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Epazz Holdings: ZenaDrone 1000 Major Experiment Demonstration With US Navy Under Extreme Weather Conditions

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

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Epazz, Inc. is making remarkable strides with its holdings, ZenaDrone, Inc. We are gearing up to demonstrate the ZenaDrone 1000 under extreme weather conditions in collaboration with the US Navy.

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Epazz, Inc. is making remarkable strides with its holdings, ZenaDrone, Inc. We are gearing up to demonstrate the ZenaDrone 1000 under extreme weather conditions in collaboration with the US Navy.
The ZenaDrone 1000 has already demonstrated its prowess under scorching conditions exceeding 120 degrees Fahrenheit, a testament to its durability.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), like the ZenaDrone 1000, are one of the key emerging technologies sought after by the Navy and other branches of the US military.
The ZenaDrone 1000 is a versatile multi-mission UAV, designed for various payloads and includes sensors and HD cameras.

David Nieuwsma Joins Kopin Corporation Board of Directors

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN ), a leading provider of application specific optical systems and high performance micro-displays for defense, enterprise, consumer and medical products, today announced David Nieuwsma has joined Kopin Corporation’s Board of Directors.

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Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN ), a leading provider of application specific optical systems and high performance micro-displays for defense, enterprise, consumer and medical products, today announced David Nieuwsma has joined Kopin Corporation’s Board of Directors.
David brings decades of experience in corporate leadership, defense technologies and a long track record of leading innovative and diverse teams.
“David has extensive operational experience, credibility and is a trusted leader in the defense industry, our primary revenue market.
We look forward to working with David in developing and delivering our strategic plans and growing our business,” said Michael Murray, Kopin’s CEO.

HiddenLayer Awarded Phase 2 SBIR Grant by the U.S. Department of Defense

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HiddenLayer, the leading security provider for artificial intelligence (AI) models and assets, announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Direct-to-Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on implementing their Machine Learning Security (MLSec) Platform to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).

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"HiddenLayer is honored to continue our partnership with the US Air Force through our second SBIR contract award.
This partnership brings our cutting-edge threat detection capabilities to specific Air Force scenarios in operation and will ensure that our military's use of next-generation technology is secure.
Everyone at HiddenLayer is committed to ensuring our government's AI is secure today and always," said Chris Sestito, CEO and co-founder of HiddenLayer.
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. government.

Rise8 Unveils Agenda and Coalition Partners for Prodacity 2023, Featuring Talks from GovTech Innovators and Change Agents with the Audacity to Continuously Ship Outcomes to Prod

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rise8 , delivering elite software development for critical missions, today announced the final agenda for Prodacity 2023, its second annual symposium.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rise8 , delivering elite software development for critical missions, today announced the final agenda for Prodacity 2023, its second annual symposium.
Prodacity is the only in-person symposium for GovTech innovators and change agents, both newcomers and veterans alike, with a purpose to set a baseline for how to do DevOps in government and achieve mission outcomes.
Where: This Prodacity 2023 symposium will take place in-person, at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Why: Attendees will experience a sales-free, no-theater, master-class style event designed to help them learn how to initiate and scale govtech transformation.
Who: The list of speakers features govtech innovators and enterprise change agents with the audacity to continuously ship outcomes to production.

goTenna debuts new software and hardware features during an Air Force demonstration

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

During the demonstration, goTenna and the 147 ASOS simulated a disaster response in Austin, Texas.

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During the demonstration, goTenna and the 147 ASOS simulated a disaster response in Austin, Texas.
Multiple organizations gathered to rapidly construct an ad-hoc, off-grid network for interoperable communications and critical coordination of multi-agency responses.
We are grateful for this amazing public-private partnership as we continue to deliver advanced capabilities to the US Air Force."
This material is based upon work supported by the Air Force Research Lab/AFWERX under Contract No.

CPI Aero Delivers 1st B-52 Radar Rack Structure to RTX

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

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EDGEWOOD, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CVU) today announced that it has delivered its first B-52 Radar Rack Structure to Raytheon, an RTX business under an IDIQ contract signed in late 2021 with a ceiling value of $20 million.

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EDGEWOOD, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CVU) today announced that it has delivered its first B-52 Radar Rack Structure to Raytheon, an RTX business under an IDIQ contract signed in late 2021 with a ceiling value of $20 million.
Under this first phase of the IDIQ contract, CPI Aero is building and delivering 9 development units and 2 spares, along with completing the tooling and other non-recurring engineering efforts.
“This B-52 program is one of multiple new programs on-boarded at CPI Aero in 2022, including multiple airborne pod structures supporting critical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance missions,” said Dorith Hakim, president and CEO of CPI Aero.
“CPI Aero is proud to support Raytheon on this important B-52 Radar Modernization Program.

Award-Winning Pharmacist and Biopharmaceutical Entrepreneur Dr. David Dalton Honored with "BANNERED HERO" Award from Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. David Dalton, an award-winning pharmacist and biopharmaceutical entrepreneur, was recently recognized as one of twelve 'BANNERED HEROES' at a celebration for Pennsylvania's African American Veterans hosted by The State Museum of Pennsylvania and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity.

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In partnership with the State Museum of Pennsylvania, BANNERED HEROES is sponsored by the Beta Pi Boulé Chapter (Harrisburg, PA) of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (the Boulé), of which Dr. Dalton is a member.
Young, Colin Powell, James E. Clyburn, John Lewis, Wynton Marsalis, Barak Obama, Kenneth Chenault and Wes Moore, among others.
The Boulé is committed to elevating Black communities by striving to eliminate barriers to civic, social, political, educational and economic well-being.
Dr. Dalton is also one of the 18 veterans to have a banner hanging in Pennsylvania's Soldiers Grove, located behind the capitol.

AUSA 2023: U.S. Air Force acquires Enterprise-Class License of Immersive Wisdom's DDIL No-Bandwidth and Low-Bandwidth Collaboration Software via newly awarded $25MM SBIR Phase III Contract

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Immersive Wisdom, Inc., provider of a proven distributed collaborative operations center software platform for Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited-Bandwidth (DDIL) environments announced at the 2023 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition that the U.S. Air Force has acquired an Enterprise-Class License of its software platform via a newly awarded $25MM SBIR Phase III contract. This contract is designed to enable the rapid acquisition of the Immersive Wisdom software platform across the USAF and the entire Department of Defense.

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This contract is designed to enable the rapid acquisition of the Immersive Wisdom software platform across the USAF and the entire Department of Defense.
"Immersive Wisdom is proud to have worked closely with the Air Force and AFWERX since 2018," said Michael Appelbaum, CEO of Immersive Wisdom.
"This new milestone contract, led by our long-time Air Force partners, has already been used to acquire our software for both the Air Force and another DoD organization, and allows rapid future participation by other services."
Immersive Wisdom provides a patented, standardized software product platform, developed and honed over the past five years, allowing the joint force to leverage the same consistent capabilities for communication and collaboration-- cross-geography, cross-service, and cross-echelon.

OmniSync Transitions its Innovation Market Research Tool to the US Air Force on a SBIR Phase III Commercialization Contract

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniSync Incorporated has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the US Air Force to deliver and implement its market research tool, TurboInnovate , across the agency.

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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniSync Incorporated has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the US Air Force to deliver and implement its market research tool, TurboInnovate , across the agency.
The contract enables anyone across the US Air Force to have access to the tool.
Our TurboInnovate platform is among the most comprehensive market research tools for innovation landscape mapping, validated commercially and with government users.
This Phase III contract is OmniSync's 2nd Phase III transition contract in less than a year – the first being through the US Department of Energy to build out its SBIR Partnering Platform earlier this year.

ThroughPut Inc. Appoints Retired Pentagon Brigadier General Max J. Stitzer, U.S Air Force, to Advisory Board

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ThroughPut Inc., the Industrial Supply Chain AI pioneer, today announced the addition of retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Max J. Stitzer to its Board of Advisors. Brig. Gen. Stitzer, a well-respected and highly-decorated officer, who most recently served as Deputy to the Director of the Air Staff Headquarters of the United States Air Force; and Principal Deputy Director for Logistics, The Joint Staff at the Pentagon. As part of the role, he coordinated and integrated policy, strategy, resources, processes, and cross-functional issues for the Air Staff. Being the senior Air Force Reserve officer on the staff, General Stitzer represented Air Force Reserve equities in the Air Force's Total Force Continuum effort, and has gathered invaluable expertise across all levels of the Reserve of the Air Force, as well as in the Air Force Reserve Command – a force of over 70,000 reserve airmen who serve in operational missions across the globe. With ongoing supply chain disruptions and the ensuing shortages in several sectors continuing to present defense capacity challenges, U.S. Department of Defense organizations are evaluating supply chain technologies that accelerate equipment readiness. ThroughPut's AI-driven approach bridges the gap between the base level and enterprise level of maintenance and procurement, in order to make existing materiel more accessible within the extended Department of Defense.

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As part of the role, he coordinated and integrated policy, strategy, resources, processes, and cross-functional issues for the Air Staff.
"General Stitzer was the first leader to advocate for our dual-use capabilities within the US Air Force and greater Department of Defense.
Brigadier General Max Stitzer's distinguished military career included decades of experience spanning across influential government projects, during which time he has won numerous awards, accolades, and decorations.
Brigadier General Stitzer has accumulated a vast majority of his experience in logistics and maintenance support, which will prove instrumental in supporting ThroughPut.AI and the next phase of his career growth.