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Use of AI, Machine Learning Evident in Top 10 Firms to Watch in Cybersecurity Market
The top 10 cybersecurity firms to watch in 2019 reflect the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics and other technologies to help speed up cyber threat detection and response to such threats, Forbes reported Sunday.
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Northrop, Raytheon to Integrate Hypersonic Missile Tech for Air Force, DARPA; Mike Kahn Quoted
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have agreed to extend joint technology integration activities to support the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program.
Lockheed Completes Radar Tech Demonstration for Army LTAMDS Program
Lockheed Martin conducted a series of exercises to demonstrate how its radar platform will meet the U.S. Army’s requirements for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor during the service’s “sense-off†at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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Jarrod Agen to Join Lockheed as Communications VP
Jarrod Agen, communications director of Vice President Mike Pence, is set to leave his post at the White House by the end of June to join Lockheed Martin as VP for communications, The Washington Post reported Monday.
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Lockheed Prepares New USAF Communications Satellite for Launch
Lockheed Martin is set to launch the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite for the U.S. Air Force aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Lockheed, Air Force Test Hypersonic Weapon Tech
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force demonstrated an air-launched rapid response weapon on a military bomber aircraft during a captive carry test held last week at Edwards AF Base in California. The AGM-183A ARRW technology was tested with the B-52 Stratofortress aircraft and will undergo additional ground and flight tests over the next three years, the company said Monday.
Lockheed Reaches New Delivery Milestone for F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 500th unit of its electro-optical targeting system, which utilizes infrared technology capable of tracking air or ground targets and was designed for the F-35 aircraft.
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Northrop to Produce Munition Built-In Tester for Air Force
Northrop Grumman's innovation systems sector has secured a potential three-year, $38.9M contract to produce built-in testing systems for U.S. Air Force munitions. The company will deliver common munition built-In-tester reprogramming equipment units including AN/GYQ-79A CMBRE Plus, ADU-890/E, ADU-891-(V) 1/E and ADU-891-(V) 3/E, the Department of Defense said Monday.
Cray, DOE Lab to Develop Exabyte Computer Storage Platform
Cray and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed a $50M agreement to produce an exabyte file storage for a supercomputing machine as part of a $600M project unveiled in May. The company said Monday it will integrate the ClusterStor technology into the Frontier computer being developed for ORNL.
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Lockheed Plans Tech Updates for Lot 15 F-35 Production
Lockheed Martin wants to update the communications, fuel tank and weapons systems of the F-35 aircraft, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.