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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded contracts to teams led by Accenture Federal Services, BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Kitware and Systems & Technology Research to support a research program that aims to automate search and analysis of multisource satellite imagery. A test and evaluation team for the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique program assessed and selected the awardees through a broad agency announcement.

Accenture Federal Services and Mitre have helped the Department of Veterans Affairs update information technology systems for processing education benefits for military veterans. The Veterans Benefits Administration and its two industry partners performed software development, integration, testing, communications and training work as part of Colmery Act implementation efforts. “These IT changes improve our ability to deliver education benefits to GI Bill students.” said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie.

Mitre’s tech foundation Engenuity has launched a consortium to bring together government, industry and academic institutions to advance 5G innovation. Founding members of the Open Generation Consortium are Ericsson, Nokia, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Altiostar, FIRST iZ, HUSH Aerospace, Kittyhawk, CTIA - The Wireless Association, Northeastern University and Virginia Tech.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has indicated its intent to award task orders to Aerospace Corp. and Mitre for systems engineering services to support the agency’s Office of Space Commerce and Satellite and Information Acquisition Division.

During Potomac Officers Club’s Ensuring PNT Superiority on the Future Battlefield, experts across the private and public sectors will discuss how this reliance on PNT, like the Global Positioning System (GPS), has created an attractive point of attack which adversaries will increasingly target. To register for Ensuring PNT Superiority on the Future Battlefield, as well as view upcoming opportunities, visit Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page.

A new Mitre study has recommended four measures the U.S. government should take to help maintain the competitive edge of the U.S. commercial geospatial intelligence industry and one of those is consolidating and sharing commercial GEOINT needs with the private sector.

During Potomac Officers Club’s Ensuring PNT Superiority on the Future Battlefield, experts across the private and public sectors will discuss how this reliance on PNT, like the Global Positioning System (GPS), has created an attractive point of attack which adversaries will increasingly target. To register for Ensuring PNT Superiority on the Future Battlefield, as well as view other upcoming opportunities, visit Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page. 

Mitre has established the Center for Data-Driven Policy to provide evidence-based, objective and nonpartisan insights to government policymaking, the company reported on Tuesday.  “We want to expand the role of outcome-based research and information in the policy domain, through our experience, our technology, and our unique access to data,” said Jason Providakes, Mitre president and CEO and Wash100 Award recipient.

Ted Wagner, vice president and chief information security officer at SAP National Security Services, said government agencies should have the right balance of technology, processes and people to ensure that cloud security can better manage cyber threats in the digital landscape. Wagner wrote how SAP NS2 strives to have that balance by taking measures such as adopting machine learning, automation and behavior analytics in security monitoring efforts, attracting the top talent and getting the process right.

Mitre has secured a potential one-year, $463M contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to serve as administrator of the National Security Engineering Center.