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Nutanix Government Cloud Platform Secures FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Status; Chris Howard Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 12, 2019 — Nutanix's (Nasdaq: NTNX) Xi Government Cloud platform has attained "in process" status under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program as the company seeks an authority to operate for the platform in line with government security standards, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 29.
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Collins Aerospace Unveils Satellite-Free Ground Station for Military Comms
Collins Aerospace has introduced a ground station for military customers to transmit audio, visual and data communications without utilizing satellite technology.
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Red Hat’s David Egts: Commercial Open Source Software to Drive Federal IT Modernization
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 10, 2019 — David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s (NYSE: RHT) North American public sector division, advises federal agencies to adopt commercial open source software to help advance their information technology modernization efforts, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 23.
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NASA, Northrop Reschedule ICON Spacecraft Launch to October
NASA and Northrop Grumman have rescheduled the launch date of a new scientific satellite into low Earth orbit for Oct. 10 after both parties completed a joint review into technical issues concerning a rocket sensor.
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ECS, Elastic to Collaborate on CDM Dashboard Update for CISA; George Wilson Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 9, 2019 — ECS and Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) have formed a partnership to develop a cyber threat detection and monitoring system for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 30.
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IT Industry Vet Stephen Skarlatos Named Planned Systems International CIO
Stephen Skarlatos, an information technology veteran for 39 years, has been named chief information officer of IT services provider Planned Systems International.
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L3Harris to Produce Radar Microwave Tubes for Navy Destroyer, Cruiser Ships
L3Harris Technologies has received a five-year, $33.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to supply microwave tubes for integration with AN/SPY-1 radar systems of destroyer and cruiser ships equipped with the Aegis Combat System.
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SpaceX Tests Starhopper Rocket Prototype
SpaceX has conducted a test flight of its single-engine Starhopper, a prototype of the company’s future six-engine Starship passenger spacecraft, CNET reported Tuesday.
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Tech Industry Vet Josh Salmanson Appointed Chief Architect, Business Dev’t VP at ECS; George Wilson Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 27, 2019 — ECS has appointed Josh Salmanson, a former technology executive at NCI, Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), as chief architect and vice president of its business development and operations division, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 16.
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BAE to Support National Security Through New Robotics Operations Center; Peder Jungck, Jon Dorn Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 26, 2019 — BAE Systems has established a robotics operations center, through its partnership with UiPath, to support the high-volume data processing tasks of national security missions at U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday.