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CTC’s Brandon Hody Earns National Safety Council Recognition; Ed Sheehan Quoted

The National Safety Council has recognized Brandon Hody, a safety and occupational health professional at Concurrent Technologies Corp., for his leadership in workplace safety programs. He received NSC’s Rising Stars of Safety Award, which honors professionals under age 40 who have demonstrated excellence in safety improvement initiatives, CTC said Wednesday. â€œBrandon is a valued member […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 25, 2018, 3:05 am
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Red Hat, NVIDIA Team Up to Support AI, Deep Learning Workloads; SAIC’s Charles Onstott Quoted

Red Hat and NVIDIA have agreed to advance the use of open-source platforms to support artificial intelligence, data science and deep learning workloads in enterprise data centers. Red Hat said Tuesday it secured certification to deploy its Enterprise Linux operating system and Kubernetes platform on NVIDIA DGX-1 hardwareÂ systems through the partnership. The collaboration aims to […] More

by Jane Edwards October 24, 2018, 9:52 am
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SoBran BioScience to Present at Upcoming Laboratory Animal Science Meeting; Gregory Kelly Quoted

SoBran‘s division focusing on biomedical research will present works at theÂ American Association for Laboratory Animal Science’s 69th national meeting. The company said Tuesday its Sobran BioScience unit will debut a new checklist tool at the event taking place Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 in Baltimore, Md. The tool, namedÂ Are You Ready for Your AAALAC Site […] More

by Nichols Martin October 24, 2018, 4:30 am
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Perspecta to Support Navy Ship Signature Program; Mac Curtis Quoted

Perspecta has received a potential $36M contract to provide scientific, engineering and technical services to the ship signatures department of Naval Sea Systems Commandâ€™s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. The company said TuesdayÂ it will work with the department that conducts research, development, engineering and test ofÂ U.S. NavyÂ surface ship, submarine and small craft signatures. Work […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 24, 2018, 1:25 am
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SAIC Debuts Cloud-Based Virtual Lab for Federal Clients; Charles Onstott Quoted

Science Applications International Corp. has created a virtual laboratory environment in a move to help federal customers accelerate the development of information technology software platforms. SAICÂ said TuesdayÂ itsÂ Innovation FactoryÂ uses multiple tools from the company and its partner Red Hat to support government IT and application development efforts. Red Hat’s OpenShiftÂ container application platform serves as foundation of […] More

by Monica Jackson October 23, 2018, 10:41 am
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CAE Releases Visual Training Platform for Military Fighter, Fast Jet Pilots; Gene Colabatistto Quoted

CAE has unveiled a new technology platform for military clients to train fighter and fast jet pilots in simulated environments. The Medallion MR e-Series Visual System features a 360-degree dome display, laser projectors, image generators, night-vision goggles and a support system for the Open Geospatial Consortium’s common database,Â CAEÂ said Tuesday. The system is designed to help […] More

by Monica Jackson October 23, 2018, 9:41 am
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Raytheon Intros Cyber Education Program in Kuwait, U.K.; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

RaytheonÂ has expanded the geographic coverage of its cyber education and training initiatives to the U.K. and Kuwait. The company said MondayÂ it partnered with Kuwait University, Lancaster University and University of Gloucestershire to conduct workshops aimed at providing students with hands-on experience to recognize and counter network security threats through the Cyber Academy program. “The cyber […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 23, 2018, 6:51 am
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DynCorp Supports USAF-Led Hurricane Fund; George Krivo Quoted

DynCorp International has contributed $5K to the Air Force Aid Societyâ€™s fund effort aimed at supporting airmen affected by Hurricane Michael. The hurricane struck and damaged Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, the company said Friday. According to the National Weather Center, MichaelÂ is the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane â€” with regard to wind speed â€” to […] More

by Nichols Martin October 22, 2018, 4:31 am
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Matt Desch: Iridium Targets Dec. 30 for Final ‘NEXT’ Satellite Launch

Iridium CommunicationsÂ CEOÂ Matt Desch has saidÂ the company plans to launch on Dec. 30 the final batch of Iridium NEXT satellites aboardÂ aÂ SpaceX-builtÂ Falcon 9Â rocket, Teslarati reported Thursday. Desch said in a tweet the Iridium-8 mission will take off aboard Falcon 9â€™s previously-flown booster from Vandenberg Air Force BaseÂ in California. He noted the B1049.2 booster would skip a return-to-launch […] More

by Jane Edwards October 19, 2018, 11:35 am
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Army Aims to Deliver Battlefield Edge via Distributed Common Ground System; Raytheon’s Todd Probert Quoted

The U.S. Army plans to come up with an interconnected platform designed to collect and transmit intelligence data to warfighters as they navigate the battlefield through the Distributed Common Ground System-Army program, Defense One reported Thursday. Raytheon has demonstrated its proposed offering, FoXTEN, for the DCGS-A competition. â€œWeâ€™ve been maturing the look and feel, the […] More

by Jane Edwards October 19, 2018, 10:25 am
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Perspecta Gets DoD Award for Mentorship Support to TM3; Mac Curtis Quoted

Perspecta has been selected for the Defense Departmentâ€™s Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of the companyâ€™s mentorship support to service-disabled veteran-owned small business TM3 Solutions. Perspecta said Thursday it helped TM3 align its services with DoDâ€™s mission needs under the departmentâ€™s Mentor-Protege Program. â€œThe goal of our small business program is to work with businesses to […] More

by Jane Edwards October 19, 2018, 5:33 am
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ECS Tapped as Prime Contractor for $850M DARPA Planning Support IDIQ

ECS Federal has landed a prime position on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s potential five-year, $850M contract for technical, financial, administrative and business services. The company said Thursday it will provide these support services to help DARPA develop research and risk assessment plans for new technologies to contribute to the Defense Department‘s national security […] More

by Nichols Martin October 19, 2018, 4:13 am