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Google Machine Learning Tool Aids Discovery of 8th Planet Around ‘Sun-Like’ Star

NASA has discovered an eighth planet orbiting a Sun-like star namedÂ Kepler-90 using Google‘s machine learning tool. The space agency said Friday the machine learning platformÂ identified the Kepler-90i planet by searching through data from the Kepler Space Telescope. ResearchersÂ Christopher Shallue and Andrew Vanderburg trained a computer, called anÂ artificial neural network, to detectÂ exoplanetsÂ in light readings recorded by […] More

by Ramona Adams December 15, 2017, 6:34 am
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CSRA CEO Larry Prior Wins ‘Tech Executive of the Year’ Award

CSRA President and CEO Larry Prior has been recognized as “Tech Executive of the Year” by theÂ Northern Virginia Technology Council during an awards ceremony held Monday. Recipients of the annual award are selected based on executive leadership; the company’s financial growth; personal contributions to the local technology community; and the individual’s vision for the company’s […] More

by Ramona Adams December 15, 2017, 5:14 am
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SecurityFirst Adds 3 Tech Firms to Partner Program

SecurityFirst has partnered with three other technology companies in a push to help government and enterprise customers protect assets with a data-based security platform. CMA, Sengex and First Nation Corp. will resell theÂ DataKeep security software through the SecurityFirst Partner Program, SecurityFirst said Thursday. The program offers marketing support, sales enablement and channel pricing discounts meant […] More

by Nichols Martin December 15, 2017, 4:19 am
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PC Krause and Associates to Help USAF Develop Air Vehicle Performance Modeling Tech

PC Krause and Associates has secured a potential $24.9 million contract to develop technology for the U.S. Air Force to model the performance of a heterogeneous air vehicle. The Defense Department said ThursdayÂ the company will produce tools designed to help increase aerospace system performance andÂ address the service branch’s manned and unmanned air vehicle mission requirements. […] More

by Joanna Crews December 15, 2017, 3:29 am
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Cubic Business Unit Opens New Office in Tampa, Florida; Mike Twyman Comments

Cubic‘s mission solutions business unit has opened a new office in Tampa, Florida, in a push to expand support for U.S. military customers. The company said Thursday the office will be led byÂ Lawrence Hollister, executive director of Cubic Mission Solutions, and will aid the delivery ofÂ military command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. […] More

by Ramona Adams December 14, 2017, 10:59 am
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General Atomics Reaper UAS Completes 100,000 Hours of Flight With U.K. Air Force

General Atomics‘ MQ-9Â Reaper unmanned aircraft system has reached a milestone of 100,000 flight hours in ten years of use in the U.K. air forces’ coalition operations. The UAS completed the hours equivalent to 11 years of airborne flight on Dec. 4, the company said Tuesday. “For the past 10 years, the UK MQ-9 Reaper fleet […] More

by Nichols Martin December 14, 2017, 10:02 am
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Aerojet Rocketdyne, NASA Complete SLS Engine Hot-Fire Test

NASAÂ and Aerojet RocketdyneÂ have completed the final hot-fire test of an engine technology the company developed for use on the Space Launch System rocket. The eighth RS-25Â engine test this year occurred at NASA’s Stennis Space in Mississippi and evaluated the performance ofÂ an engine component produced using a three-dimensional printing method, the space agencyÂ said Wednesday. TheÂ 3D-printed pogo […] More

by Nichols Martin December 14, 2017, 9:41 am
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Lockheed to Adopt NEC’s System Invariant Analysis Tech; Carl Marchetto Comments

Lockheed Martin plans to integrate a system invariant analysis technology fromÂ NEC into the Bethesda, Maryland-based company’s space programs. SIAT is designed to analyze the behavior of computer and building systems with sensor data and automatically identify inconsistencies to help operators implement corrective actions, NEC said Thursday. The partnership also seeks toÂ incorporate NEC’s artificial intelligence platforms […] More

by Joanna Crews December 14, 2017, 9:21 am
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Boeing’s Aurora Flight Sciences Flies Autonomous UH-1H Helicopter in Cargo Resupply Demo

Aurora Flight Sciences has demonstrated an autonomous version of the UH-1H helicopter as part of the Office of Naval Research‘s Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System program. The Boeing subsidiary said Wednesday theÂ AACUS-Enabled UH-1H helicopter, or AEH-1, performedÂ multiple flights at the Marine Corps Base Quantico to verify its capacity to conduct resupply missionsÂ autonomously in operationally relevant […] More

by Ramona Adams December 14, 2017, 9:10 am
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CTC to Provide Research Support to FEMA Disaster Preparedness Unit; Ed Sheehan Comments

Concurrent Technologies Corp.Â has won a potential 21-month, $7.66 million contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide communications and research support services for FEMAâ€™s individual and community preparedness division. CTC said Wednesday it will work with small business partners Action Research and Motivf to provide outreach, analysis, program and administrative services to ICPD under […] More

by Jane Edwards December 14, 2017, 8:00 am
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ARPA-E Unveils $100M Energy Tech R&D Funding Opportunity for 2018

TheÂ Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has started to accept applications for up to $100 million in grant funds to research and develop energy technology platforms. ARPA-E’sÂ OPEN 2018 funding opportunity will support innovators who aim to help transform U.S. energy infrastructure with technology, the Energy Department said Wednesday. “We are asking American energy entrepreneurs and researchers to […] More

by Joanna Crews December 14, 2017, 7:48 am
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BAE, University of Manchester Test Small UAV With Blown-Air System

BAE Systems and the University of Manchester have jointly conducted theÂ first phase of flight tests with a smallÂ unmanned aerial vehicle that works to maneuver using a blown-air system. The company said Wednesday thatÂ MAGMA UAV’sÂ blown-air system is designed to eliminate the need forÂ mechanical moving parts used to control aircraft during flight,Â as well as optimize the speed […] More

by Ramona Adams December 14, 2017, 6:41 am