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Collaborative Initiatives Define Amentum’s Strategy for the Future, Says VP Seth Eaton

Engineering and project management contractor Amentum ended 2023 with a number of notable accomplishments. Its team is particularly excited about the establishment of a technology council composed of the organization’s foremost technical minds. “The Council is the connective tissue for technology across Amentum,” Vice President of Technology Innovation Seth Eaton told ExecutiveBiz.

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by Charles Lyons-Burt January 23, 2024, 10:47 am
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Leidos, US Army DEVCOM Demo Mobile Technology to Counter Small UAS Threats

Leidos' Advanced Multilayered Mobile Force Protection technology was able to track and identify all threats despite clutter in a demonstration of its counter – small unmanned aerial system. The company announced Monday that it achieved its objectives in a simulation conducted in partnership with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center.

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by Jamie Bennet January 23, 2024, 10:29 am
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Georgia Air National Guard Receives 1st Lockheed-Built Super Hercules Tactical Airlifter

Lockheed Martin handed over the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules military transport aircraft to the Georgia Air National Guard during a ceremony held Monday. The 165th Airlift Wing in Savannah, Georgia, is set to receive a total of eight Super Hercules aircraft to support tactical and strategic airlift mission requirements, the company said Monday.

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by Jane Edwards January 23, 2024, 10:28 am
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Peraton Relocating West Lafayette Innovation Center to Purdue Applied Research Institute

Peraton will relocate its West Lafayette Research and Innovation Center from its current location in West Lafayette, Indiana, to a new space at the Purdue Applied Research Institute to expand research in support of national security missions. Chris Valentino, chief innovation officer at Peraton, heads the center, which operates under the Peraton Strategic Innovation Group to carry out applied research and development in areas such as cyber, quantum technologies, network virtualization and critical infrastructure protection, Peraton said Monday.

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by Naomi Cooper January 23, 2024, 10:03 am
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NAC, ACMI Federal Partner With Naval Center to Enhance Chemicals, Energetics Production

The National Armaments Consortium and ACMI Federal are partnering with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division to advance the production of critical chemicals and energetic materials in the U.S. through a collaborative research and development agreement. Under the CRADA, NAC said Monday the team will develop innovative small-scale pilot processing methods and solid propulsion technologies for the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense.

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by Kacey Roberts January 23, 2024, 9:29 am
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CBP Places Additional Orders for Auterion Unmanned ISR Systems Under Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program

The government solutions business of open architecture drone software developer Auterion will provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with additional unmanned vertical take-off and landing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems under the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program. Auterion Government Solutions said Friday that it had already delivered an initial batch of unmanned ISR systems to CBP in 2023 for operational evaluation and assessment as part of CSOP and that the new systems are to be delivered as part of an option under the same program, which CBP exercised following a successful pilot testing.

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by Jerry Petersen January 23, 2024, 9:17 am
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Sierra Space Tests Full-Scale Inflatable Space Station Structure

Sierra Space has built and tested a full-scale version of an inflatable structure at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center as part of its efforts to develop commercial space stations. The company said Monday the ultimate burst pressure test was focused on the Large Integrated Flexible Environment habitat's restraint layer developed in partnership with ILC Dover.

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by Naomi Cooper January 23, 2024, 9:16 am
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Artificial Intelligence Company EMPEQ Receives Investment From Leonid Capital Partners

Leonid Capital Partners has made an investment in EMPEQ, the developer of a platform that works to identify military equipment parts and defective components using computer vision and artificial intelligence. Leonid said Monday that the funding facility aligns with EMPEQ's Air Force Direct to Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract.

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by Aidan Daly January 23, 2024, 9:04 am
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New Navy Customer Selects Decision Lens Software for Enhanced Resource Prioritization

Navy Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Operational Energy has selected the planning software offered by Arlington, Virginia-based Decision Lens to improve the collection of requirements, prioritization and the allocation of resources. Decision Lens said Friday that its planning software, which is already being used by various other U.S. Navy customers, will help RDT&E OE with resource prioritization by making decision-making more agile and data-driven.

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by Aidan Daly January 22, 2024, 11:21 am
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ManTech Sharpens Focus on Data & AI Services With New Business Unit; Brandy Durham Quoted

ManTech has established a new business unit dedicated to data and artificial intelligence. The Data Analytics and AI Solutions Practice will be headed by Vice President Brandy Durham and will provide federal agencies with consulting, engineering services and technology accelerators in these areas, the Herndon, Virginia-based company announced on Monday.

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by Ireland Degges January 22, 2024, 11:15 am
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Kiran Rathod Appointed Chief Technology Officer at Connected Logistics

Kiran Rathod, an experienced business and technology executive, has joined Connected Logistics and its joint venture, Canopy Health, to serve as chief technology officer, according to the business management consultant's LinkedIn post. As a member of the senior management team, Rathod will be responsible for providing both organizations with technical expertise to help ensure that tech offerings meet customer requirements.

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by Christine Thropp January 22, 2024, 10:15 am
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Amy Gilliland on GDIT’s Investment in Digital Engineering, Zero Trust Efforts

Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, said GDIT is ramping up its investments in digital engineering in 2024 driven by the interest of the Department of Defense and military services in the field. Gilliland, a six-time Wash100 awardee, told the publication in an interview that GDIT has witnessed a “demand from customers … to design programs in a digital engineering environment.”

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by Jane Edwards January 22, 2024, 10:12 am