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U.S. Department of Defense Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) jointly announced an agreement with Merck to support advanced development and large-scale manufacturing of the their investigational therapeutic MK-7110 to treat hospitalized patients with severe or critical COVID-19. The investigational therapeutic is a promising first-in-class fusion protein and immune modulator. Immune modulators have the potential to minimize the damaging effects...

Trump Administration purchases additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 investigational vaccine from Pfizer The Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD), will purchase an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer. On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the vaccine for emergency use and doses began shipping immediately. The vaccine is being provided at no cost to Americans. ...

One of the most common questions traders have about stocks is “Why Is It Moving?” That’s why Benzinga created the Why Is It Moving, or WIIM, feature in Benzinga Pro. WIIMs are a one-sentence description as to why that stock is moving.  Here’s why shares of Palantir, FuboTV, Apple, Shopify and Snowflake are moving. Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) shares are trading higher after the company announced the U.S. Armys Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems opted to execute the sec...

Share: Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) shares are trading higher on Monday after the company announced the U.S. Armys Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems opted to execute the second year of its partnership with Palantir on the Army Vantage program for $113.8 million. Palantir Technologies provides organizations with solutions to manage large disparate data sets in an attempt to gain insight and drive operational outcomes. Founded in 2003, Palantir released its Gotham software plat...

KBR to provide system acquisition support and reliability improvements for Army’s only heavy-lift cargo helicopter KBR Press Release | December 20, 2020 Estimated reading time 3 minutes, 11 seconds. KBR won a $49 million recompete to provide system acquisition support and reliability improvements on the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter and other select aircraft for the Cargo Helicopter Project Management Office (PMO) within the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation. KBR received ...

US Army soldiers preparing to evaluate ‘light tank ‘prototypes by Ashley Roque ‘Light tank’ prototypes are beginning to arrive at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a five-month-long soldier assessment that will pit two configurations against each other, according to the US Army. Soldiers will evaluate eight Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) prototypes – four from BAE Systems and four from General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) – between 4 January 2021 and June 2021, Ashley John, director...

20 Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) enterprise announced the launch of its third prize challenge in the Artificial Intelligence Applications to Autonomous Cybersecurity (AI ATAC) Challenge series, with the submission timeframe opening December 10. The prize challenge, managed by Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) and Space Systems’ Cybersecurity Program Office (PMW 130), seeks to enhance the Sec...

The prize challenge, managed by Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) and Space Systems’ Cybersecurity Program Office (PMW 130), seeks to enhance the Security Operations Center (SOC) using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools to automate the detection and prevention of advanced persistent threats and other cybersecurity campaign activity. Current SOC procedures require a tremendous amount of time and effort ...

Army Combat Medics Evaluate Lifelike Female Trauma Mannequin Capt. Daniel Karakas (right), a medical corps officer at Winn Army Community Hospital, checks a female mannequin for breathing, while Spc. Ekya Graham, an aviation operation specialist assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, holds pressure on a wound to stop bleeding at the Medical Simulation Training Center on Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Dec. 2, 2020. (U.S Army photo by Pfc. Aaliyah Craven) 16 Dec 2020 Sgt. Maj. Charisse Elli...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. KBR to Boost Reliability and Availability of Army’s CH-47 Chinook Helicopters with $49M Task Order December 16, 2020 GMT HOUSTON, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) won a $49 million recompete to provide system acquisition support and reliability improvements on the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter and other select aircraft for the Cargo Helicopter Project Management Office (PMO) within the U.S. Arm...