ULA to Launch Rocket for Student Engagement Program; Tory Bruno Quoted
Interns from United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace are joining K-12 students to launch payloads in celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing’s 50th anniversary.
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Northrop Presents Firebird ISR Aircraft at U.S. Aerospace Event
Northrop Grumman exhibited a line of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft at a three-day aerospace industry event in the U.K.
Slalom Hosts Two-Day Hackathon on AWS Tech for Law Enforcement
Slalom held a two-day hackathon to help the residents of San Diego develop technical approaches that will potentially address law enforcement gaps through the use of Amazon Web Services offerings.
Draper Advances Tech Development Efforts in Support of NASA’s Lunar Missions
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory is developing technologies designed to support NASA’s robotic and manned missions to the moon by 2024, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Semantic AI, Bluescape Named Finalists for AFWERX Multi-Domain Challenge
Semantic AI and Bluescape’s multi-domain operation technologies have entered the final round of the U.S. Air Force’s competition, the AFWERX Fusion Xperience 2019 event, which will be held on July 23 to 24 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Infor, GTY Forge Public Sector Digital Transformation Partnership; Bill Sullivan Quoted
Business cloud software provider Infor and GTY Technology Holdings have teamed up to help government agencies advance their digital transformation efforts.
General Atomics Celebrates Predator UAS 25th Anniversary
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has announced the 25th anniversary of the company’s Predator A unmanned aircraft system.
Telos Cyber Risk Mgmt Tech Approved for DHS CDM Program
Telos' cyber risk management platform has been added to the Department of Homeland Security’s list of approved information technology products for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Xacta is designed to help users address cyber risks and automate monitoring, security assessment and authorization functions.
Atlas, AWS Form Satellite Operator Support Partnership
Atlas Space Operations has partnered with Amazon Web Services to provide research teams and commercial clients with access to satellite ground stations for storage, data processing and analysis functions.
CBP Requests Info on Commercial Cloud Partners
The Customs and Border Protection has issued a request for information on potential commercial partners that could help the agency manage its applications and information technology systems in the cloud, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday.
Equinix’s David Peed on Four Steps to Advance Federal Data Center Optimization
David Peed, vice president and general manager at Equinix, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that there are four steps federal agencies can implement to accelerate their data center modernization efforts and the first step is building network hubs and optimizing network infrastructures.