David Ehrlich, who formerly managed digital platforms at Accenture‘s federal subsidiary, has been appointed vice president of growth solutions at McLean-Virginia-based information technology company CollabraLink. “As the federal government is on the cusp of a major digital transformation, CollabraLink has an opportunity to be an impactful partner and changemaker. I am excited to be a […] More

Kate Ehrle, formerly director of sales and business development at Cask Government Services, has been elevated to the position of president.

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The U.S. Air Force and HRL Laboratories have entered an agreement to test materials produced through additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional printing, for potential future use in hypersonic aircraft. Scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory tested silicon oxycarbide materials that HRL manufactured using 3D printing technology and pre-ceramic resin chemistry, the Defense Logistics Agency said Wednesday. The Cooperative Research […] More

HRL Laboratories and the University of Michigan have received contracts from the Department of Homeland Security respectively worth $2.5 million and $1.2 million to develop cybersecurity tools for government- and privately-owned vehicles. The HRL team led by David Payton will develop a physical disturbance detection system in order to raise an early warning signal when an […] More

Northrop Grumman, United Technologies Corp.‘s research center and HRL Laboratories have received contracts to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop user authentication platforms for mobile devices, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Greg Otto writes DHS awarded $2.2 million to HRL, $1.7 million to Northrop and $790,000 to United Technologies Research Center. Northrop will develop a machine learning-based […] More

NASA has chosen Dynetics, HRL Laboratories and Orbital ATK to develop and build ultra-lightweight materials in support of efforts to reduce the mass of future spacecraft for deep-space missions by 40 percent. The agency said Tuesday the companies will work to manufacture ULW core panels that are 12-by-12-by-1-inch in size as part of the 13-month, $550,000 awards for the first phase […] More

David Buemi serves as vice president of federal energy solutions at Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. where he leads the firm’s marketing and government markets group. Buemi has held executive management positions over 28 years in the clean energy, information technology and consumer products industries and has worked in the photovoltaics industry since 1999. At Gehrlicher, […] More

The Department of Energy has awarded $40 million in total to 15 projects focused on developing energy-efficient cooling systems for facilities that house computers, servers and other computing infrastructure. The projects were chosen as part of the Biden administration’s goal to reduce the carbon footprint of critical infrastructure, DOE said Tuesday. Data centers are responsible […] More

Paul Kaminski, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran and former acquisition chief at the Department of Defense, has joined the federal advisory board of geospatial collaboration software provider Immersive Wisdom.

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Several companies and universities have teamed up to develop mathematical approaches and tools for incorporating data-based machine learning algorithms into cyber physical systems as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at ensuring the safety of autonomous technology.

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IronNet Cybersecurity has expanded the features of its IronDefense network traffic analysis platform to enable Amazon Web Services users to replicate Amazon Virtual Private Cloud traffic and trasmit the data to the NTA tool for behavioral analysis.

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Boeing’s Aviall subsidiary has joined an industry team to help transition the Bronco II aircraft to the U.S. market. Boeing said Tuesday Aviall will work with Paramount Group, Aerospace Development and Fulcrum Concepts through the Bronco Combat Systems team. Bronco II is a two-person aircraft designed to support command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and […] More