A recent Frost & Sullivan report on defense markets projects military spending across 10 selected countries to reach $3.41 trillion by 2022 due to military reorganization, increased threat perceptions, penetrable borders and territorial disputes. The study covers defense budgets in Algeria, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Japan, Oman, Poland, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, the firm said Wednesday. […] More

Level 3 Communications has opened a data center in Herndon, Virginia, to deliver cloud computing and managed information technology services to government and other enterprise clients. The Herndon facility is the newest addition to the company’s Premier Elite global infrastructure network and features power, cooling, security and connectivity systems, Level 3 said Thursday. Premier Elite […] More

Al Kinney is HP Enterprise Services’ acting vice president of the cybersecurity solutions group for its U.S. public sector. In this role, he is responsible for development, marketing and delivery of identity management, software assurance and cyber situational awareness services across federal, state & local, and selected international markets. Prior to HP, Kinney was the […] More

MarketsandMarkets predicts the data center networking market’s value will hit $21.85 billion by 2018 and have a compound annual growth rate of 11.8 percent over the next four years. The growing use of software-based networking and cloud computing technology is projected to drive growth in the DCN sector, MarketsandMarkets said Wednesday. Cisco, Hewlett Packard, IBM, […] More

Robin Portman serves as executive vice president for business development at Booz Allen Hamilton and supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial markets. Portman’s organization works with clients to identify and build strategic third-party relationships, understand and analyze market shifts and trends, and identifyi expertise and resources for proposal development and contract support. She also leads […] More

The small unmanned aerial vehicle market is projected to grow by the end of 2019 at a 22 percent compound annual growth rate to a total market value of $582.2 million, according to a recent MarketsandMarkets report. The six-year global forecast on the small and man-portable UAV market classifies the technology based on trends, propulsion, payload, application, region […] More

DLT Solutions has joined CloudBees‘ partner ecosystem to leverage government contract vehicle positions and bring CloudBees’ Jenkins Enterprise and continuous delivery platform to the federal, state and local government markets. “We have seen a growing need for continuous integration in government to enable agencies to accelerate cost-effective application development and delivery,” Jim Propps, director of enterprise platform sales at DLT, said […] More

Linde will supply NASA with approximately 360,000 tons of liquid nitrogen and 64,000 tons of liquid oxygen to support the operations of six research and space flight centers across the U.S. The company said Monday the agency uses nitrogen for pressurization, purging, inerting and pneumatic actuation, while oxygen is used as oxidizer for cryogenic rocket engines. The research and space […] More

IBM Corp. and Beijing have forged an agreement to develop weather forecasting and cloud computing systems in a move to cut smog emissions in China, Reuters reported Sunday. David Stanway writes IBM will work to collect real-time data on pollution trends and forecast development of smog as part of the company’s 10-year Green Horizon initiative […] More

Greg Pelton serves as chief technology officer at Avaya Government Solutions, where he oversees the business division’s technical assets for serving federal government clients. Pelton developed the unit’s sales engineering organization and works to apply government standards to Avaya’s offerings, as well as to create go-to-market products and collateral. He started his career at Nortel, where he developed telecommunication […] More

Deloitte has released its first annual report on mergers and acquisitions activity in the U.S., indicating a generally positive M&A outlook among 2,500 companies and private equity firms over the next two years. Deloitte’s “M&A Trends Report 2014: A comprehensive look at the M&A market” shows 84 percent of corporate executive respondents see a sustained or increased […] More

Ed Morche leads Level 3 Communications‘ government markets group as its senior vice president and general manager, leading all functional activities in support of the firm’s civilian, defense, intelligence and other customers. In that role, the more-than-20-year telecommunications veteran also sets strategic direction for the firm’s capture strategy for government contracts. Morche recently caught up […] More