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Cal Biesecker
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Air ForceT-7A Taxi Tests Imminent With Air Force Flight Testing Set To Begin Mid-June
ST. LOUIS—Boeing [BA] as early as this week is slated to begin taxi tests of its first T-7A trainer aircraft that is in the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase […]
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UncategorizedBoeing Brings Ghost Bat Loyal Wingman Unmanned Aircraft To U.S. For Testing
MASCOUTAH, Ill.—Boeing [BA] is conducting a test program in the U.S. with a mostly secret unmanned aircraft being developed with Australia’s air force, marking the first time the stealthy loyal […]
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CyberDoD CIO Urges Vendors To Ensure Their Commercial Satellite Systems Are Cyber Secure
ST. LOUIS—As commercial companies increasingly put more computing power on their satellites and related systems, there needs to be a commitment by industry and users to bolster the cybersecurity of […]
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Intelligence CommunityKorean Satellite Analytics Company Launches Program Aimed At North Korean Ballistic Missiles
South Korea’s SI Analytics this week said it has launched a new program that targets its commercial satellite imagery artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analytical capabilities at neighboring North Korea’s mobile ballistic […]
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Homeland SecuritySatellite Imagery Could Aid Border Patrol In Security With Situational Awareness, Official Says
ST. LOUIS–Earth observation data would be useful to the Border Patrol and its agents in the field to improve situational awareness around things like washed out trails and changing tactics […]
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SpaceSpace Domain Increasingly Important To NGA In Assessing Behaviors, Whitworth Says
ST. LOUIS—As space becomes increasingly competitive, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is helping its Defense Department partners keep tabs on the space domain, the agency’s director said on Monday. “And […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Plans New Commercial Contract For Economic Indicator Monitoring
ST. LOUIS—The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) later this year plans to award a new contract to help in monitoring for economic indicators using remote sensing data, agency officials said on […]
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SpaceNRO Releases Draft RFP To Examine Latest In Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities
ST. LOUIS—The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Monday released a new draft solicitation to alert potential commercial vendors of its plans to award contracts to have a look at the […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Maven AI/ML Platform Contributing Big Time To Operations, NGA Chief Says
ST. LOUIS—Months after assuming responsibility for a largely classified program that applies artificial intelligence and machine learning (AL/ML) to video and imagery to detect objects for warfighters, the technology behind […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Makes Awards Under DRIFT Program For Space-Based Radar Collection, Algorithm Development
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded four contracts aimed at flying synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites in formation to demonstrate novel imagery collection techniques and enable the […]
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