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Auburn University has partnered with Mitre to carry out a training program for unmanned aerial system operators, Tech Alabama reported Tuesday. Travis Leder writes Mitre will help the university’s UAS flight school to familiarize itself with drone-related regulations established by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Additionally, Mitre and the University of Virginia have collaborated to build […] More
Barbara Humpton has explained her primary goal as the next CEO of Siemens Government Technologies — the German conglomerate’s U.S. federal arm — in an interview with the Washington Business Journal published Thursday. “My whole job is going to be focused on working across all of Siemens divisions to make sure that we bring their […] More
Raytheon plans to expand its presence in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after the company won a potential $700 million contract to support North American Aerospace Defense Command operations at the U.S. Air Force‘s Cheyenne Mountain base. The company said Wednesday it will open a new office in the city and hire as many as 700 employees […] More
Insitu has flown a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft in the Pacific Northwest region to monitor the Olympic National Park wildfire. Fire officials used Insitu’s motion imagery software to determine the fire’s perimeter and assess water drop locations as part of that demonstration, Insitu said Tuesday. “This and other planned unmanned aircraft systems demonstrations will serve to guide our policies, procedures and […] More
A report from Semiconductor Research Corporation and Semiconductor Industry Association says the U.S. needs to boost investments in information technology research with an emphasis on future Internet-of-Things and big data usage. SIA and SRC said Tuesday those investments should go through the National Computing and Insight Technologies Ecosystem program, a research initiative between the government and industry partners to promote technological advancements […] More
NASA has agreed to collaborate with hover engines manufacturer Arx Pax to develop a device that will work to capture, control and maneuver small satellites and other space objects from a distance through a magnetic tether. Arx Pax said Wednesday it will use its Magnetic Field Architecture platform to develop the tool under a Space Act […] More
Phacil has secured a task order from the U.S. Army’s Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management to provide information technology support services for the Headquarters Installation Information System. The service branch uses HQISS as a data repository for its real property, bases, enclaves, sites and installations, Phacil said Wednesday. Phacil will […] More
Lockheed Martin will conduct final decontamination, post-flight analysis and acoustic technology tests on the NASA Orion spacecraft that flew on a space mission last year. The space agency said Tuesday it has delivered the crew module from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Lockheed’s facility in Colorado for the activities. According to Lockheed, its tests on the Direct Field Acoustic technology aim determine […] More
Boeing and European defense group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have partnered to pursue business opportunities in the Polish Armed Forces’ technical modernization plan. Boeing and PGZ member companies will collaborate to maintain defense systems, combine Polish systems with Boeing technologies, integrate PGZ companies into Boeing’s supply chain, and conduct defense research and development activities under the […] More
Randall Fort, director of programs security at Raytheon, has told Federal News Radio defense contractors have started to increase their research investments in three-dimensional printing platforms due to potential benefits that such technologies offer. “There will be staggering efficiencies that will come about which will mean government contractors will be able to deliver more value […] More
IBC Advanced Alloys has received a $2 million order from Lockheed Martin to supply parts for the F-35 Lightning II electro-optical targeting system. IBC will produce EOTS housing for new planes after the company completed low rate initial production Lot 7 and Lot 8 on July 13, IBC said Tuesday. The new purchase order is scheduled for delivery in September and “continues our […] More
A new Blue Coat Systems survey has advised government agencies and commercial enterprises to safeguard their computer networks from 10 top-level domain names used by dubious websites, GCN reported Wednesday. The company analyzed websites requested by 75 million users worldwide and found that .zip and .review emerged as the top two domains where 100 percent of […] More
