Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract to integrate Hybrid Electric Drive onto a U.S. Army combat vehicle. The contract award from Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office enables the company to integrate a Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) system onto a […]
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IBM is giving its blockchain track-and-trace capabilities the social-impact treatment with a provenance application that enables coffee drinkers to directly assist the smallholders who farmed the beans. Announced Wednesday, IBM has teamed up with J. M. Smucker Company – the $12.2 billion food giant behind coffee brands like Folgers, Café […]
Coinbase has hired Paul Grewal, former U.S. magistrate judge and Facebook legal alum, to lead the cryptocurrency exchange giant’s legal team. Source link
Northrop Grumman was awarded the U.S. Air Force’s contract for LITENING advanced targeting pods with full-color digital video capability and two-color laser spot search and track. As noted by the company, LITENING advanced targeting pod’s full-color digital video is designed to give warfighters more complete situational understanding in less time. […]
Institutional digital asset technology firm Metaco is partnering with the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) to find ways of bolstering its services using the think tank’s research. The Switzerland-based company announced Wednesday that it would be tapping research conducted by the FSBC to better inform the security and service design […]
Decentralized lending platform Cred has welcomed former National Security Agency computer scientist Bethany De Lude and Western Union executive Daniel Goldstein as chief information security officer (CISO) and chief technology officer (CTO) respectively, the firm announced Monday. Dan Schatt, Cred’s chief executive, told CoinDesk the crypto community stands to benefit […]
Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has contracted Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV), a business unit of German weapons maker Rheinmetall, for delivery of up to 4,000 swap body systems, many of which will feature armoured driver’s cabs. Running from 2021 to 2027 for […]
Cryptocurrency lending platform BlockFi has hired a veteran of the U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft to take charge of the firm’s security. The New York-based company announced Monday that Adam Healy will be coming aboard as chief security officer, charged with fortifying the firm’s defenses to protect client data, […]
Crypto exchange OKEx is partnering with peer-to-peer marketplace Paxful to enable new fiat onramps for its customers. Paxful said in an emailed statement Monday that the move would benefit its own users by providing better liquidity and ease of access. According to the statement, Paxful would work as a fiat-to-cryptocurrency […]
San Francisco librarian Lisa Fagundes was redeployed during the pandemic to work as a contact tracer. (Courtesy of Jasmin Serim) hide caption toggle caption (Courtesy of Jasmin Serim) San Francisco librarian Lisa Fagundes was redeployed during the pandemic to work as a contact tracer. (Courtesy of Jasmin Serim) After more […]
Decentralized blogging is coming to a URL near you thanks to a partnership between Unstoppable Domains and Protocol Labs. Launched Thursday, San Francisco blockchain firm Unstoppable Domains has released its decentralized blog (dBlog) service hosted on Protocol Lab’s InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), complete with the .crypto domain. “No one can […]
A blockchain consultancy affiliated with accounting giant Grant Thornton is teaming up with CipherTrace to better track cybercrimes. Catallaxy, a subsidiary of accounting firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, which itself is a member firm of Grant Thornton International, announced the partnership with the cryptocurrency intelligence firm on Thursday. In a […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) with a contract for two additional Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA). “We are honored that Customs and Border Protection continues to entrust SNC with the development of this mission-critical aircraft,” said Tim Owings, executive vice president of SNC’s Integrated […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has contracted BAE Systems for the design and build of the Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle medium caliber cannon mission role variant. The U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday that BAE Systems Land and Armaments LP won an $11,038,019 modification for contract Line Item […]
You just can’t make this up!Joe Biden tapped dopey bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to lead his Climate Change task force. Advertisement – story continues below Ocasio Cortez is famous for her gin and tonics and for pushing a plan to trash the entire US economy. OAC’s Green New Deal would cost […]
HDBank has signed up to a blockchain network from Contour with the aim of bringing trade finance into the digital realm. The Vietnam-based bank is the latest financial institution to join Contour’s network with a view to streamlining the issuance of letters of credit with the use of a blockchain […]