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  • DRS, NASA Goddard Scientist Develop Mid-Infrared Detector for Remote Sensing
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    DRS, NASA Goddard Scientist Develop Mid-Infrared Detector for Remote Sensing

    DRS Technologies and NASA have jointly developed a photon-counting mid-infrared detector that works to support remote-sensing applications in spaceflight and have been integrated into two new aircraft instruments. The space agency said Tuesday Goddard Space Flight Center scientist Xiaoli Sun worked with DRS to develop what NASA calls a “first-of-its-kind” detector, which is made of the mercury cadmium telluride alloy or HgCdTe. […] More

  • MIT to Work on USAF Transparent Computing Program Against APTs
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    MIT to Work on USAF Transparent Computing Program Against APTs

    The U.S. Air Force has selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a new way to catch advanced persistent threats inside a network under a $7.1 million Air Force Research Laboratory contract, Defense Systems reported Tuesday. Kevin McCaney writes that the service tasked MIT to apply transparent computing technology to help IT personnel tag and track network activities, as […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, GPS Source Fit GPS Receiver in Defense Device; Mike Jones Comments
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    Rockwell Collins, GPS Source Fit GPS Receiver in Defense Device; Mike Jones Comments

    Rockwell Collins and GPS Source have test-fitted a global positioning system receiver card in a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver Distributed Device. The military-code ground-based GPS receiver application module is designed to track and navigate with the C/A, Y and M-code, Rockwell Collins said June 22. “This demonstration paves the way for the D3 to incorporate the […] More

  • Boeing-Embraer Alliance to Conduct Environmental Flight Tests; Marc Allen, Frederico Curado Comment
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    Boeing-Embraer Alliance to Conduct Environmental Flight Tests; Marc Allen, Frederico Curado Comment

    Boeing has expanded a partnership with Embraer to test new aircraft technologies designed to help minimize the environmental impact of aviation. The U.S. aerospace firm said Tuesday it has tried more than 50 green platforms on 737, 787 and 757 commercial airplanes through the company’s ecoDemonstrator Program. Boeing and Embraer plan to conduct environmental flight […] More

  • Arkansas Insurance Marketplace Picks CSG to Assess Health Options Implementation; Robin Chacon Comments
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    Arkansas Insurance Marketplace Picks CSG to Assess Health Options Implementation; Robin Chacon Comments

    The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace’s board of directors has chosen CSG Government Solutions to assess how the organization implements its small business health options program. CSG will perform independent verification and validation services both on AHIM’s technology implementation for the program and its compliance with the Affordable Care Act, CSG said Tuesday. “By leveraging our IV&V […] More

  • McKinsey: Internet of Things-Based Systems to Spur $11T Economic Impact By 2025
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    McKinsey: Internet of Things-Based Systems to Spur $11T Economic Impact By 2025

    A new McKinsey & Co. report projects the total economic impact of Internet-connected devices to fall somewhere between $3.9 trillion and $11.1 trillion by 2025. The June 2015 report said technological innovations, investments in talent and adoption of new business models are the trends that will drive the potential of Internet of Things-based platforms. McKinsey cited transportation, cities, retail […] More

  • Sam Gordy: Leidos to Help Maintain Army’s Asset Tracking System
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    Sam Gordy: Leidos to Help Maintain Army’s Asset Tracking System

    Leidos has been awarded a potential three-year, $10 million task order to help the U.S. Army maintain and operate a system designed to track military equipment. The company said Tuesday it will support the Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced platform in collaboration with the Army Communications Electronic Command’s Software Engineering Center. “We look forward to […] More

  • CACI Wins Army Systems Engineering Contract; Ken Asbury, John Mengucci Comment
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    CACI Wins Army Systems Engineering Contract; Ken Asbury, John Mengucci Comment

    CACI International has won a contract from the U.S. Army to provide systems engineering services for the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Flight Activity unit. The contract “broadens CACI’s reach into the [command, communications, control, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] market,” Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 […] More

  • Crunchy Data Solutions Unveils Open Source Database System; Bob Laurence Comments
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    Crunchy Data Solutions Unveils Open Source Database System; Bob Laurence Comments

    Crunchy Data Solutions has launched a new open source database system to help government clients meet relational database requirements for a computer facility. The MLS PostgreSQL database builds on the existing PostgreSQL system and is designed to integrate with Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux 6.5+ SELinux functionality, Crunchy said Thursday. Crunchy CEO Bob Laurence said the […] More

  • 5 Named to U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame
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    5 Named to U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame

    U.S. News & World Report has selected this year’s STEM Leadership Hall of Fame award honorees, citing their leadership in education and workforce development programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The Hall of Fame inductees are: Craig Barrett, retired chairman and CEO of Intel Eduardo Padron, president of Miami Dade College Maria Klawe, president of Harvey […] More

  • CTC Backs Student Essay Contest in Pennsylvania; Ed Sheehan Comments
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    CTC Backs Student Essay Contest in Pennsylvania; Ed Sheehan Comments

    The Concurrent Technologies Corp. Foundation has awarded cash prizes to the winners of the annual Great Americans Day Essay Contest for students around the Johnstown, Pennsylvania. CTC said Tuesday the competition received more than two dozen essays about U.S. cowboy and actor Will Rogers, who was highlighted during the University of Pittsburgh’s Great Americans Day […] More

  • DoD Picks 7 New National Security Research Fellows
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    DoD Picks 7 New National Security Research Fellows

    The U.S. Defense Department will award seven university researchers up to $3 million in grants each as part of the agency’s 2015 National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows program. DoD said Thursday the fellows will perform basic science and engineering research work for up to five years with the goal of helping the department […] More