Viasat has secured a four-year contract from Northrop Grumman to provide a company-built satellite system in support of a U.S. Air Force initiative that seeks to connect commercial space internet services for military users. As part of the deal, Viasat said Thursday it will supply its ViaSat-3 Satellite Communications Network to facilitate high-bandwidth satellite internet connectivity on existing aircraft or ground vehicles for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call 003 program.

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Textron Systems and General Dynamics' land systems division have been awarded contracts worth $22.7 million combined to design advanced reconnaissance vehicle prototypes equipped with a 30 mm medium-caliber autocannon for the U.S. Marine Corps. Under an $11.8 million contract, Textron will build an ARV-30 prototype vehicle at its facility in Hunt Valley, Maryland, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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Verizon Response Teams joined the U.S. Air Force, the Mississippi National Guard and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in PATRIOT 24, a training exercise meant to prepare participants to carry out rapid response work following natural disasters. During the exercise, participants trained for a variety of tasks, including search and rescue, chemical and radiological response and major debris removal, which were practiced amid multiple realistic crisis scenarios, like a hurricane-damaged hospital suffering from communication failure and a tornado-induced nuclear radiation leak, Verizon said Thursday.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' XQ-67A off-board sensing station completed its inaugural flight three weeks after the company conducted high-speed taxi trials of the drone with the U.S. Air Force Laboratory. GA-ASI announced that the test flight took place on Wednesday, validating the effectiveness of a common core chassis as the genus for constructing different aircraft variants.

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Invictus International Consulting has unveiled a strategic expansion plan to increase its presence in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as it seeks to strengthen its partnerships with defense and civilian agencies. The company said Thursday it plans to hire 65 to 130 new employees in the region over the next five to 10 years to help advance its offerings in areas such as cybersecurity, technology and intelligence.

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Portia Crowe, chief data strategist for defense and applied intelligence unit at Accenture Federal Services, said organizations looking to advance artificial intelligence-based network management should understand the devices, infrastructure and connections of the network and assess data flows and sources.

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Gary Wang, chief technology officer at DMI, said the Department of Defense should expand its 5G network infrastructure to harness the potential of artificial intelligence and internet of things-based devices.

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Alain Cohen is the President of the Communications Business for Ultra Intelligence & Communications. He is responsible for operating effective mission-critical communication systems in high-threat environments. Alain Cohen ensures the resilience of systems against threats like data breaches and jamming.    Here, we’ll delve into his professional background and contributions to advancing communication technologies in […] More

Zhenia Klevitsky is chief growth officer at the quickly evolving cBEYONData. She took time to sit down with ExecutiveBiz and walk us through the company’s immense offerings, enlighten us about some of its strategies and share her perspective from a quarter century in the business.

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The Department of Defense’s artificial intelligence office has put out a call for three new opportunities for industry collaboration. The requests for proposals were posted to Tradewinds earlier this month and all center upon responsible AI usage, said Dr. Matthew Johnson, senior technical advisor at the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.

Dr. Johnson will also be a panelist at Potomac Officers Club’s upcoming 5th Annual AI Summit. The event is three weeks from today — March 21! Register here.

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World View has opened its Series D round and secured initial funding from Sierra Nevada Corporation and other investors, old and new. The investment will specifically support growing demand for high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, World View said Tuesday.

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Analysts at the National Security Agency are using an artificial intelligence-powered platform from AI company Primer to look for cyberattackers and understand leaks of classified data before these cause harm to U.S. citizens. Officials with the company said their AI-based platform helps analysts detect indicators of cyberthreats across social media, monitor tech capabilities and influence operations of adversaries and track weapons and illicit finance.

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