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Concurrent Technologies Corp. will help Science Applications International Corp. design and produce two armored reconnaissance vehicle hulls under a $1.2M contract.

AeroVironment has completed the initial flight of a solar-powered unmanned aircraft system under a partnership with Japanese company SoftBank.

LMI has received a $65M contract to provide strategic support to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ shared savings program.

Expanse announced on Tuesday that retired U.S. Navy Adm. James "Sandy" Winnefeld has joined the company’s advisory board. He will advise on Expanse’s national security business, as well as its positioning for C-suites and boards.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled an initiative that seeks to further the capacities of medium and large format midwave and longwave infrared detectors.

An Alaska-based facility of the Missile Defense Agency has received an initial Lockheed Martin-developed radar panel for an MDA-led program.

Raytheon has handed over to the U.S. Navy an airborne electronic attack weapon system that is slated for ground tests and integration onto the EA-18G Growler aircraft.

Google's DeepMind business and the Department of Veterans Affairs have developed a machine learning-based application that works to predict early symptoms of kidney failure. A study published in the journal Nature found that the AI model could help clinicians spot acute kidney injury in patients up to two days in advance and could potentially mitigate the need for serious medical procedures like dialysis or a kidney transplant, VA said Wednesday.

Amazon Web Services has recognized Fred Bisel, the founder and lead of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Center Atlantic’s Cyber Education and Certification Readiness Facility, as a member of its inaugural AWS Educate Cloud Ambassador Program.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2019 — VMware’s (Nasdaq: VMW) Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at the company’s public sector division, believes agencies that aim for employee mobility can benefit from utilizing information technology and associated security policies, GovCon Wire reported July 17.

Altamira Technologies Corp. announced on Wednesday that the company has been acquired by an investor group led by ClearSky. The terms of the acquisition haven’t been revealed. 

Tyto Athene announced on Tuesday that Kevin McLaughlin, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has been appointed to the company’s executive advisory board. He joins Tyto Athene to assist in the growth of the company’s Department of Defense and cyber strategies.

Parsons has secured a new International Organization for Standardization certification in validation of the firm’s commitment to meeting security standards.

BEI Precision Systems and Space Company has delivered an encoder/motor assembly for an infrared imaging radiometer payload developed by Raytheon.