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Helix & CDC to Study the Role of Human Genetics in Vaccine Effectiveness

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Helix, the leading population genomics and viral surveillance company in the nation, today announced a new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand the role of human genetics in vaccine effectiveness particularly across SARS-CoV-2 variants. This new agreement extends the Company's viral sequencing leadership and further builds upon Helix's successful public-private partnership with the CDC.

Key Points: 
  • This new agreement extends the Company's viral sequencing leadership and further builds upon Helix's successful public-private partnership with the CDC.
  • "The new research conducted by Helix and CDC will uncover meaningful information to better understand and inform what we know of long COVID and other adverse effects.
  • The study will examine up to 10,000 individuals who have had breakthrough infections and severe COVID outcomes, despite being fully vaccinated.
  • Currently, few studies formally address the host genetics of vaccine effectiveness, or the interplay between host and viral genetic variation in the context of breakthrough infections.

Helix & CDC Expand Partnership to Build First Ever Pan-Respiratory Viral Surveillance Program

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Helix, the leading population genomics and viral surveillance company in the nation, today announced a new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to build a pan-respiratory viral surveillance program that standardizes linkage of viral sequencing data to key clinical and demographic data across a multi-site network. As part of the program, Helix will be partnering with HealthPartners, an integrated health care organization based in Bloomington, Minnesota of more than 1,800 physicians that serves more than 1.2 million patients, and Providence, a Renton, Washington-headquartered health care system of 25,000 physicians serving nearly 2 million covered lives across seven states with 28.1 million patient visits annually. This new agreement builds upon the partnership between Helix and the CDC and brings in health systems as critical partners to prepare the nation for the next public health emergency and ensure that COVID-19 never happens again.

Key Points: 
  • Helix was awarded $5 million from the CDC to build a pan-respiratory viral surveillance "early warning" program that will identify and track over 30 respiratory viral variants (including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, RSV, rhinovirus, etc.)
  • along with de-identified EHR data, for up to 16,000 samples over one year using the Company's proprietary Viral Sequencing Respiratory Panel.
  • "The CDC and Helix, working with health care systems, are leading the way to monitor viral outbreaks and improve national pandemic readiness."
  • Helix is the leading population genomics and viral surveillance company operating at the intersection of clinical care, research, and data analytics.

Recent Amendments to the Buy American Act (BAA) Reinforce SinglePoint Subsidiary, BPA Solutions, Commitment to Offering Products Built and Manufactured in the United States

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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Recent amendments to the FAR Buy American Act requirements will further encourage federal procurement to purchase products made in the U.S. in the future.

Key Points: 
  • Recent amendments to the FAR Buy American Act requirements will further encourage federal procurement to purchase products made in the U.S. in the future.
  • BPA Solutions has applied to become an approved vendor listed on the U.S. General Services Administration Schedule (GSA Schedule).
  • Once approved, BPA Solutions can offer products to federal agencies as well as state and local governments through the Cooperative Purchasing Program.
  • At BPA Solutions , we believe in providing schools with products and services designed to create a healthier, safer school environment.

Pinaka Aerospace Selects RADX Trifecta-SSD-RAID COTS PXIe Modules for Modular Wideband, RF Record & Playback Systems

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RADX® Technologies, Inc. ("RADX"), a US-based small business supplier of COTS High Performance Computing (HPC) products and technologies for advanced Test & Measurement (T&M) and Electronic Warfare (EW) applications, announced today that Pinaka Aerospace Solutions Pvt. ("Pinaka Aerospace"), a leading India-based aerospace and defense services and solutions provider for Avionics, EW and Communications applications, headquartered in Bangalore, India, has selected RADX Trifecta-SSD® COTS SSD RAID Modules for Pinaka Aerospace advanced, modular, PXIe-based, wideband, multi-channel RF and microwave record and playback systems.

Key Points: 
  • RADX Trifecta-SSD-RAID COTS PXIe Modules Enable Pinaka Aerospace Modular, Multi-Channel, Wideband RF Record & Playback Systems to Meet Demanding T&M and EW Requirements
    SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RADX Technologies, Inc. ("RADX"), a US-based small business supplier of COTS High Performance Computing (HPC) products and technologies for advanced Test & Measurement (T&M) and Electronic Warfare (EW) applications, announced today that Pinaka Aerospace Solutions Pvt.
  • ("Pinaka Aerospace"), a leading India-based aerospace and defense services and solutions provider for Avionics, EW and Communications applications, headquartered in Bangalore, India, has selected RADX Trifecta-SSD COTS SSD RAID Modules for Pinaka Aerospace advanced, modular, PXIe-based, wideband, multi-channel RF and microwave record and playback systems.
  • In Pinaka Aerospace RF Record and Playback Systems, RADX Trifecta-SSD-RAID Modules provide the sustained, sequential read and write performance storage capacity per slot to meet the recording duration and demanding performance required for both internal and customer applications.
  • "Pinaka Aerospace RF record and playback systems are optimized for wideband, multi-channel applications and Trifecta-SSD-RAID Modules uniquely meet the sustained performance and storage density requirements of our systems, said Meesala Naidu, Pinaka Aerospace Director of Business Development.

SCYNEXIS Applauds the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for Its New Priority Focus on Investment in Development of Antifungal Treatments to Fight Infections Caused by Drug-Resistant Fungal Threats

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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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For the first time, BARDA announced this week it is seeking partnerships to develop broad-spectrum next-generation antifungal drugs to treat high-priority fungal infections.

Key Points: 
  • For the first time, BARDA announced this week it is seeking partnerships to develop broad-spectrum next-generation antifungal drugs to treat high-priority fungal infections.
  • It is extremely exciting to see BARDA announce increased emphasis on fighting dangerous fungal pathogens, said Marco Taglietti, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of SCYNEXIS.
  • Ibrexafungerp, with its promising activity against multiple drug resistant and often-deadly fungal infections, has enormous potential to benefit patients with severe fungal disease and limited treatment options.
  • In addition, late-stage clinical investigation of oral ibrexafungerp for the treatment of life-threatening invasive fungal infections in hospitalized patients is ongoing.

RADX Tech Announces Trifecta-SSD COTS PXIe/CPCIe RAID Modules

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RADX® Technologies, Inc. ("RADX"), today at the Association of Old Crows (AOC) 2022 Annual Convention, announced the Trifecta-GPU™ Family of COTS PXIe/CPCIe GPU Modules. Trifecta-GPUs are the first COTS products that bring the extreme compute acceleration and ease-of-programming of NVIDIA® RTX® A2000 Embedded GPUs to PXIe/CPCIe platforms for modular Test & Measurement (T&M) and Electronic Warfare (EW) applications.

Key Points: 
  • Designed to complement RADX Catalyst-GPU products announced earlier this year, Trifecta-GPUs deliver even greater compute performance by employing NVIDIA RTX Embedded GPUs.
  • For more info on RADX, please visit http://www.radxtech.com , email mailto: [email protected] [ [email protected] __title__ null] or call +1 (619) 677-1849 x1.
  • RADX, the RADX logo, Trifecta-SSD, Trifecta-GPU, Catalyst-GPU and Catalyst-GbE are trademarks or registered trademarks that are the property of RADX Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
  • All specifications are thought to be accurate at the time of publication, but are subject to change without notice.

NASA Awards Contracts to Assess Near-Space Communications Capabilities

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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The awards, under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Appendix O , are firm fixed-price milestone-based contracts in the amounts of $161,638 for KSAT and $189,881 for SpaceLink Corporation.

Key Points: 
  • The awards, under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Appendix O , are firm fixed-price milestone-based contracts in the amounts of $161,638 for KSAT and $189,881 for SpaceLink Corporation.
  • "All missions need communications and navigation services to send data back to Earth.
  • These capability studies and demonstrations will highlight networking efficiencies and inform future planning for NASA missions," said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate.
  • These studies are intended to inform NASA and its stakeholders on industry's capabilities and concepts that would enable a commercial space communications and navigation marketplace where NASA is one of many customers.

U. S. Architectural Lighting Introduces the Beyond Bollard for Powerful, Customizable Outdoor LED Solutions

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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U.S. Architectural Lighting offers the Beyond Bollard with lens options to allow for many different illumination appearances--from diffuse and low glare to high performance wide coverage. All the optional lenses are high impact, UV stable acrylic. The CA clear flat acrylic lens is designed for impact resistance and high lumen output. The AL Ambiance™ low luminance lens offers high glare reduction. The CPA Clear Prismatic dropdown conical lens is ideal for eye-catching, jewel-like aesthetics with slight glare reduction. And, the CWA White Prismatic dropdown lens provides high glare reduction and aesthetics.

Key Points: 
  • The Beyond Bollard features a powerful outdoor LED system designed for area and pathway lighting, providing safety and security.
  • Each of the PLED optical modules produces a crisp, uniform light that eliminates shadows and scalloping in pathway applications.
  • Architectural Lighting offers the Beyond Bollard with lens options to allow for many different illumination appearances--from diffuse and low glare to high performance wide coverage.
  • Sun Valley Lighting offers a broad range of traditional luminaire/pole/base components in a large selection of finishes, while US Architectural Lighting provides contemporary site and area lighting comprised of sleek, sophisticated lines.

HawkEye 360 Awarded Radio Frequency Contract by the National Reconnaissance Office

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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HERNDON, Va., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced today it has been awarded a contract from the NRO's Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO).  The contract will assess, mature, integrate, and operationalize commercial RF intelligence into the NRO's integrated overhead architecture to support warfighters, the intelligence community, and policymakers. The program represents a partnership between the NRO and HawkEye 360 to explore near- and long-term high-impact capabilities commercial RF can deliver.

Key Points: 
  • HERNDON, Va., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced today it has been awarded a contract from the NRO's Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO).
  • The program represents a partnership between the NRO and HawkEye 360 to explore near- and long-term high-impact capabilities commercial RF can deliver.
  • HawkEye 360 operates a growing constellation of satellites which detects, characterizes, and geolocates radio frequency signals from a broad range of emitters used for communication, navigation, and security.
  • HawkEye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial intelligence to those working to make the world a safer place.

Spire Global Awarded $4 Million NOAA Contract to Deliver Hyperspectral Microwave Sensing Payload

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Monday, September 26, 2022
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The original objective of NOAAs BAA was to develop a HyMS prototype in an airborne or balloon-based platform.

Key Points: 
  • The original objective of NOAAs BAA was to develop a HyMS prototype in an airborne or balloon-based platform.
  • The HyMS instrument is a new, advanced millimeter wave technology that delivers microwave sounding information to measure atmospheric moisture.
  • In this era of extreme weather, the need to leverage data from space to deliver more accurate weather forecasts has never been more critical.
  • Spire has been awarded a total of four NOAA contracts in FY22, valued at $23.6 Million.