technology to build a counter-sUAS platform.
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February 11, 2021, 8:09 am
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Aerospace Vet Marian Joh Added to Voyager Space Holdings’ Board
Marian Joh, who holds nearly three decades of experience in the aerospace and technology industries, has been tapped by Voyager Space Holdings to serve on its board of directors. Joh will bring her experience in corporate strategy and financing to her role and advise Voyager leadership in pursuit of enabling various space exploration missions, the company said Wednesday.
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February 11, 2021, 7:53 am
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CAE Receives CBP Contract for Aircraft Pilot Training Services
CAE's U.S. subsidiary has received a prime contract to train aircraft pilots of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the company's Dothan Training Center and other business aviation facilities. CAE USA will provide training on fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft in classroom, simulated and actual flight environments to help pilots meet requirements imposed by CBP and the Federal Aviation Administration, CAE said Tuesday.
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February 10, 2021, 9:08 am
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Ball Aerospace to Develop New Heliophysics Spacecraft for NASA
NASA has selected Ball Aerospace to develop a spacecraft that would help the agency study the atmosphere's outermost region that transitions into space as part of the agency's heliophysics science mission of opportunity. The company said Tuesday it will build the Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere or GLIDE spacecraft that would track the hydrogen-based ultraviolet light found in the region.
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February 10, 2021, 8:08 am
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Viasat Tests BLOS Satcom Connectivity With Army Rotary-Wing Helicopter
Viasat has demonstrated connectivity between a U.S. Army-operated UH-60M helicopter and the company's beyond-line-of-sight satellite communications. The company said Monday its technology delivered command and control and situational awareness from a simulated tactical operations center to the helicopter and dismounted troops.
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February 9, 2021, 5:53 am
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BAE Adds New AI Offerings to AWS Marketplace; Peder Jungck, Dave Levy Quoted
BAE Systems has launched a suite of artificial intelligence tools on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace for GovCloud (US) to support the analysis of imagery, signals and data, and to enable rapid hosting of BAE-made additional capabilities.
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February 9, 2021, 5:14 am
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L3Harris to Develop, Integrate Systems for Fincantieri-Made Navy Frigates Under $300M Contract
L3Harris Technologies has secured a potential $300 million subcontract to provide subsystems and related integration services for a new class of guided-missile frigates being developed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine under a U.S. Navy surface combatant program. The company said Monday it will produce and integrate major subsystems for the FFG 62 frigate, which the Navy plans to build at least 10 of.
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February 9, 2021, 4:23 am
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FEMA Releases RFI for Robotic Process Automation
The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants to identify market sources of robotic process automation technologies that would reduce manual labor and steamline processes within FEMA's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. FEMA said Wednesday in a SAM notice it seeks information on commercial RPA software, implementation requirements and associated program management work for a potential automation effort.
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February 8, 2021, 9:12 am
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Leidos Gets Cisco Partner Recognition for Federal Contracting Efforts; Vicki Schmanske Quoted
Leidos has been recognized for its innovation, leadership and performance as Cisco's business partner for federal contracting efforts in defense and intelligence markets. Leidos said Friday it was named Federal Breakaway Partner of the Year as part of the Cisco Partner Summit Global awards, a program that recognizes the outcome-focused programs, innovative processes, sales approaches and effective system architecture of top-performing Cisco partners.
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February 8, 2021, 8:41 am
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ManTech Provides Employees Access to UMGC Advanced Analytics Program; Srini Iyer Quoted
Qualifying ManTech employees will receive scholarships to the University of Maryland Global Campus for an advanced degree program for data analytics, under a new partnership between the company and the university. Participants who successfully complete the online program will receive a master's degree in data analytics, a business analytics certificate and other credentials, ManTech said Thursday.
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February 5, 2021, 7:55 am
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Northrop Taps Leonardo to Provide HF Radio Systems for Navy’s E-2D Aircraft
Northrop Grumman intends to equip the U.S. Navy's fleet of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft with a new Leonardo-made high-frequency radio designed for protected voice and data communications and stable information transfer.
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February 5, 2021, 7:09 am