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PAE Promotes James Benton From Interim CIO to Take Permanent Post
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 25, 2019 — PAE has tapped James Benton, former deputy chief information officer at the company, to officially take the role of CIO six months after he was appointed interim CIO in August 2018, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The company said Feb. 18 Benton, who was hired in 2015 as chief […] More
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Wells Fargo Securities Report: Firms Eye New Tech, Skills, Knowledge to Support Modernization
A Wells Fargo Securities report says the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ Outsourcing World Summit highlighted industry’s need for emerging technology, new skills and client knowledge to address digital transformation goals. OWS 2019 gathered private sector professionals from Feb. 17 to 20 at the Marriott World Center in Orlando.
NASA Requests Info on Market Capability to Develop Solar Irradiance Sensor Spacecraft
NASA on Friday issued a request for information notice, seeking capability statements from companies that possess the expertise and technologies needed to develop and support a spacecraft for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 Mission. The goal of TSIS-2 is to deliver by March 2022 a spacecraft equipped with sensors that will gather solar irradiance data.
Lockheed Licenses Varactor Tech to Help Mitigate Sensor Interference
Lockheed Martin and the University of Dayton have partnered to determine whether a varactor technology can mitigate interference from devices that may affect the performance of sensors.
General Atomics to Equip MQ-9B RPA With Detect-Avoid Tech for Certification; Linden Blue Quoted
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business continues to develop a multimission remotely piloted aircraft and intends to equip the new vehicle with a detect and avoid technology as part of certification efforts.
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Virgin Galactic Conducts Second ‘SpaceShipTwo’ Suborbital Test Flight
Virgin Galactic launched its SpaceShipTwo spacecraft on Friday carrying four NASA-supported research payloads into suborbital space. NASA said Saturday the payloads aboard the second test flight are the Microgravity Multi-Phase Flow Experiment for Suborbital Testing from the agency’s Johnson Space Center; Vibration Isolation Platform from Controlled Dynamics; Collisions into Dust Experiment from the University of Central Florida in Orlando; and Electromagnetic Field Measurements from Johns Hopkins University.
USMC Solicits Input to Build Precision Fire Weapons System
The U.S. Marine Corps has asked industry to submit ideas on how to develop a weapons system that would hit targets at a range surpassing that of systems being used by organic infantry units.
Firefly Aerospace to Open New Production, Launch Facilities in Florida
Firefly Aerospace has announced plans to open manufacturing and launch facilities within Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida. The company said Friday it will invest $52M to construct production facilities at Exploration Park and begin launch operations at Space Launch Complex 20 as part of an agreement with Space Florida, the state’s spaceport development authority.
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Cubic to Exhibit C4ISR, Training Systems at Avalon 2019; Mike Twyman Quoted
Cubic will present its virtual training tools and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms at the six-day Avalon 2019 aerospace exposition, which is scheduled to kick off on Feb. 26 in Victoria, Australia. The company said Friday it will showcase its Secure Live, Virtual and Constructive Training platform and the Engage KOV-13 encryptor designed to address information assurance issues with air combat training system pods.
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HII Hands Over USS Paul Ignatius Missile Destroyer to Navy
Huntington Ingalls Industries has handed over the USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially transferred responsibility over the ship to the military service with the signing of the DD 250 delivery document.
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NASA, SpaceX Eye March 2 Launch for Crew Dragon Unmanned Test Flight
NASA and SpaceX announced plans to launch on March 2 the first unmanned test flight of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. The space agency said Friday the Demonstration Mission-1 will take off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, which aims to utilize U.S.-built and operated private space vehicles to bring astronauts to the ISS and other low-Earth orbit destinations.