NASA, Virgin Orbit Collaborate to Create, Test 3D-Printed Combustion Chamber
NASA collaborated with small-satellite launch services provider Virgin Orbit to produce a rocket combustion chamber using the additive manufacturing method.
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Booz Allen Execs: Health Agencies Should Learn From IC to Harness the Power of Big Data
Booz Allen Hamilton executives wrote in an article published Thursday on The New England Journal of Medicine that federal health care agencies should leverage data science tools and lessons from the intelligence community to optimize big data in order to improve care quality and reduce costs. Steve Escaravage, a senior vice president and head of Booz Allen’s digital, analytics and strategy practice, co-wrote the piece with Kevin Vigilante, an executive VP and a health business leader at the company; and Mike McConnell, a senior executive adviser at Booz Allen.
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Albers Group, Sodius Form Aerospace & Defense Systems Engineering Partnership
The Albers Group and Sodius have partnered with the goal to help defense and aerospace organizations implement a model-based engineering approach by combining systems and unified modeling languages.
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General Atomics Helps Modernize DOE Fusion Research Facility
A team of General Atomics professionals and participating institutions has concluded an 11-month modernization project at a Department of Energy laboratory for energy and nuclear fusion studies.
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Boeing Unveils ‘Compound Apache’ Helicopter Concept
Boeing has unveiled conceptual images of a variant of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, FlightGlobal reported Friday. Compound Apache will have a small wing, pusher propeller and a tail rotor as well as feature increased aircraft speed and range, the company noted.
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ECS Receives AWS Managed Service Provider Status for Fifth Consecutive Year
ECS has been granted Managed Service Provider status a fifth time by Amazon Web Services after it continued to meet stringent technical and operational requirements. The company said Thursday it proved its capacity to assist customers in all stages of the cloud adoption process during the annual third-party audit process.
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NASA Picks 11 Companies to Build Human Lunar Lander Prototypes
NASA has awarded contracts worth $45.5M combined to study and develop human lander prototypes in the next six months in support of its Artemis lunar exploration initiative. The space agency said Friday the companies will produce prototypes of a human landing platform with descent, ascent, transfer and refueling elements and shoulder at least 20 percent of the total development cost under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix E contracts.
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AT&T, Mutualink Forge Public Safety Comms Interoperability Partnership; Chris Sambar Quoted
AT&T and Mutualink have entered into an agreement to facilitate communications interoperability for first responders and other public safety personnel. AT&T said Thursday it will add Mutualink’s Interoperable Response and Preparedness Platform to the FirstNet public safety broadband network under the partnership to help users accelerate sharing of data, voice and video across systems.
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DoD Taps Leonardo-Built BriteCloud Decoy for Foreign Comparative Tests
A Leonardo-built active expendable decoy has been chosen by the Department of Defense to conduct foreign comparison tests with the U.S. Air National Guard, AIN Online reported Monday.
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Ultra Electronics, Poly Team Up to Offer Video Teleconferencing Platforms in Federal Sector
Ultra Electronics 3eTI and Poly have partnered to introduce video teleconferencing systems designed to help federal customers automatically switch across different security classification networks. Ultra Electronics 3eTI said Monday its Criticom Integrated Secure Encryption Console works with Poly's RealPresence platform to manage video communications that involve sensitive mission data.
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Air Force, DLA Release Market Survey on Energy Management Methods
The U.S. Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency's energy office have issued a request for information to look for inputs on the management and procurement of energy at an Air Force installation.
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KULR to Provide Lockheed Thermal Management Platform
KULR Technology Group will supply Lockheed Martin with a thermal management technology designed to absorb or release heat from phase changes. KULR said Tuesday its phase change material heat sink uses a carbon fiber core to passively conduct heat and control temperature.