NASA Accepts Aerojet Rocketdyne Upper Stage Engines for SLS Rocket; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has shipped four upper stage engines that will support the propulsion of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.
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L3Harris to Use Northrop-Made Sonar for Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Program
A Northrop Grumman-made sensing and mapping sonar will be incorporated into an unmanned undersea vehicle developed by L3Harris Technologies.
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Nutanix’s Chris Howard on Cloud Deployment Learnings Agencies Should Take From Private Sector
Chris Howard, vice president of U.S. public sector at Nutanix, wrote in a FedTech Magazine article published Monday that there are three things federal information technology leaders should learn from private sector organizations when it comes to cloud adoption and one is that they should not view cloud as a “one size fits all†solution.
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DARPA to Host Proposer’s Day on Atmospheric Geolocation Initiative
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency invites interested parties to attend a science-focused proposer’s day on Feb. 14, at the Executive Conference Center in Arlington, Va.
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NGA Releases Solicitation Draft for Data Transformation Services
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has issued a presolicitation for a range of data processing services in support of NGA missions.
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Virgin Orbit Partners With Israeli Firm to Offer Quick Satellite Launch Services
Virgin Orbit and ImageSat International, an Israel-based firm, have partnered to globally deliver fast-paced services in support of Earth observation imagery, TechCrunch reported Wednesday.
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Lockheed, Oriden Partner for Energy Storage Projects
Lockheed Martin has partnered with Oriden, part of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, to pursue future projects associated with a certain energy storage technology.
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Forcepoint’s George Kamis: Fog Computing, Cross-Domain Tech Could Help Military Speed Up Data Sharing
George Kamis, chief technology officer for global governments and critical infrastructure business at Forcepoint, wrote in a GCN article published Friday that fog computing and cross-domain technologies could help warfighters at the tactical edge secure and accelerate sharing of data gathered from various internet-connected devices.
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HPE, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to to Deploy Parallel Storage Tech
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has partnered with the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to field a parallel storage system that will work to support scientific research efforts in physical genomics, aerospace turbulence and earthquake seismic activities.
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Northrop to Launch Second Resupply Mission Under NASA CRS-2 Contract
Northrop Grumman aims to launch the Cygnus spacecraft by Feb. 9 on its second mission to deliver supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract between the company and NASA.
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Lockheed Acknowledges Cobham’s Support for Orion Spacecraft Development Effort
Lockheed Martin has recognized Cobham’s advanced electronic solutions business as a supplier of cables and other radio frequency interconnect platforms in support of development work on NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
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Army Announces 20 Firms to Advance to xTechSearch Phase III Competition; Bruce Jette Quoted
The U.S. Army has picked 20 small businesses and technology companies that will move to the third phase of xTechSearch 4.0 competition. “We must proactively and aggressively engage with innovators to see what new ideas, concepts, systems and sub-system components they can bring to the table,†Bruce Jette, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said in a statement published Wednesday.