Axon announced on Tuesday the appointment of Danielle Citron to a board that aims to guide the responsible development and use of AI-powered technologies being developed by the company.
Read More »Rocket Lab to Launch NASA, NRO, Australian Payloads; Peter Beck Quoted
Rocket Lab will help two U.S. federal agencies and an Australian academia-based team launch and deploy small satellite payloads.
Read More »Red Hat to Help Academia Develop National Cloud Testbed
Red Hat will be collaborating with Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Boston University to develop a testbed for new cloud computing technologies.
Read More »NASA to Launch 12 Payloads for Lunar Research, Demonstrations
NASA will launch 12 science and technology payloads in an effort to study more of the Moon’s surface as the agency prepares for more lunar trips by 2024.
Read More »SOSi Adds Helle Huxley, Gregory Hayken to Senior Leadership Team; Julian Setian Quoted
SOS International appointed Helle Huxley as vice president for strategic communications and named Gregory Hayken as associate general and VP for contracts. “Helle and Greg bring years of valuable experience to the SOSi team,” Julian Setian, SOSi president and CEO, said in a statement Thursday.
Read More »Red Hat, Boston University Enter Tech Research & Education Partnership Agreement
Red Hat and Boston University have signed a five-year agreement to facilitate research and educational programs focused on open source and emerging technologies such as cloud computing, machine learning, automation and big data. The company said Wednesday it pledged up to $5 million in grants that will go toward Boston University’s Cloud Computing Initiative. Red …
Read More »PARC Lands DARPA Contract to Develop Printer for Macroscopic Objects
PARC has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to build a nanotechnology-enabled printer that uses micrometer-size particles to produce macroscopic objects. The company said Wednesday the contract was awarded as part of DARPA’s Atoms to Product program, which began research efforts in December 2015. PARC said it will employ the help of Johns Hopkins University and …
Read More »DARPA Picks 10 Participants for Nano-to-Millimeter-Scale Manufacturing Project
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 10 participants in its Atoms to Product program, which seeks technology that can manufacture millimeter-scale products or materials out of nanometer-scale pieces. DARPA said Tuesday researchers will work to address the gap between nano-scale and millimeter-scale components through fabrication from atoms to microns …
Read More »Executive Profile: Paul Harrington, Client Development Leader for McKinsey & Co.’s US Public Sector Practice
Paul Harrington serves as the Client Development Leader for the U.S. Public Sector Practice at McKinsey & Co. In this role, Paul leads a team composed of client development advisors, proposal managers and market research/competitive intelligence resources that work with the PSP Leadership to expand the firm’s ability to serve …
Read More »Executive Profile: Mitch Rambler, DRS Technical Services Group President
Dr. Mitch Rambler serves as president of DRS Technical Services, a lifecycle telecommunications systems group within DRS Technologies. The former NASA and intelligence community official also holds more than 25 years of defense industry experience that includes time at companies such as BAE Systems and ManTech International. He most recently served as …
Read More »LGS to R&D Air Force Research Lab’s Laser Tech Source; Kevin Kelly Comments
LGS Innovations has won a $250,000 contract to research and develop a photonic source for laser technology used at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. EOS Photonics, Sandia National Laboratories, Research Triangle Park and Boston University will work with LGS toward a larger development effort LGS said …
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