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  • SRA to Develop New Machine Learning Approaches for US Air Force
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    SRA to Develop New Machine Learning Approaches for US Air Force

    A CSRA subsidiary has been awarded a $7.5 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop new approaches for analyses of the trust calibration process to facilitate human-machine collaborations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes SRA International will develop concepts to help aircraft pilots, intelligence analysts and maintenance technicians build trust with robots. The Air […] More

  • DCCA Receives CMS Business Intell Services Contract for Automated Plan Payment System
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    DCCA Receives CMS Business Intell Services Contract for Automated Plan Payment System

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded Data Computer Corporation of America a five-year, $13.8 million contract for business intelligence services in support of a CMS plan to update and expand the agency’s automated plan payment system. DCCA said Monday that it will analyze interfaces for CMS and aim to help the agency fulfill data analytics requirements […] More

  • Defense News: India Asks US Govt for 22 General Atomics-Built Predator UAVs
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    Defense News: India Asks US Govt for 22 General Atomics-Built Predator UAVs

    India has requested to acquire a batch of General Atomics-built Predator unmanned aerial vehicles through a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government, Defense News reported Monday. Vivek Raghuvanshi writes Indian government sent a letter of request to the U.S. on June 17 to procure 22 Predator UAVs in support of the former country’s naval forces. The […] More

  • Rear Adm. Charles Richard: Navy, Lockheed Start Torpedo Prototype Development Work
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    Rear Adm. Charles Richard: Navy, Lockheed Start Torpedo Prototype Development Work

    Rear Adm. Charles Richard, a U.S. Navy official, has said the service branch has begun development work on a prototype of a new Mk 48 torpedo version designed to target hostile weapons, submarines and ships at a longer range, Scout Warrior reported Monday. Richard, director of undersea warfare, told Scout Warrior reporter Kris Osborn in an interview the Navy […] More

  • FDA Seeks Info on COTS Quality Management Software Sources
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    FDA Seeks Info on COTS Quality Management Software Sources

    The Food and Drug Administration has sought information on potential industry sources that can provide a commercial off-the-shelf software platform designed to help FDA compile audits and assessments as well as detect and monitor preventive and corrective actions. FDA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the proposed Quality Management Information System should be designed to capture […] More

  • Avita Medical Receives Added BARDA Funds for Burn Treatment Product Development; Adam Kelliher Comments
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    Avita Medical Receives Added BARDA Funds for Burn Treatment Product Development; Adam Kelliher Comments

    Avita Medical has received $7.96 million in additional funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to continue efforts to launch a regenerative medicine product and obtain U.S. market approval. The company will use the new funds to help U.S. Burn Centers familiarize themselves with health economic models of ReCell’s usage and potential application in the treatment of burns, Avita […] More

  • DARPA Taps Industry for Battlefield Network Protocols, Algorithms
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    DARPA Taps Industry for Battlefield Network Protocols, Algorithms

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a project to explore new algorithms and protocols for physically dispersed computing infrastructure, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. According to the report by John Keller, DARPA aims to increase the performance of the U.S. military’s dispersed computing applications and networks through the Dispersed Computing initiative. Keller writes the program will work to […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls to Expand Newport News Steel Fabrication Hub; Pete Diakun Comments
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    Huntington Ingalls to Expand Newport News Steel Fabrication Hub; Pete Diakun Comments

    Newport News Industrial, a Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary, will add 52,000 square feet to its headquarters in Newport News, Virginia to support the heavy steel fabrication work for commercial nuclear power customers. HII said Monday the facility expansion will look to create 120 new jobs and additional parking to support a projected larger workforce. “We at Newport News Industrial […] More

  • DigitalGlobe-Esri Partnership Seeks to Expand Satellite Imagery Access
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    DigitalGlobe-Esri Partnership Seeks to Expand Satellite Imagery Access

    DigitalGlobe and Esri have reached an agreement to expand a world imagery map for  Esri customers as part of an effort to help connect users through geographic information systems. The companies aim to provide users of Esri’s ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Data Appliance products access to high-resolution satellite imagery via a multi-year subscription service, DigitalGlobe said Monday. DigitalGlobe […] More

  • Fedscoop: IARPA Solicits Information on DHS’ Biometric Systems Security
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    Fedscoop: IARPA Solicits Information on DHS’ Biometric Systems Security

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has released a broad agency announcement that seeks industry feedback on a project that aims to secure the Department of Homeland Security‘s biometric systems against threats, Fedscoop reported Monday. Kayla Nick-Kearney writes the Odin program will be fully launched in 2018 to find technologies that will work to protect DHS’ biometrics systems at ports and borders. Chris Boehnen, Odin program manager at IARPA, […] More

  • General Dynamics-Led Team Eyes Training Facility in Pursuit of Canada SAR Aircraft Contract
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    General Dynamics-Led Team Eyes Training Facility in Pursuit of Canada SAR Aircraft Contract

    A team comprising General Dynamics, DRS Technologies and Leonardo-Finmeccanica will build a training facility in Comox, British Columbia if the team wins a $3 billion contract to build search-and-rescue aircraft for Canada. Former Canadian Air Force chief Steve Lucas told a press conference that Team Spartan offers to construct a 73,000-square-foot building to serve as the location for the group’s […] More

  • Lockheed Demos Q-53 Radar’s UAS Counter, Tracking Functions
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    Lockheed Demos Q-53 Radar’s UAS Counter, Tracking Functions

    Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar’s unmanned aerial systems tracking and identification functions designed to support information relay to a command and control node. The company built Q-53 to detect, classify, track and locate indirect fire from enemies in 36o- and 90- degree modes, as well as deliver multi-mission radar functions through its rockets, […] More