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William Conley, most recently director of electronic warfare at the Department of Defense, has joined Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) as chief technology officer, C4ISRNET reported Monday.
Read More »Report: William Conley Named Mercury Systems CTO
Perspecta Labs Recognized for Cybersecurity Innovations Under DARPA Program; Mac Curtis Quoted
Perspecta's (NYSE: PRSP) applied research arm has been selected to receive a 2019 Industry Innovator award for introducing three cybersecurity technology platforms through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems program.
Read More »BAE to Help DARPA Build Machine Learning-Based Space Situational Awareness Tech
BAE Systems has secured a follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create machine learning tools for U.S. military personnel to gain space situational awareness.
Read More »Jim Carlini Promoted to Leidos CTO; Jim Cantor Named Performance Excellence & Strategic Partnerships Chief
Jim Carlini, an industry and government technical leader who joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in 2018, has been promoted to chief technology officer, Inside Defense reported Tuesday. He succeeds Jim Cantor, who assumed the role of chief of performance excellence and strategic partnerships.
Read More »Raytheon, DARPA Conclude Tactical Boost Glide Tech Baseline Design Review
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency completed a baseline design review for a tactical boost glide weapon designed to operate at hypersonic speeds and help the military stay ahead of threats.
Read More »BAE Receives DARPA Contract to Integrate Machine Learning Into RF Equipment; Dave Logan Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 10, 2019 — BAE Systems will work to update radio-frequency processing equipment with machine learning technology, as well as deliver and demonstrate the resulting hardware products, under a $4.7M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday.
Read More »Boeing to Move Space & Launch Division HQ to Florida; Leanne Caret Quoted
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will move the headquarters of its space and launch division from Arlington, Va., to Florida’s Space Coast in Titusville to further build up integration and collaboration across its portfolio of space programs.
Read More »Weekly Roundup: HHS Hires CIO, DoD Absorbs DARPA, DHS Selects 8, ECS and Serco Strike Big Deals
This week, Jose Arrieta was confirmed as the chief information officer for the Department of Health and Human Services. Arrieta confirmed his appointment on Thursday during the Association for Federal Information Resources Management’s Leadership Awards event. In Virginia news, it was also revealed that President Trump intends to nominate Ken …
Read More »Six Teams Selected for DARPA Wearable Neural Interface Dev’t Project
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen six multidisciplinary teams to create wearable neural interfaces as part of a project to link the human brain to military equipment. Battelle, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Teldyne, Carnegie Mellon University, Palo Alto Research Center and Rice University will separately lead …
Read More »Johns Hopkins APL Gets $100M DARPA Contract Modification for R&D, Engineering Support
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will continue to provide engineering, research and development support services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under a potential $100M contract modification. The Department of Defense said Friday the modification falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, bringing the contract’s total face …
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