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Appian, Smartronix Partner on Application Dev’t Managed Service in Gov’t Cloud Platforms
Appian and Smartronix have partnered to offer cloud-based business application development software as a managed service to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
Air Force Materiel Command Releases Market Survey for Product Data Support Services
The Air Force Materiel Command is conducting market research into technical service offerings for product data systems and processes.
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Charles River Analytics to Develop Aerial Refueling Mission Toolkit for Navy
Charles River Analytics has received a contract extension from the U.S. Navy to continue developing a multimodal toolkit designed to offer pilot spatial perception during aerial refueling missions.Â
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Report: ULA, NASA Plan to Demo Low-Earth Orbit Heat Shield by 2021
NASA and United Launch Alliance have agreed to send an inflatable heat shield in low Earth orbit by 2021 or 2022 to test the potential of such technology to support engine retrieval and cargo delivery missions, SpaceFlight Now reported Monday.
DoD Sets June 22 Launch Date for Space Tech Demo Mission on SpaceX-Built Rocket
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to lift off June 22 to send 24 payloads into space as part of a Department of Defense-led program that seeks to demonstrate interagency science and technology experiments.
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Military Times Recognizes Leidos for Veteran Employment, Support Initiatives
Leidos ranked 16th among 113 for-profit companies on this year's Military Times Best for Vets Employer List. The science and technology firm said Monday that 2019 marks the sixth straight year it has appeared on the list, which evaluates for-profit, non-profit and government organizations based on "their support, recruitment, and care for military veterans, service members, and their families."
Marine Corps, Northrop Complete Initial Operational Test & Evaluation for AESA Radar System
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed an initial operational test and evaluation of an active electronically scanned array radar designed to provide a 360-degree area coverage for warfighters to detect and counter threats.
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Carahsoft to Offer Rosoka Software’s Entity Extraction Tools to Agencies
Carahsoft Technology has partnered with Rosoka Software to offer the latter’s entity extraction products to federal agencies as well as the former’s reseller network for activities such as automated identification, predictive analysis and behavior assessment.
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John Forte Promoted to Lead Johns Hopkins APL Homeland Protection Mission Area
John Forte, who has worked at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory since 2010, has taken a new role as APL's mission area executive for homeland protection. He will lead the development of technology platforms designed to protect the country from asymmetric threats, APL said Monday.