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General Dynamics' mission systems business and REDCOM Laboratories have partnered to offer an integrated system designed to secure conference calls for national security operations. The Sectera vIPer Secure Phone/REDCOM Secure Voice Gateway is compliant with the Advanced Cryptographic Capabilities standard of the National Security Agency and combines secure routing with Type 1 encryption to protect conference calls from unauthorized interference, General Dynamics said Thursday.

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The U.S. Navy has test-fired an updated version of a Raytheon Technologies-made, GPS-guided cruise missile designed to produce less collateral damage when hitting targets. Two Tomahawk Block V missiles launched from the USS Chafee destroyer and hit test targets at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and on San Nicolas Island, the company said Thursday.

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The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on how to transform an existing supply support activity warehouse at Fort Hood, Texas, into a state-of-the-art facility with automated and robotic systems. The service branch said Monday it envisions a model SSA that uses modern technology such as artificial intelligence to help accelerate supply chain processes during wartime, garrison and field missions.

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Google has introduced multiple cloud-based tools built to help public sector customers manage communications and collaboration, job search, customer service and improper payment identification processes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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The U.S. Navy and Boeing have tested the aerodynamics of an MQ-25 unmanned aircraft system that features a Cobham-built aerial refueling store mounted on the vehicle wing structure.

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Appian's cloud-based robotic process automation technology has been certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for government use. The RPA offering functions as a component of a low-code automation platform and features an architecture designed to comply with federal information security standards, the company said Tuesday.

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Titan Alpha, a joint venture between Atlas Research and Prometheus Federal Services, has received a task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs' innovation hub create cost-reduction pilot programs.

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An Ohio-based startup company of Aptima will further develop technology the Air Force Research Laboratory designed to monitor the safety of aircraft maintainers who work in tight spaces. AFRL said Friday its 711th Human Performance Wing transitioned the Confined Space Monitoring System prototype to Sentinel Operational Security for final development, demonstration and potential commercialization under the Small Business Innovation Research program.

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Raytheon Technologies’ Collins Aerospace business has concluded an effort to modernize a fleet of E-6B Block I aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The upgraded aircraft is equipped with a communications central control, internet protocol bandwidth expansion digital backbone, command and control battlestaff and a multienclave distribution system for voice, data and video.

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Veritone has attained a designation from Amazon Web Services that represents the company's performance under the AWS Technology Partner initiative as a provider of public safety technologies equipped with artificial intelligence. Veritone said Friday it now holds the AWS Public Safety and Disaster Response Competency status in recognition of AWS-powered technologies that support public safety missions.

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