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2014 > August

• Executive Profile: Robin Portman, Booz Allen Hamilton EVP for Business Development

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• Executive Profile: Mark Gilbert, COPT Director of BD and Data Center Solutions

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• Executive Profile: Judy Smith, BD VP for Exelis’ Info Systems Division

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• Executive Profile: Luz Robveille, Finance and Business Operations VP at DRS

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• Verizon’s Paul Pratley: Financial Services Should Base Cyber Defenses on Attack Patterns

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• Cubic Subsidiary to Maintain, Upgrade London Traffic Signals; John Pickworth Comments

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• Charles Onstott: SAIC to Resell AWS’ Govt Cloud Offerings

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• Thales, Selex ES Partner for Anglo-French Combat Drone Program

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• Executive Profile: Debbie Thurman, URS Federal VP of Contracts and Procurement

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• Executive Profile: Kevin Winter, Booz Allen VP and CIO

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• Executive Profile: Tim Conway, NTT DATA Public Sector President

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• Executive Profile: John Lind, QTS Federal Sales VP

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• Talha Zobair Joins Northrop as Tax VP; James Palmer Comments

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• Orbital Sciences Launches 3 Satellites for USAF Program; Christopher Long Comments

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• Oracle Survey Highlights Enterprises’ Mobility Goals, Challenges; Suhas Uliyar Comments

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• Boeing’s 7th GPS IIF Satellite Transmits Signal from Space; Craig Cooning Comments

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• Software AG’s Robert Rowe Discusses How ‘Internet of Things’ Works

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• Northrop’s Wes Bush: Decision-Making Flexibility Needed to Bring Gov’t Contracting Efficiency

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• Mark Sirangelo: Lockheed Starts to Make Airframes for Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser

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• TCS, NextNav Partner for Indoor Emergency Locator System Demo; Kent Hellebust Comments

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• Scott Smith: Iridium to Test Compatibility of 1st Satellite Model With NEXT Network

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• Lockheed to Update London Police Dept’s Comms Infrastructure for $151M

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• Booz Allen Subsidiary Launches Deployable LTE Emergency Communications System

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• Executive Profile: Kara Yarnot, Meritage Talent Solutions Founder and President

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• Profile: Steve Schooner, Gov’t Procurement Law Program Co-Director at GWU Law School

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• Executive Profile: Matt McQueen, Senior Director of Strategic and External Comms at Northrop’s Info Systems Sector

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• Executive Profile: John Tomaselli, SAP NS2 COO

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• Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Moves Forward on 4th MUOS Satellite

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• Bruce Brda: Motorola Solutions’ New LTE Modem Targets Public Safety, Utilities

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• Ambit Group: Strategic Sourcing Can Help Public Agencies Improve Organizational Performance

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• Jonas Klingspor: URS-Mobotec Team Aims to Help US Power Plants Cut Emissions

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• Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility to Help African Soldiers Prepare for Mali Peacekeeping Operation

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• Harris, Nokia Networks Unveil Public Safety LTE Coverage Tool; Bob Fennelly Comments

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• Steve Pataky: FireEye Adds Rapid7 UserInsight to Threat Analytics Platform

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• EMCOR Subsidiary to Help Maintain 340 CBP Arizona, Texas Facilities; Mike Rodgers Comments

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• Serco to Help SPAWAR Maintain Mine-Resistant Vehicles

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• Verizon’s Mark Bartolomeo: ‘Internet of Things’ Must Center on Network Security

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• Brian Anderson: Johns Hopkins APL Eyes Second-Phase of Observation Mission

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• John Filippe Joins Cherokee Nation Businesses as IT VP, Todd Gourd Named CIO

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• Margaret Johnson Named Microsoft Business Development EVP; Satya Nadella Comments

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• Jun Choi: Northrop, Infor Partner to Deliver Enterprise Apps in Federal Sector

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• Chris Green: BAE Helps Clients Counter Money Laundering with Updated Offering

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• Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch

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• Scott Fuselier: General Dynamics Fidelis-CrowdStrike Team to Offer Clients Threat Intell

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• NCI Lands Army IT Support Contract Extension

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• Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Eyes 20% Mark for Int’l Sales

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• ManTech Updates Endpoint Anti-Malware Platform; Raj Dodhiawala Comments

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• John McGee Joins FireEye as Worldwide Sales SVP; David DeWalt Comments

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• MarketsandMarkets: Health Cloud Tech Market to See 20.5% CAGR Through 2017

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• Jeffrey Geiger: General Dynamics-Built Navy Submarine Undergoes Sea Trials

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• Northrop Finishes Work to Manufacture NATO Ground Surveillance UAV’s Fuselage

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• General Dynamics Subsidiary Licenses Security Software to Raellic Systems

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• Larry Price: NASA, Navy, Lockheed Conduct Orion Spacecraft Retrieval Simulations

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• Jeremy Ward: Qinetiq Puts Signals Intelligence on Airborne Surveillance System

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• Charlie Precourt: ATK, NASA Evaluate SLS Rocket Booster Design

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• Lockheed to Implement Route Analysis Tool at Bahrain Int’l Airport; Christian Roth Comments

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• Melbourne Airport Selects CH2M Hill for Runway Development

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• Report: Military Tech Support Market Could Reach $21B in 8 Years

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• Kevin Irland: Verizon’s New Containment Design Built for Data Center Cooling Equipment

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• Sens. Barbara Mikulski, Mark Warner Visit Huntington Ingalls Shipyard

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• Liz Benison to Join Serco as Govt Division Chief for UK, Europe; Rupert Soames Comments

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• Blake Larson: Atlas V Launch Showcases ATK Tech

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• Craig Perciavalle: Austal USA Unveils USS Montgomery Littoral Combat Ship

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• Laura Presciutti: Unisys Provides Enterprise Support with People Computing System

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• Report: SDN, Cloud Use to Drive Data Center Networking Market Growth

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• Verizon’s Paul Pratley Outlines Threat Patterns Facing Finance, Insurance Industry

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• IBM, CSC Further Cloud Partnership; Jim Smith, Steve Robinson Comment

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• Exelis’ Craig Oswald: DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Satellite to Have 16 Spectral Bands

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• Mario Santana: Verizon Aims to Help Enterprises Protect Networks With Cyber Intell Tech

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• David Hamilton: Wyoming Adopts Xerox Tech to Manage ER Visits, Medicaid Costs

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• Scott Whatmough: Raytheon to Complete FAB-T Qualification Tests by Year’s End

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• Terry Lorier: Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts CST-100 Propulsion Tech Through Launch Abort, Hot Fire Tests

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• IBM SoftLayer Cloud Powers eLearning Program in Peru; Rodolfo Armellini Comments

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• CenturyLink Joins ComEd Program for Energy Efficiency at Chicago Data Center; Joel Stone Comments

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• Keith Hall: Inc Recognizes Globecomm on ‘Build 100’ List

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• IBM Researchers, DARPA Collaborate to Build Neural Network Chips; Dharmendra Modha, Gill Pratt Comment

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• Andrew Aziz: IBM Partners with Shanghai Wind on Cloud-Based Financial Tool Offering

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• Autonomic Resources Updates Cloud Service Offering

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• In-Q-Tel’s Dan Geer Outlines Policy Recommendations to Address Cyber Attacks

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• KPMG’s Tom Franks: Global M&A Appetite ‘Remains Strong’

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• YarcData’s Adnan Khaleel: Companies Should Continually Improve Big Data Strategy

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• Kevin Amis: Ingalls Shipbuilding Delivers USS Monsoor’s ‘Unique’ Deckhouse

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• TCS Becomes O3b Networks Satellite Service Partner; Michael Bristol Comments

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• Chris Morris: CH2M HILL, Partners to Lend Tech for Perth Groundwater Project

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• Jim Reinhart: QTS Unveils Hybrid Network Connectivity Solution

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• Diane Miller: Northrop to Launch Cybersecurity Contest for UK High School Students

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• FTC to Hold Big Data Workshop

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• Robert Gates, Frances Townsend Among Featured Speakers at SAP NS2 Summit

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• Siemens Set to Break Ground on ‘Zero-Emission Corridor’

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• Northrop Announces 2 New Engineering Scholars; Jeff Palombo Comments

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• MarketsandMarkets: Healthcare Workforce Mgmt Systems Market Value to Hit $1.5B by 2019

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• AWS, XO Communications Expand Direct Connect Support; Nicola Jackson Comments

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• RnR Market Research: IoT, M2M Comm Market to Grow 24% Through 2019

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• Iridium Delivers Services with SunTec’s Revenue Mgmt System; Jose Varela Comments

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• Bill Ruh: GE-Pivotal Team Creates Industrial Data Lake Approach

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• IBM to Refresh Narayana Health’s IT Infrastructure; Anmol Nautiyal Comments

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• Clifford Cagle: DynCorp Eyes Australia, APAC Growth With New $100M Contract

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• Sandeep Ramesh Patil: IBM Patents System for Geo-Specific Cloud Data Management

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• Chris O’Connell: DoD Adds Appian BPM Tool to Agency’s Mobile App Store

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• David Williams: Avanti Picks Orbital Sciences Satellite for EMEA Region Coverage

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• Johns Hopkins APL Picks Northrop Solar Probe Navigator for NASA Program; Bob Mehltretter Comments

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• BAE Takes Over USAF’s $534M Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Contract

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• John Rader: Boeing Gets FAA Approval for Tactical Surveillance Aircraft

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• MarketsandMarkets: 3D Sensor Market Value to Reach $3B Mark by 2020

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• Dave Goggins: Electric Boat On Course for North Dakota Submarine Delivery

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• SAP Survey Finds 1/3 of Firms Use Data in Making Decisions; James Fisher Comments

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• Lance Crosby: SoftLayer Seeks to Fill Canada’s Cloud Demand with New Data Warehouse

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• Raytheon Team to Build Massachusetts’ e-Toll Collection System

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• Drew Morin: TCS to Integrate Cyber Training Modules into Sypris Platform

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• Joseph Bushman: Orbital Sciences’ Carbon-Monitoring Satellite Joins ‘A-Train’ Constellation

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• VMware’s Bill Rowan: Defense Dept Embraces IT Virtualization

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• Lockheed IS&GS Chief Sondra Barbour Appointed to 3M Board; Inge Thulin Comments

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• Alicia Rigdon Named General Counsel, Director of Contracts at Marotta Controls; Michael Leahan Comments

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• Northrop’s Astro Aerospace Delivers 13 Antennas for Canada’s RADARSAT Satellites; Dan Johansen Comments

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• Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Satellite Launched to Collect High-Res Earth Imagery

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• Guest Post: CACI Chairman Jack London on How Organizations Should Emphasize Character

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• IBM Partners With Florida University on Supercomputing Center; Tom Hull Comments

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• General Dynamics Subsidiary to Build Space Fence’s Ground System for Lockheed; Chris Marzilli Comments

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• Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger to Keynote NSC James’ Christening at Ingalls Shipbuilding Center

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• Dan Crowley: Raytheon-UMass Lowell Research Institute to Drive Learning, Innovation

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• Executive Profile: John Pranzatelli, MBDA President

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• Executive Profile: Mark Scallion, SAP Public Services VP of Federal Civilian Business

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• Aerojet Rocketdyne Holds Firing Test on LEONIDAS Solid Rocket Motor; Paul Meyer Comments

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• Northrop Global Hawk Drone Flies 100th SW Asian Mission for AF

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• General Dynamics Tests 2,000-Mile Transmission Via MUOS Satellites; Chris Marzilli Comments

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• Interactive Intelligence Group Comms Software Receives JITC Certification

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• FAA Certifies Avionica-Made Satlink Communications Module

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• DRS’ SIGINT Technology Expo to Feature New Radio Tuner; Kerry Rye Comments

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• Lockheed Chooses Apptricity Supply Chain Tools for Asset Tracking, Maintenance

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• Northrop to Build Army Black Hawk’s Avionics System; Ike Song Comments

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• Juniper Research Forecasts Location Services Market to Hit $43.3B by 2019

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• Airbus Demos Automatic Airport Threat Detection System; Michael Cosentino Comments

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• Gerald Cohen: Information Builders Partners With Arrow to Extend BI Offering

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• Deloitte Joins Industry Consortium on IoT; Eric Openshaw Comments

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• Executive Profile: Linda Asher, Booz Allen Corporate Director of Contracts

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• Executive Profile: Scott Gaydos, HP Enterprise Services Chief Technologist

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• Textron-AirLand JV Demos Scorpion Aircraft at Kansas National Guard Exercise

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• Verizon’s Kevin King: Cloud Investments Focused on Financial, Supply Chain ERP Tools

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• COPT Sells White Marsh Properties for $28M

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• Janet Hale, Mike Gelles: Staff Training, Communication Key to Insider Threat Defense

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• Jeanne Usher: Northrop’s Sperry Marine to Extend Support for German Shipping Firm

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• UK Defense Procurement Org Picks Bechtel, CH2M Hill for Service Contracts

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• DoD, Abbott Form TBI Testing Partnership; Dallas Hack Comments

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• Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Christen National Security Cutter ‘James’

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• Dan Allen: Serco Inc. to Help Update US Shipboard Tools, Weapons Systems

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• Executive Profile: Biff Lyons, Parsons Government Services SVP & Manager of National Security & Defense

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• Executive Profile: Tim Hein, VP at ATK Defense Systems Group

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• Executive Profile: Al Kinney, HP Enterprise Services’ Acting VP of the Cybersecurity Solutions Group

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• NIC Wins South Carolina E-Gov Services Extension

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• Tony Bardo: Hughes to Expand Texas Satellite Internet Services

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• Matt Calkins: GSA Public Buildings Service Deploys Appian Procurement Tool

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• Lockheed, Kaman, US Army Demo Autonomuous Operation; Scott Greene Comments

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• Navy Fires Raytheon’s SM-6 Missile in ‘Juliet’ Test; Michael Ladner Comments

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• Frank Culbertson: Orbital Sciences-Built Capsule Returns From ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

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• Michael Toscano: Underwater Drones’ Potential Uses are ‘Limitless’

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• Lockheed Unveils Naval C4ISR Testing Platform; Rob Smith Comments

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• Jacobs to Continue Hong Kong Public Works Lab Support; Kevin McMahon Comments

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• New CEO Ted Davies on His Goals for Altamira, Roles of Data Analytics and Open Source

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• Graham Hughes: SAS Tech Seeks to Improve Patient Care Delivery

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• HII’s Richard Schenk: Coast Guard Cutter ‘Hamilton’ Ready for Service

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• Executive Profile: Todd Morris, SRA International VP and Homeland Security Business Area Director

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• Air Force Used Cobham In-Flight Refueling Tool for South Sudan Rescue Mission

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• Battelle to Help Build Army Weapons, Equipment

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• TSA Certifies Eid Passport ID Mgmt Offering; Steve Larson Comments

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• Research and Markets: APAC, Middle East to Lead Global Ammo Market by 2020

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• InfoZen Moves NASA Web Portals, Apps to Amazon Cloud; Roopangi Kadakia Comments

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• Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet

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• NSA Certifies Harris Falcon III Manpack Radio; George Helm Comments

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• Michael Baker International to Build U.S. OSCE Offices

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• SAP HANA Software Gets 3,600 Users

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• Alasdair Cathcart: Bechtel Tests Declare Queensland LNG Tanks Ready for Storage

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• Andrew Tyler: Northrop in Talks With Potential Global Hawk Buyers in Europe

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• Dennis Kelly: A-T Solutions to Launch New Mobile Data Collection Tools

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• NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Feds Should Plan Strategy Before Moving IT Systems to Cloud

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• Level 3 Unveils Herndon Data Center; Paul Savill Comments

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• CGI Helps West Virginia, Colorado Implement ERP Systems

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• Frost & Sullivan: Tech Procurement, Fleet Renewals to Steer Defense Spending in 10 Countries

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• TPC Rolls Out Benchmarking Kit for Big Data Systems

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• Boeing Wraps Up CST-100 Design, Risk Evaluations

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• Megan Anderson: In-Q-Tel Backs Newlans’ Mobile RF Tech Development

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• Deltek’s John Slye: USAID, State to Lead Gov’t IT Spending in September

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• Raytheon, Air Force Complete Anti-Radiation Missile Flight Test

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• Kathy Lueders: NASA, Partners Discuss Progress on Commercial Space Vehicles

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• DynCorp-NASA Team Rebuilds WB-57 Aircraft to Carry New Payloads

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• MarketsandMarkets: Govt-Focused Cloud Tech Market to Hit $18B in 4 Years

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• Oracle, Verizon Aim to Help Enterprises Cut IT Costs Through Database Cloud Offering

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• Tom Owen: Lockheed, DoD, Suppliers Hold F-35 Cost Discussions

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• CACI CEO Ken Asbury Sees Growth Potential in Federal Cyber, Health IT Areas

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• Charlie Plummer: General Dynamics to Add New Comm Modes in Massachusetts’ 911 System

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• Deltek: IT Spending at State, Local Levels to Reach $70B in 2019

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• IBM Offers Power Systems Linux to Innovation, Client Centers; Doug Balog Comments

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• Lydia Hyde: BAE Develops Microsensors for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring

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• Executive Profile: Jennifer Smith, SAIC SVP of Corporate Development

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• US Air Force Certifies Toshiba-Built MR Systems; Beverly Plost Comments

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• Chris Petersen: LogRhythm Launches Threat Intell Ecosystem to Expand Security Coverage

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• John Reeher, Chris Jackson: Choose Certified Vendors, Cost-Security Balance in Cloud Adoption

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• Lockheed, EOS Subsidiary Forge Space-Tracking Service Partnership; Rick Ambrose Comments

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• David McCurley: Accenture Updates Human Services Software Suite for Federal Data Interoperability

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• John Shannon: Boeing Eyes 2016 Delivery of NASA ISS Docking System

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• Northrop’s RQ-4 Drone Tested for Interoperability with AF Ground System; Mick Jaggers Comments

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• Marius Haas: Dell, VMware Come Together to Deliver Open, Automated Platform

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• Red Hat CloudForms 3.1 Offers to Manage Variety of Clouds

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• Unisys Virtual Desktop Offers Cloud-Based Resources, IT and End-User Support; Larry Dunn Comments

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• IBM, Inspur Team Up to Push Big Data Initiative in China

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• DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 Achieves Initial Operational Capability; Jeff Tarr Comments

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• Verizon Offers QR Code Login With Universal ID Services; Tracy Hulver Comments

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• Scott Smith: Iridium, Boeing, L-3 Finish Work on NEXT Satellite Control Infrastructure

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• Doug Wagoner: New SAIC Cyber Suite Built for Persistent Cyber Threat Response

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• Deltek’s Alex Rossino: VA Spent $153M on Cloud Via T4 Vehicle

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• Study: Telecom Industry to be Biggest Network Analytics Consumer Through 2018

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• MarketsandMarkets: Mobile Cloud Market to Grow $47B in 2019

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• Opengear’s Rick Stevenson: A Consolidated Data Center Needs Regular Maintenance, Monitoring

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• Verizon’s Kevin Irland: Shared Services Impacts Financial, Technical, Operational Functions

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• Northrop UAS Duo Logs 100K Combat Support Hours; Jim Culmo Comments

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• Stephen Leonard: IBM Seeks to Help Clients Adopt Big Data, Cloud Systems

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• Ryan Hartman: Boeing’s Insitu to Explore Commercial Markets for ScanEagle UAV

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• ASI Government: Include Commercial Service Requirements in Cloud Contracts

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• Kevin McCarthy: Unisys-Rackwise Team Produces Data Center Mgmt Platform for Federal Market

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• Mike Rhodin: IBM Extends Watson’s Cognitive Work with New Research Partnerships

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• Raytheon Hands Rolling Airframe Missile System to US Navy; Rick Nelson Comments

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• Northrop’s Infrared Countermeasures System Completes Flight Test; Jeffrey Palombo Comments

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• HP Infrastructure to Host Avaya Software; Mike Nefkens, Pierre-Paul Allard Comment

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• Carpathia: Healthcare Providers Must Have ‘Continuous Diligence’ in Compliance

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• Marie Huwe: Microsoft Deploys Dynamics CRM for Case Mgmt at Health, Human Services Groups

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• Jim Stewart: Teradata Eyes Analytics ‘Talent Pipeline’ Via Scholarships, Poster Contest, Industry Event

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• Thomas Bussing: Raytheon AI3 Missile Built to Complement Army Ground Weapon System

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• Navdeep Sidhu: Hybrid Integration Tech Can Help Orgs Connect On-Premise, Cloud Apps

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• QinetiQ Sought to Help Build U.K. Small Boat Threat Response; Sarah Kenny, Philip Smith Comment

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• Lockheed-Warsaw University Team Develops Autonomous UAV Control Software

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• Xerox’s Charles Brooks: Gov’t Agencies Seek to Accelerate Record Digitization

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• Informatica’s Kimberley Williams: Internet of Things Could Transform the Business of Gov’t

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• Kurt Hesch: GD Electric Boat Moves From Sea Trials to Delivery for Virginia-Class Submarine

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• Shaygan Kheradpir: Juniper Networks to Focus on Cloud Builders, High-IQ Networks

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• IBM, University Partner to R&D Predictive Maintenance Analytics Tech; Mark Easton Comments

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• MarketsandMarkets: APAC to Hold Image Sensor Market’s Largest Share by 2020

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