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  • BAE Develops Atmospheric Lens Platform for Battlefield Surveillance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Develops Atmospheric Lens Platform for Battlefield Surveillance

    Researchers at BAE Systems have developed a laser-based atmospheric lens platform designed to help military commanders perform long-range surveillance operations on adversaries. The Laser Developed Atmospheric Lens system works to create lens-like structures through the use of high-power pulsed lasers and manipulation of the Earth’s atmosphere through ionization or reversal reheating process, BAE said Jan. […] More

  • IBM, UK Invest $480M in Cognitive Computing, Big Data Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, UK Invest $480M in Cognitive Computing, Big Data Research

    IBM and the British government have pumped a total of $479.7 million in investments into cognitive computing and big data research, Computerworld UK reported Thursday. Margi Murphy writes the amount is meant to expand the Hartree Center at Daresbury. The facility will have access to IBM’s Watson cognitive computer, intellectual property assets and researchers under the technology agreement, […] More