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Austal’s U.S. business arm has christened the 19th Independence-variant littoral combat ship, USS Pierre, which was named in honor of South Dakota’s capital. Larissa Thune Hargens, a South Dakota native and daughter of Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., sponsored the event, Austal USA said Sunday. Designated LCS 38, USS Pierre is the final ship of its variant […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has secured a $30 million contract to modernize and replace equipment on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s real-time tsunami detection and warning system. SAIC will develop modernized equipment designed to make data collected by the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis Ocean Observing System more reliable and accessible and improve […] More
The Department of Defense is reopening the solicitation for Artificial Intelligence Talent 2.0 to on-ramp additional vendors. Vendors that meet the qualifications for AI Talent 2.0 will be issued basic ordering agreements, against which government customers may place task orders for the various services covered by the decentralized contract vehicle, according to the solicitation posted […] More
General Motors‘ defense business arm has collaborated with Mistral to equip GM Defense’s light tactical utility vehicle with the latter’s Hero-120 loitering munition, a system co-developed with UVision to engage targets without exposing warfighters to direct enemy fire. GM Defense said Monday its Chevrolet Colorado ZR2-based utility concept vehicle with Mistral and UVision’s medium-range, anti-armored […] More
Carahsoft Technology and Iron Mountain have inked an agreement allowing the former to offer the latter’s machine learning-based content services platform to the government sector. In a statement Thursday, Melissa Carson, vice president and general manager of Iron Mountain Government Solutions, said, “Iron Mountain InSight has assisted numerous Public Sector agencies with highly secure intelligent digitalization of everything […] More
Microchip Technology, a Department of Commerce-backed semiconductor manufacturer, has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of SAMD21RT, a radiation-tolerant Arm Cortex-M0+ based 32-bit microcontroller. SAMD21RT is designed for space-constrained applications and features up to 48 MHz processing rate, an Analog-to-Digital Converter with up to 20 channels, a Digital-to-Analog Converter and analog comparators, Microchip Technology […] More
A digital transformation team within Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has established an advanced visualization engineering facility in Palmdale, California, to provide a virtual environment for advancing engineering development. The Virtual Prototyping team's new Virtual Engineering Environment features computer-aided software and tools, including a large format PowerWall display system, to enable engineers to design, manufacture and test systems and processes virtually, Lockheed said Thursday.
Northrop Grumman has entered into an agreement with NVIDIA to access and use the latter's portfolio of artificial intelligence and generative AI platforms to advance the development of advanced systems. The defense contractor said Thursday it will apply NVIDIA's AI technologies and other software platforms, including its 3D graphics collaboration platform Omniverse, across its portfolio of capabilities.
Auterion, the builder of software-defined computing platforms for drones and autonomous systems, has completed the transfer of its corporate headquarters from Moorpark in South California to Arlington, Virginia, a move that brings the company closer to private and public sector clients, particularly federal agencies and defense-related customers. In a press release Wednesday, Lorenz Meier, CEO of Auterion, said, "Being physically closer to our customers allows us to provide more responsive support and collaborate more effectively."
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed the MQ-9A Block 5 unmanned aircraft system training for the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. The company said Thursday the seven-week Weapons and Tactics Instructor program, held at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, utilized the SkyTower I pod, which extends airborne communication capabilities for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
Eric Trexler, senior vice president of U.S. public sector at Palo Alto Networks, said the company will support Booz Allen Hamilton’s work on the Department of Defense’s Thunderdome zero trust architecture project by providing its cloud-delivered secure access service edge platform called Prisma Access.
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Epicor Software CEO Steve Murphy has been selected to join Box’s Board of Directors. He will succeed John Park, a partner at investment firm KKR, who will leave the board effective immediately, Box announced on Thursday.
