Virgin Orbit’s Air-Launched Rocket to Carry 11 Small NASA Satellites
Virgin Orbit aims to help NASA bring 11 small satellites to space later this year as part of the second launch demonstration of an air-launched rocket.
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Elbit Systems-Collins Aerospace JV Tests Helmet Display With Lockheed F-16V Aircraft
A helmet display system developed by an Elbit Systems of America–Collins Aerospace joint venture has started to undergo flight tests as part of a U.S. Air Force flight release process for the Lockheed Martin F-16V aircraft.
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Intel Federal’s Jim Brinker: 5G Could Transform Government’s Response to Public Health Emergency
Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel’s federal arm and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday how 5G network technology could help the government better respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies.
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L3Harris to Enter Air Force NTS-3 Spacecraft Fabrication Phase
L3Harris Technologies will move to build a satellite for position, navigation and timing system demonstrations after the company passed a critical design review with the U.S. Air Force. The Melbourne, Fla.-based defense firm can now begin the production of Navigation Technology Satellite-3 the service branch intends to launch into geostationary orbit sometime in 2022.
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AppTek Adds 41 Languages to Booz Allen’s Enterprise AI Marketplace;Â Josh Sullivan Quoted
AppTek has introduced 16 languages for automatic speech recognition and 25 for neural machine translation via Booz Allen Hamilton's enterprise artificial intelligence platform and marketplace. Booz Allen introduced the Modzy software offering in late 2019 for government and enterprise customers to access, deploy and manage AI models, AppTek said Thursday.
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Kratos Introduces RF Channel Simulator
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled a simulation technology built to help engineers test the performance of communications hardware in radio frequency environments.
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Robert Cardillo: Government Should Be ‘Welcoming’ With Commercial RF Geospatial Innovation
Robert Cardillo, a member of the advisory board at HawkEye 360 and a four-time Wash100 awardee, shared in an interview posted Thursday his insights on geospatial intelligence and the need for the government to adopt commercial radiofrequency geospatial innovation.
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Boeing CEO David Calhoun: Defense Industry to Get Continued Government Support
Boeing CEO David Calhoun said he believes the defense industry will continue to receive support from the U.S. government regardless of whoever wins the U.S. presidential elections in November, CNBC reported Wednesday.
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HawkEye 360 Launches Regional Signal Awareness Service; Alex Fox Quoted
HawkEye 360 has introduced a service offering designed to help customers gain signal awareness across large regions with the use of radio frequency monitoring technology. The Regional Awareness Subscription service uses HawkEye 360's RFGeo platform to support radio signal identification, analysis and monitoring activities, the company said Tuesday.
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ASTRA Selected for Space Force’s Cloud Characterization Tech Project
The U.S. Space Force has tasked Atmosphere and Space Technology Research Associates to build and test a military-grade prototype technology intended to characterize Earth's clouds. ASTRA said Tuesday it will collaborate with Lockheed Martin, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Pumpkin and Atmospheric and Environmental Research to develop the cloud characterization system.
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IBM’s John Kamensky on Five Mindsets of Innovation Champions in Government
John Kamensky, a senior fellow with the IBM Center for the Business of Government, wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that there are five mindsets that could serve as keys to success for champions of technological innovation in the federal government.
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New Hampshire Army National Guard Deploys L3Harris-Built Portable Radios
The New Hampshire Army National Guard procured and fielded L3Harris Technologies-built portable radios to support public safety communications in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.