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Accenture Federal Servicesâ€™ Dominic Delmolino: Artificial Intelligence Should Serve as â€˜Assistiveâ€™ Tools

Dominic Delmolino, chief technology officer ofÂ Accentureâ€™s federal services business, has said agencies should deploy artificial intelligence systems as â€œsubservient or assistiveâ€ tools as they decide on veterans benefits, vendor invoices, disputes and other matters, Federal News Network reported Monday. Delmolino noted that potential AI users should watch out for the possibility of bias in an […] More

by Jane Edwards October 23, 2018, 9:16 am
in News, Space News

Vector Partners With USAF for Launch System R&D Efforts

Vector and the U.S. Air Force Space Command and Missile Systems Center will jointly engage in research and development on launch services under a new partnership. The company said Tuesday it will work to address the Air Force’s launch technology and mission needs under a new cooperative research and development agreement with SMC’s Space Superiority […] More

by Nichols Martin October 23, 2018, 7:20 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Raytheon Intros Cyber Education Program in Kuwait, U.K.; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

RaytheonÂ has expanded the geographic coverage of its cyber education and training initiatives to the U.K. and Kuwait. The company said MondayÂ it partnered with Kuwait University, Lancaster University and University of Gloucestershire to conduct workshops aimed at providing students with hands-on experience to recognize and counter network security threats through the Cyber Academy program. “The cyber […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 23, 2018, 6:51 am
in Industry News, News

Engility Books State Dept. Logistics Training Support Order; Scott Whatmough Quoted

EngilityÂ will provide logistics training services to support the State Departmentâ€™s Africa Peacekeeping ProgramÂ underÂ a $12.2M task order awarded through theÂ AFRICAP IIIÂ contract vehicle. The task order covers operations, maintenance,Â quartermaster and technical training efforts inÂ theÂ Central African Republic, Engility said Monday. AFRICAP III, which the company secured a spot on last year, has a ceiling value of $1.5B. […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 23, 2018, 6:15 am
in Industry News, News

Trump Talks Military Modernization at Defense Roundtable; Marillyn Hewson, Dennis Muilenburg Quoted

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. must continue to invest and build up the military in order to maintain the countryâ€™s competitive edge against potential adversaries. â€œWeâ€™ve secured record funding for the armed forces,â€ he said Friday during the Defense Roundtable at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. â€œThe funds will support new fighter […] More

by Jane Edwards October 23, 2018, 5:29 am
in Industry News, News

Mitre Names Robert Work to Visiting Fellows Program; Bill LaPlante Quoted

Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, has joined Mitreâ€™s Visiting Fellows Program to offer advice on critical national issues. Bill LaPlante, senior vice president for Mitreâ€™s national security sector, said in a statement published Monday Work brings decades of experience and knowledge to the nonprofit companyâ€™s national security sector as it works […] More

by Jane Edwards October 23, 2018, 5:28 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Kathryn Condello: CenturyLink Aims to Address Cyber Threats via Public-Private Partnerships

Kathryn Condello, senior director for national security and emergency preparedness at CenturyLink, has discussed how the company works to mitigate cyber risks through public-private partnerships. Condello wrote in a blog post published Monday that representatives from the communications, power and financial services sectors have drafted a joint response plan in the event of a cyber […] More

by Jane Edwards October 23, 2018, 5:27 am
in Government Technology, News

NASA to Evaluate Supersonic X-Plane Model in Wind Tunnel

NASA will perform on Thursday, Oct. 25, wind-tunnel tests of a small-scale model of a supersonic aircraft at the agencyâ€™s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. Langley engineers will test an eight-percent scale model of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane to gather data needed to build up the control systems for the aircraft, NASA […] More

by Jane Edwards October 23, 2018, 5:26 am
in News, Products & Service

USSOCOM Taps General Atomics to Deliver Lithium-Ion Fault Tolerant Battery

General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a contract to develop and provide a battery system that would power propulsion units of the U.S. Special Operations Command’s underwater vehicles. The company said Monday it will work to develop Lithium-Ion Fault Tolerant prototype batteries for integration and testing with these vehicles that work to transport USSOCOM […] More

by Nichols Martin October 23, 2018, 5:08 am
in Government Technology, News

C-Band Alliance Submits Updated Proposal for Mid-Band Spectrum Clearing Process

A consortium of satellite operators has proposed obligating up to 200 megahertz of C-band spectrum to support the deployment of 5G terrestrial services in the U.S. Intelsat said Monday the updated proposal is an 80 percent increase from theÂ C-Band Alliance’s original planÂ to repurpose a portion of the 3.7K to 4.2K MHz frequency band in the […] More

by Monica Jackson October 23, 2018, 4:47 am
in News, Products & Service

Gerard Hueber: Raytheon Expands Missile Defense Portfolio, Dev’t Process for Navy

Gerard Hueber, vice president of business development for naval and area mission defense at Raytheon, has said the company has modernized its product development and sustainment processes for missile defense systems, Navy Recognition reported Monday. Hueber noted in an interview that Raytheon is adding new technologies such as active guidance systems in its product portfolio […] More

by Monica Jackson October 23, 2018, 4:25 am
in News, Products & Service

CTC-Led Structural Health Monitoring System Receives Approval for DoD Implementation

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the results of a Concurrent Technologies Corp.-led project aiming to develop a system that would monitor the structural health of steel truss bridges. The company said Monday its structural health monitoring system has received the U.S. Army‘s recommendation for use with bridges significant to the operations of […] More

by Nichols Martin October 23, 2018, 4:00 am