The Space Radiation Intelligence System .
space weather . In partnership with the University of Alabama Huntsville ( UAH ), NextGen is maturing the Space Radiation Intelligence System ( SPRINTS ). SPRINTS is engineered to be an evolutionary machine-learned software solution for predicting space weather events and converges space weather research and operations with a collaborative data-driven and model-driven environment focused on applying machine learning .
Space weather can potentially cause adverse effects in space and on Earth and in extreme events cause detrimental damage to critical global infrastructures . Preparations for such space weather events will help provide protection to key services , structures and activities vital to U . S . national security and the economy .
Under the effort , SPRINTS will ingest additional data sources , apply machine-learned techniques , output solar radiation event forecasts and operate in real time . It will also integrate other
existing state-of-the-art space weather forecast capabilities including UAH ’ s MAG4 to extend forecast outlook times and improve forecast accuracies . The resulting forecasts can be provided to mission planners of astronauts traveling back to the moon , high-altitude flying crews , satellite mission planners and satellite anomaly analysts .
“ By combining the MAG4 capability with SPRINTS , we are creating a coherent prediction system that transitions from a pre-eruptive state to a post-eruptive state ,” says Alec Engell , principal investigator for NextGen . “ This will improve forecast lead times for solar radiation events .”
Alpha Technologies Announces New Chief Marketing Officer
Alpha Technologies — a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Hurricane , WV , with a global datacenter located in South Charleston , WV — has appointed marketing and telecommunications veteran Rich O ’ Brien to the position of executive vice president and chief marketing officer . In this newly created role , O ’ Brien will be responsible for driving Alpha ’ s demand generation strategy , product marketing , public relations activity and corporate communications as the company expands throughout West Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region . O ’ Brien will be based in the company ’ s Putnam County headquarters and report directly to Alpha Technologies CEO Doug Tate .
“ Rich is a highly experienced , much-admired telecommunications and marketing leader with a proven track record of
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