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Radiant Solutionsâ€™ Tony Frazier to Discuss AI, Automation, Augmentation at NVIDIA GPU Tech Conference

Tony Frazier, president ofÂ Maxar Technologiesâ€™ Radiant SolutionsÂ subsidiary, is scheduled to speak on Oct. 23 at NVIDIAâ€™s three-day GPU Technology Conference to be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. He will join William â€œBuzzâ€ Roberts, analytic automation POD lead at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, to discuss how the artificial […] More

by Jane Edwards October 17, 2018, 5:37 am
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PAE ISR to Demonstrate Resolute Eagle UAS Under NASA Agreement; Beth Beach Quoted

PAE ISR and NASA have agreed to demonstrate the Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system within the National Airspace System in 2020 in support of an effort to fully integrate UAS into the country’s skies. The company said Tuesday it will demonstrate the Resolute Eagle in 2020 and work with other firms such as Fortem Technologies, […] More

by Nichols Martin October 17, 2018, 4:50 am
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Alion to Sponsor GPU Tech Conference; Todd Borkey Quoted

Alion Science and Technology will serve as a Platinum Sponsor of NVIDIAâ€™s GPU Technology Conference that is set to take place from Oct. 22 to 24 in Washington, D.C. â€œGTC DC is a place for serious technologists and government leaders to connect and learn about the newest advancements in deep learning, artificial intelligence, and so […] More

by Jane Edwards October 17, 2018, 4:10 am
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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Satcom as a Service Could Help Warfighters Focus on Critical Missions

RebeccaÂ Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat Government, has said government and military leaders should leverage commercial satellite communications platforms to support critical missions through the satcom-as-a-service business model. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a MilsatMagazine pieceÂ that the business model is designed for global mobility and to deliver â€œend-to-end, communication infrastructure from resilient satellite […] More

by Jane Edwards October 17, 2018, 3:09 am
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Perspecta to Maintain, Update Marylandâ€™s Pension Admin System; Mac Curtis Quoted

Perspecta has received a potential five-year, $17M contract to continue to maintain and upgrade the state of Marylandâ€™s pension administration platform and related applications. The company said Tuesday it will help the Maryland State Retirement Agency develop an online portal for approximately 400K users and acquire and integrate commercial-of-the-shelf apps into business workflows through the […] More

by Jane Edwards October 17, 2018, 1:48 am
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American Systems to Support Air National Guard C-130 Training; Peter Smith Quoted

American Systems has received a five-year, $27M task order to engineer systems and maintain software of the Air National Guard’s C-130 multimission crew training assets. The company said Wednesday it will also provide program management, operations, qualification and test support to theÂ MMCT system support center at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas. The order was […] More

by Nichols Martin October 16, 2018, 7:48 am
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Federal Execs Expect IT Spending to Move Toward Govâ€™t Community Clouds in Two Years; IBMâ€™s Andras Szakal Quoted

A new study underwritten by IBM has found that three in four information technology executives at federal agencies expect IT investment shifts in the next two years, FedScoop reported Monday. The survey found that 26 percent of agency program management and IT executives expect their agencies to spend on government-only community cloud platforms in the […] More

by Jane Edwards October 16, 2018, 4:40 am
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Navy Taps ManTech for Hawkeye Aircraft Sensor Devâ€™t Contract; Kevin Phillips Quoted

ManTech International has received a potential four-year, $45M contract to develop sensors for the U.S. Navyâ€™s PMA-231 Hawkeye aircraft. The companyâ€™s â€œagile approach to sensor development and platform integration will drive efficiency, add flexibility for adopting emerging technologies and lead the way to new capabilities that enhance the U.S. Navy warfighterâ€™s mission,â€ Kevin Phillips, Mantech […] More

by Jane Edwards October 16, 2018, 12:38 am
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Jerry Parker: CACI Eyes Open Architecture System for RF-Based Tech Platforms

Jerry Parker, senior vice president of C4ISR and electronic warfare at CACI International, has said the company wants to produce an open architecture system to help the government and industry create multiple platforms that could recognize radio frequency signals, C4ISRNET reported Monday. Parker made the statement as the U.S. Army seeks new software-based technologies designed […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman October 16, 2018, 12:30 am
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Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Inmarsat Government Supports Govâ€™t Airborne, Maritime Ops via Satcom

RebeccaÂ Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy atÂ Inmarsat Government, told theÂ Fairfax County Economic Development Authority in a video interview posted Friday how the company supports government operations through its satellite communications platforms. She said satellites placed approximately 35K kilometers above the equator and ground stations that back those spacecraft work to provide users […] More

by Jane Edwards October 15, 2018, 11:11 am
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CACI Offers to Help Army Test New SIGINT, EW Platform; Jerry Parker Quoted

CACI International has offered its Tactical Radio Frequency Exploitation Vehicle to help the U.S. ArmyÂ test a new platform designed to consolidate signals intelligence and electronic warfare functions, C4ISRNET reported Saturday. Jerry Parker, senior vice president of C4ISR and EW at CACI, said at the Association of the United States Armyâ€™s annual meeting that the company […] More

by Monica Jackson October 15, 2018, 5:25 am
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Hortonworksâ€™ Shaun Bierweiler: ‘Data Lakes’ Help Firms Store Unstructured & Structured Info

Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of Hortonworks‘ U.S. public sector business, said in an interviewÂ published ThursdayÂ on CIO Dive that organizations would experience the advantages of a data lake if they determine the usefulness of information stored in the system. “At a very high level, a data lake is simply a storage component where you can put […] More

by Monica Jackson October 15, 2018, 12:15 am