Government Technology
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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AFRL, DZYNE Technologies Conclude Debut Flight of Unmanned Flight Tech
The Air Force Research Laboratory and DZYNE Technologies demonstrated the capacity of a robotic pilot unmanned conversion program during a test flight at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
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Samsung Flagship Phones Approved for Federal Use
Samsung Electronics America’s flagship mobile phone products have achieved federal government certification.
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HighPoint’s Sudhir Pucha on Citizen Service Platforms
Sudhir Pucha, vice president of information technology at HighPoint Global, wrote in an article that the adoption of IT DevOps processes has resulted in the development of project management portals and other platforms used to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens.
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Smartsheet Gov Platform Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization; Ignacio Martinez Comments
Cloud-based work management system provider Smartsheet has received a provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Smartsheet Gov platform.
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Sikorsky Utilizes Triumph-Made Sensor Module for Fly-By-Wire Flights in Flight Demo
Triumph Group has developed a sensor technology, which is designed to provide tactile feedback and simulate mechanical flight control platforms, that has been recently tested by Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary.
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DoD Unit Seeks Machine Learning Algorithm Developers to Help Automate Disaster Damage Assessment
The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit has launched a challenge machine learning professionals to create algorithms to automate the process of assessing post-disaster structural damages. DIU said Monday the xView2 Challenge seeks computer vision tools that can help accelerate satellite- or aerial-based analyses of damage to buildings.
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Carahsoft Offers Government Freelance Exchange Platform to Public Sector
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to be the master government aggregator of Government Freelance Exchange, an online marketplace designed to help federal, state and local agencies find independent consulting and professional services. The GovFlex platform is now available to the public sector via NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract and the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance procurement vehicle, Carahsoft said Tuesday.
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Oracle Cloud Suite Receives DoD Impact Level 4 Authorization
Oracle has received a one-year provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency for a suite of cloud-based business applications. DISA said Tuesda it authorized the Oracle Fusion Cloud offering to support impact level 4 data across the Department of Defense.
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Curtiss-Wright, PacStar to Demo Integrated Vehicle Network Management
Curtiss-Wright’s defense solutions unit and Pacific Star Communications have partnered to demonstrate a system designed to manage electronic components of vehicles.
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NASA Begins Second Phase of Space Robotics Challenge
NASA calls for the masses to submit ideas on autonomous robots that will help astronauts carry out long missions in the future. The space agency said Monday it will accept these ideas under the second phase of its Space Robotics Challenge, which aims to apply autonomous robotics to missions on the surfaces of distant space environments.
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