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  • Symantec Launches AI-Based Cyber Defense Tool for Critical Infrastructure
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    Symantec Launches AI-Based Cyber Defense Tool for Critical Infrastructure

    Symantec has unveiled an artificial intelligence-based platform built to protect industrial control systems and other critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. The company said Wednesday its Industrial Control System Protection Neural is designed to screen USB devices to safeguard operational technology environments and internet of things-based devices from malware, zero-day attacks and other cyber threats. “Behind the […] More

  • Sehlke, UiPath Form New Center to Back DoD Financial Mgmt via Robotic Process Automation
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    Sehlke, UiPath Form New Center to Back DoD Financial Mgmt via Robotic Process Automation

    Sehlke Consulting and UiPath have teamed up to establish a center that seeks to meet the financial management needs of the Department of Defense through the use of robotic process automation. The Financial Management Robotic Operating Center of Excellence will serve as a “think tank” to advance the development and testing of robotic systems in […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 16th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission
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    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 16th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off Wednesday aboard its Falcon 9 rocket to bring over 5.6K pounds of supplies and research payloads to the International Space Station. The launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks the company’s 16th mission to ISS under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services contract, the agency said Thursday. Dragon carried the Global Ecosystem Dynamics […] More

  • David Albritton Promoted to General Motors Defense President
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    David Albritton Promoted to General Motors Defense President

    David Albritton, formerly executive director of product development and international communications at General Motors, has been promoted to president of the automotive company’s defense business, PR Week reported Wednesday. Albritton said he will focus on efforts to assess GM Defense operations and develop a strategy for the group to engage with stakeholders at the Pentagon […] More

  • Charles River Analytics VP Talks Robotic Swarms for National Security Mission
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    Charles River Analytics VP Talks Robotic Swarms for National Security Mission

    Mike Farry, principal scientist and vice president for socio-cognitive systems at Charles River Analytics, has said drone swarm technology offers new research opportunities related to human-machine collaboration. He delivered a presentation about the Swarm Algorithms and Tactics for Urban Reconnaissance and Isolation project and similar efforts during a recent workshop held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln […] More

  • ULA Delta IV Heavy Rocket to Launch NRO National Defense Mission Friday
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    ULA Delta IV Heavy Rocket to Launch NRO National Defense Mission Friday

    United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch a new National Reconnaissance Office payload Friday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket. The NROL-71 mission will take off at 11:19 p.m. Eastern time as part of the agency’s national defense efforts, ULA said Wednesday. Delta IV Heavy is designed to carry more than 14,000 pounds of […] More

  • Export-Import Bank Taps Four Companies for Aircraft Inspection IDIQ
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    Export-Import Bank Taps Four Companies for Aircraft Inspection IDIQ

    The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. has selected four companies to provide scheduled and unscheduled aircraft inspection services under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Avitas, IBA, ICF and McLarens are the awardees for the multiple-award contract, the export credit agency said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The IDIQ contains a minimum guaranteed amount of $1K and a ceiling […] More

  • Serco VP Karen Shields Receives FedHealthIT Award; Dave Dacquino Quoted
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    Serco VP Karen Shields Receives FedHealthIT Award; Dave Dacquino Quoted

    Karen Shields, vice president of health services at Serco‘s North American arm, has been selected for the FedHealthIT 100 list of prominent individuals in the federal health information technology industry. She oversees Serco Inc.‘s business processing, consulting and operational service offerings for federal, state and local government health care programs, the company said Wednesday. Shields joined the Herndon, […] More

  • Intel Supports Bridge Inspections With Drone Technology
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    Intel Supports Bridge Inspections With Drone Technology

    Intel has been using automated drone technology to support inspections of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge and Stone Arch Bridge in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The company said Wednesday it worked with KYTC and engineering firm Michael Baker International to inspect the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which connects […] More

  • Collins Aerospace Plans New Manufacturing Hub in Florida
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    Collins Aerospace Plans New Manufacturing Hub in Florida

    Collins Aerospace, the combined firm of Rockwell Collins and United Technologies Corp.‘s aerospace systems business, has proposed leasing a facility in North Jacksonville, Fla., to manufacture polyurethane-based components for military use, Jax Daily Record reported Wednesday. The report said the new company is requesting $1.64M in tax incentives as part of its business expansion proposal, which includes […] More

  • Srini Mirmira Promoted to Blue Ridge Networks President
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    Srini Mirmira Promoted to Blue Ridge Networks President

    Srini Mirmira, formerly senior vice president of cybersecurity solutions at Blue Ridge Networks, has been promoted to president of the Chantilly, Va.-based company. He will efforts to implement a corporate strategy, establish strategic partnerships across vertical markets and expand cybersecurity services in his new position, Blue Ridge said Wednesday. John Higginbotham, CEO of Blue Ridge, said he […] More