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Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
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Orbit Fab, Spaceflight Team up for Space-Based Fuel Depot Launch Effort
Spaceflight has agreed to field an operational fuel depot aboard a Falcon 9 rocket to the Earth's orbit in 2021 as part of an agreement with Orbit Fab, C4ISRNET reported Monday.
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Juan Zarate on K2’s Fintech Venture With Giant Oak for AML/CFT Efforts
K2 Integrity, formerly K2 Intelligence Financial Integrity Network, and Giant Oak have formed a joint venture in an effort to provide financial institutions a new model for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. "We are trying to revolutionize the AML/CFT regime through the use of federated data analytics and transfer learning," Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity, told ExecutiveBiz.
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USAF Demos Cubic-Made Mission Analysis Software at Checkered Flag Exercise; Jonas Furukrona Quoted
Tyndall Air Force Base has hosted a demonstration of a Cubic-made software suite designed to analyze kinetic and non-kinetic effects during training exercises. Cubic said Wednesday its Simplified, Planning, Execution, Analysis, Reconstruction or SPEAR suite facilitated user experience across more than 75 aircraft at the Checkered Flag 21-1 exercise.
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Army Needs Market Info for EW Systems Integration Effort
The U.S. Army has released a request for information in support of its plan to implement an integration framework for electronic warfare systems, seeking data for designing, building, integrating, testing and maintaining the EW Planning and Management Tool system. The service branch said Tuesday in a SAM notice it wants to integrate EW systems into a unified, modular platform by further developing the tool.
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SpaceX to Perform 21st ISS Cargo Resupply Mission for NASA
SpaceX is slated to launch an updated Dragon space vehicle aboard the Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 5 to the International Space Station as part of NASA's 21st Commercial Resupply Services mission.
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Johns Hopkins APL Helps Equip DART Spacecraft With NASA-Made Propulsion Tech
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has incorporated a propulsion technology built by NASA into a spacecraft designed to support the agency's demonstration of its first planetary defense capability.
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NAVAIR Seeks Ideas for Digital Transformation Pursuit
Naval Air Systems Command is searching for technologies that could support its plans to pursue digital transformation, as well as address its related challenges and meet technology need. NAVAIR said Monday in a SAM notice it seeks white papers on projects that align with the command's digital modernization plan.
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TIAG-Google Partnership Aims to Bolster Cloud Integration Services
TIAG and Google Cloud have partnered to develop and provide services that address customers' cloud integration requirements. The partnership will allow TIAG to use Google's cloud platform and network to help customers integrate and consolidate cloud assets, TIAG said Wednesday.
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Pure Storage’s Gary Newgaard: AI, Big Data Could Help Agencies Move Mission Forward
Gary Newgaard, vice president of public sector at Pure Storage, wrote in an article published Tuesday on FedTech Magazine how artificial intelligence and big data could help government agencies carry out their missions by gleaning insights from large data volumes. Â
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Lockheed Invests in DarwinAI to Advance COVID-19 Diagnosis Initiative
Lockheed Martin has invested $750K in Canada-based artificial intelligence company DarwinAI to help the latter operationalize a project that seeks to accelerate diagnosis of COVID-19 through chest X-ray scans. Lockheed made the investment in DarwinAI through its Canadian arm and as part of the Industrial Technological Benefits policy.
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DXC Partners With Infinia ML to Advance Machine Learning Capabilities; Vinod Bagal Quoted
DXC Technology has collaborated with Infinia ML to advance machine learning and data analytics, DXC announced Tuesday. The partnership will work to help customers manage and drive stronger performance and value from IT enterprises. DXC will leverage Infinia ML’s machine learning capabilities across its Enterprise Technology Stack.