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DARPA and NASA pick Lockheed Martin to demonstrate DRACO nuclear rocket

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(Lockheed Martin Illustration) NASA and the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have selected Lockheed Martin and BWX Technologies to move forward with development of a nuclear thermal rocket, or NTR, that could blaze a trail for future missions to the moon and Mars. ” Kent, Wash.

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Boeing shifts its team leaders for space station and Starliner space programs

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Mark Mulqueen , who has served as Boeing’s space station program manager since 2015, will be retiring July 2. During his 35 years at Boeing, Mulqueen has served in a variety of management positions — for example, as deputy program manager for the space station and deputy program manager for the commercial crew program.

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Tech Moves: Former Expedia leader joins Peerspace; Flexport adds another Amazon exec

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She also was previously director of product at Seattle mobile software development company Medio and spent nine years at Microsoft as a lead program manager. At Amazon, Richey scaled fleet logistics and helped oversee vehicle development with Rivian, Amazon’s electric delivery van partner.

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The 4 October Synergy Forum: Fantastic speakers, even more fantastic attendees

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Attracting more than 500 policy-makers, engineers, architects, program managers and innovators in the federal government and global technology ecosystem, Synergy Forum 2016 is multi-disciplinary, examining the emerging fusion of physical and digital worlds, including: growing connections between cyber and physical domains.

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The 4 October Synergy Forum: Free for government, discounted for CTOvision readers

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Attracting more than 500 policy-makers, engineers, architects, program managers and innovators in the federal government and global technology ecosystem, Synergy Forum 2016 is multi-disciplinary, examining the emerging fusion of physical and digital worlds, including: growing connections between cyber and physical domains.

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Registration Open For The 4 Oct 2016 Synergy Forum: CTOvision readers can save 10%

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Attracting more than 500 policy-makers, engineers, architects, program managers and innovators in the federal government and global technology ecosystem, Synergy Forum 2016 is multi-disciplinary, examining the emerging fusion of physical and digital worlds, including: growing connections between cyber and physical domains.

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Leaping Ahead; A Federal Bridge to Transition Cyber-related Products at the Department of Homeland Security

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The mandate of TTP is to move promising cybersecurity technologies developed under Department of Energy (DOE) National Labs and Federal Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDC’s) into the private sector for further development. The best is technology development and commercialization is yet to come.

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