Software manufacturer Permuta Technologies has released the software-as-a-service version of its DefenseReady human resources management solution on Microsoft's Azure cloud service for federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. DefenseReady Cloud is an artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered platform authorized to operate in a DOD Impact Level 5 environment, Permuta said Thursday.

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Juan Ramirez is one of the DoD Executives who supports the agency’s advancement in terms of 5G. Mr. Ramirez has been a successful leader in implementing various technological programs within the department.   Learn more about Juan Ramirez’s journey in the defense industry. Catch him as he joins the 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit panelists. […] More

Parsons Corporation has secured a task order with a ceiling value of $28 million for Battlespace Command and Control Center integration under the Air-Base Air-Defense contract it was awarded in 2021. The task order, which has a base year and two option periods, involves the procurement, integration and testing of a multi-source correlator tracker software system; the provision of training for that system; and the integration of battlespace awareness and air defense capabilities, Parsons said Thursday.

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QuSecure has received a contract from the U.S. Department of the Air Force’s AFWERX program. Under the award, QuSecure will provide QuProtect, a post-quantum software-based security product, for the DAF, the San Mateo, California-based company announced on Thursday.

The Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit will feature numerous defense technology experts, including Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu, who will consider the potential of emerging technologies for national defense. To learn more and register to attend the event, click here.

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Ben Wolff will become president and CEO of Sarcos Technology and Robotics again on Feb. 23, following the company's focus shift to commercializing its robotic artificial intelligence and machine learning software platform. The executive, who co-founded Sarcos in 2015 and held the CEO post until 2021, will replace Laura Peterson, who will remain on the board of directors and serve as executive vice chairman, the company said Wednesday.

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Philip Hover-Smoot, an aerospace and defense industry executive, has been appointed CEO of in-space observation service provider Scout Space. He succeeds Scout Space Co-Founder and CEO Eric Ingram, who will transition to the roles of chairman of the board and chief strategy officer, the company said Thursday.

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Red Hat has secured High Authority to Operate certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its enterprise Kubernetes container platform and predictive analytics service offering. The company said Thursday the authorization enables federal agencies to deploy and run Kubernetes-based applications on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS GovCloud and use Red Hat Insights to monitor and manage operations and security use cases for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on AWS GovCloud.

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Lockheed Martin will conduct in the spring a live-fire test meant to demonstrate the integration of the U.S. Army’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement with the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Combat System, Defense News reported Thursday. Tom Copeman, vice president of naval systems within Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said the company will use a ground-launched vertical launch platform for the upcoming test.

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CGI’s government business has secured an approval from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its Sunflower asset management cloud-based service to the public sector. Sunflower is a tool for agencies to manage their information technology assets as well as federal and personal properties more efficiently, using standardized software, CGI Federal said Thursday.

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Antoine Harden, former head of public sector for health care and life sciences at Google, has been named regional vice president of federal health care and federal civilian at Elastic, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. He joined the search and analytics engine provider following a nearly four-year career at Google, where he supported the mission objectives of federal civilian customers, including NASA and the Department of Energy.

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The U.S. Combat Air Force Distributed Training Center was able to complete its virtual training event with the help of Northrop Grumman's Distributed Mission Operations Network. Northrop Grumman announced Thursday that its DMON Argonne 24 team linked multiple F-22 and F-35 aircraft using a networked virtual aircraft simulator presenting a multi-domain threat scenario.

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JE Dunn Construction and SmithGroup, which worked with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory a decade ago for the construction of its Energy Systems Integration Facility, has once again partnered with the Department of Energy organization to design and build the Energy Materials and Processing at Scale laboratory. EMAP will, like ESIF, be situated at the South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado, and will house research capabilities meant to bring about materials and process innovations in numerous fields, including advanced manufacturing, energy storage, net-zero chemicals and industrial decarbonization, NREL said Tuesday.

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