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Accenture’s Ryan Oakes: Agencies Need Post-Pandemic Approach to Automation, Service Accessibility
Ryan Oakes, senior managing director for strategy and consulting for Accenture’s global public service segment, has said that agencies should consider implementing permanent approaches to access management in a post-pandemic environment.
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Virgin Orbit Eyes December Flight for LauncherOne Rocket’s 2nd Mission
Virgin Orbit plans to conduct the second flight of its LauncherOne small rocket in late December as part of a mission to send NASA cube satellites to orbit, SpaceNews reported Friday.
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Vertex Aerospace Wins $66M Air Force Base Supply Contract for T-1A Aircraft
Vertex Aerospace will operate and maintain base supplies for 178 T-1A Jayhawk jet trainers used by the Air Education and Training Command under a $65.6M contract from the U.S. Air Force.
SpaceX to Perform 21st ISS Cargo Resupply Mission for NASA
SpaceX is slated to launch an updated Dragon space vehicle aboard the Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 5 to the International Space Station as part of NASA's 21st Commercial Resupply Services mission.
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Scott Stapp Promoted to Northrop CTO
Scott Stapp, former vice president of resiliency and rapid prototyping within Northrop Grumman's space systems sector, has been promoted to chief technology officer. Stapp will report to Kathy Warden, chairman, CEO and president of Northrop and five-time Wash100 Award recipient.
Johns Hopkins APL Helps Equip DART Spacecraft With NASA-Made Propulsion Tech
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has incorporated a propulsion technology built by NASA into a spacecraft designed to support the agency's demonstration of its first planetary defense capability.
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Gilat Subsidiary to Deliver Ka-Band Block Upconverter for Military Comms Program
Gilat Satellite Networks' Wavestream subsidiary has secured a delivery order of an undisclosed sum to provide a high-power 50-watt Ka-band block upconverter in support of a U.S. military communications program.
NAVAIR Seeks Ideas for Digital Transformation Pursuit
Naval Air Systems Command is searching for technologies that could support its plans to pursue digital transformation, as well as address its related challenges and meet technology need. NAVAIR said Monday in a SAM notice it seeks white papers on projects that align with the command's digital modernization plan.
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Marine Vet John Coleman Named to LocatorX Advisory Board
John Coleman, formerly chief of staff for the 1st Marines Expeditionary Force, has joined tracking technology company LocatorX's advisory board. Coleman will contribute to company's board his more than 40 years of experience from both military and commercial sectors, LocatorX said Tuesday.
TIAG-Google Partnership Aims to Bolster Cloud Integration Services
TIAG and Google Cloud have partnered to develop and provide services that address customers' cloud integration requirements. The partnership will allow TIAG to use Google's cloud platform and network to help customers integrate and consolidate cloud assets, TIAG said Wednesday.