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2014 > December

• Executive Profile: Robert Carey, CSC Public Sector Cyber VP and GM

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• Executive Profile: George Newstrom, VP and GM of Dell’s Federal Gov’t Services Business

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• Executive Profile: Robert Zitz, Leidos SVP and Chief Systems Architect

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• Executive Profile: Chris Smith, AT&T Government Solutions Technology VP

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• BAE, Lockheed Help Royal Air Force Test F-35B Weapons; Pete Wilson Comments

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• Report: US Marshals Service to Use iPhones for New Mobility Program

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• Patrocinium Systems Releases Mobile Public Safety App; John South Comments

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• Kevin Coleman: Enterprises Should Have Cyber Response Teams

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• Inmarsat Adds Hughes Portable BGAN Terminal to Data Streaming Service; Greg Ewert Comments

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• Mary Craft: Leidos to Help DLA Build, Maintain Fuel Supply Mgmt Platform

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• Systems Made Simple to Support VA Mobile Healthcare App Development

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• FireEye: Threat Group Targets Stock Trading Info

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• Joshua Shani: Lockheed Joins Cyber Initiative in Israel to Support Local ICT Partnerships

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• Executive Profile: Ray Harris, Iron Bow CIO

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• Executive Profile: Robin Lineberger, Lead Client Service Partner for Deloitte’s A&D Practice

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• Iron Mountain, Seagate Form Alliance for Cloud-Based Backup, Disaster Recovery

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• Deltek: $2B in No-Bid Contracts Awarded by DHS in Fiscal 2014

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• Inmarsat to Update Europe’s ATC Data Link; Rupert Pearce Comments

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• Northrop Inks Lease Deal for North Dakota UAS Test Site

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• Research and Markets Projects $56B Market Value for Medical Electronics by 2020

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• Boeing Reports Progress Toward CCtCap Certification Goal

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• Raytheon, WDT Partner to Offer Weather Analytics Tools; Bill Sullivan Comments

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• NASA Plans Draft RFP for Enterprise Application Services Recompete

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• DISA Studies Market for Open Source Data Processors, Aggregators

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• Tony Smeraglinolo: Consolidation Would Facilitate ‘Mission Readiness’ in Govt Sector

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• Level 3 to Help Intelsat Expand Fiber, Teleport Network; Edward Morche Comments

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• Sam Baumel: Hughes Upgrades Satellite Broadband Service Offering for SMBs

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• Iridium, Thales to Offer UK Search-Rescue Rotorcraft Broadband Connectivity

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• MarketsandMarkets: Worldwide C4ISR Market to Grow 5% Annually Through 2020

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• Richard Daniel: Raytheon to Partner With Industry, Academia at New UK Cyber Hub

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• Tien Wong: 2014’s CONNECTpreneur to Have ‘Fireside,’ Investor Panel Forums

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• DRS, Lithiumstart Forge Energy Storage Market Partnership; Vince Stammetti Comments

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• WidePoint Arm Approved to Issue DoD ID Verification Credentials; Steve Komar, Daniel Turissini Comment

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• Ray Duquette: Army Receives CAE Helicopter Training System Ahead of Schedule

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• Executive Profile: Barbara Humpton, SVP and COO at Siemens Government Technologies

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• Executive Profile: Lance Howden, a Hortonworks Senior Director

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• Unisys’ Dan Huberty: Hybrid Service Key to Future Data Center

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• ID.me Gets Approval to Issue ‘Dot-Gov’ Digital ID Credentials; Ryan Fox Comments

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• NASA Preps for Orion Unmanned Test Flight Today; Richard Boitnott Comments

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• Northrop Hands Navy 1st MQ-8C Autonomous Helicopter; George Vardoulakis Comments

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• Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa

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• Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls, Navy Work to Manage Carrier Construction Budget

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• WidePoint Lands Multiple Federal Govt Telecom Contracts; Steve Komar Comments

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• MarketsandMarkets: Small Arms Market Worth $5B By 2020

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• Verizon’s Patrick Coomans Calls for Better Identity Authentication

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• ReportsnReports: Oil and Gas Sector’s Global Big Data Market to Grow 56% in 4 Years

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• MarketsandMarkets: 3D Printing Market’s Value to Hit $8B by 2020

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• Informatica,T-Systems Partner on Data Mgmt Services; Dirk Häußermann Comments

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• Mike Werner: ProphetStor Joins Red Hat OpenStack Partner Network

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• Allied Market Research: Global Internet Security Market to Reach $43B in Six Years

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• Frost and Sullivan: US Healthcare Cloud Market to Hit $3.5B by 2020

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• GAO OKs GSA’s Third-Gen Office Supplies Purchasing Channel; Tom Sharpe Comments

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• Research and Markets: Global Cloud Services Market Size to Grow 17% Through 2020

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• Christopher Bogdan: DoD Wants More Industry Competition for F-35 Training Systems

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• Battelle, Rhombus Team to Pursue DoD Nuclear Threat Detection Program; Matthew Shaw Comments

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• CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle

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• Dave Dunning: Fluor- CNNC Team to Pursue Nuclear, Renewable Markets

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• CBP Selects Astrophysics’ Scanning Tech for Air Cargo Inspection

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• Lockheed’s Horace Blackman: ‘Biggest Opportunities’ Lie in Federal Health IT Space

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• IBM Rolls Out Beta Version of Watson Analytics

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• Cubic to Design, Test Updates for SPAWAR Data Link; Mike Twyman Comments

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• IDC Evaluates 12 IaaS Vendors as Gov’t Cloud Adoption Continues

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• Nubity Joins IBM Cloud Program; Rita Radi Comments

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• CenturyLink Lands DHS Task Order for Cyber Services to Civilian Agencies

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• Deltek’s Chris Dixon: Local IT Pros Consider Big Data Strategy to Facilitate ‘Smarter’ Cities

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• BAE to Enter DARPA EW Radar Project’s 2nd Phase; David Logan Comments

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• ReportsnReports Forecasts $133B C4ISR Global Market by 2020

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• Lockheed Opens Abu Dhabi-Based Tech Collaboration Hub; Marillyn Hewson Comments

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• Praescient’s James Spencer: Data Analyst-Engineer Coordination Needed to Derive Insights

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• Red Hat-Logi Analytics Form BI, Data Virtualization Team; Rob Cardwell Comments

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• The GovCon Tech Makers, Service Firms Behind NASA’s 1st Orion Test Flight

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• Bill Rowan, VMware’s New US Federal Lead, on Open Source’s Evolution and Data Analytics Collaborations

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• Executive Profile: Kevin Phillips, ManTech EVP and CFO

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• Executive Profile: Mark Kontos, MITRE SVP and CFO

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• Airbus to Build Ocean Topography Measurement Satellite for ESA; Francois Auque Comments

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• Lockheed-Solid Power Team to Build Air Force ICBM Battery; Doug Campbell Comments

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• US Allies Test-Fire Raytheon Missiles During Military Exercise; Mike Jarrett Comments

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• Northrop Hands Lockheed 4th Payload for AEHF Satellite

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• David Phillips: FAA OKs Textron’s Drone for UAS Civilian Airspace Integration Test

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• Satya Nadella: Accenture-Microsoft Team Aims to Help Foster ‘Mobile, Cloud-First’ World

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• Boeing Completes NASA Certification Baseline Review for Crew Transportation Systems; John Mulholland Comments

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• Dave Schmitz: Cubic to Help Canadian Forces Train for Urban Operations

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• AWS Marketplace to Offer Optensity’s App Mgmt Web Interface; Pamela Arya Comments

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• Lockheed Migrates NGA Interactive World Map to AWS Cloud; Jason O’Connor Comments

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• Defense Department Starts Acquisition Cycle for Tricare Managed Care Support

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• Executive Profile: Babs Doherty, Founder of Eagle Ray

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• Mac Curtis: Vencore Lands NVTC Award in Year of Rebrand, Acquisition Moves

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• Executive Profile: Steven Shugart, President of GardaWorld’s Govt Services Division

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• IBM Study Indicates Cyber Concerns of CISOs; Brendan Hannigan Comments

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• Microsoft Releases Azure Govt Cloud Platform; Satya Nadella Comments

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• Lockheed Begins Post-Flight Orion Systems Analysis; Mike Hawes Comments

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• Research and Markets Predicts 3.11% CAGR for Missile Defense Systems Market by 2018

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• Bob Mehltretter: Lockheed Taps Northrop Attitude Control Instrument for 5th SBIRS Satellite

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• SunPower Lands 1st Task Order Under Army Energy IDIQ’s Solar Portion; Amanda Simpson Comments

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• Autonomic Resources Approved to Authorize Commercial Data Centers

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• Jim Sponnick: ULA to Launch Orbital’s Cygnus Cargo Delivery Spacecraft to ISS

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• Northrop Marks Milestone in Center Fuselage Work on Norway’s F-35 Order; Brian Chappel Comments

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• Harris, Agilex Recognized at GTSC’s Annual Awards for Homeland and Nat’l Security Firms

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• Executive Profile: Chris Pehrson, Strategic Development Director at GA-ASI

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• Executive Profile: Scott Price, Microsoft Nat’l Security Group GM

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• Executive Profile: Stan Ratcliffe, President of NCR Government Systems

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• Executive Profile: Nadia Short, VP and GM of General Dynamics AIS’ Cyber and Intell Solutions Group

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• Executive Profile: Scott Scheimreif, EVP of Iridium’s Gov’t Programs Division

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• DHS Seeks Method to Automate Cyber Defense

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• DLT Highlights Cyber Threats to Gov’t in 2014

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• QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments

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• IBM Develops Analytics-Based Cloud Management Tech; Leonard Hand Comments

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• Norma Lee Todd: Johns Hopkins APL Records Tech Transfer Increase in 2014

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• Transparency Market Research: Global Military Radar Market to Reach $8.4B in 2019

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• Visiongain: Military Electro-Optical IR Systems Market Hit $8B in 2014

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• Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls Eyes Energy Sector

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• Steven Shugart on GardaWorld’s US Gov’t Market Aims, the Global Security Sector’s Future

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• Executive Profile: Arjun Kampani, General Dynamics Land Systems’ VP and General Counsel

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• Executive Profile: Bill Jaffe, TAPE EVP and GM

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• Executive Profile: Phil Freedenberg, Business Development VP at SAP NS2

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• Executive Profile: Kevin Shelly, MarkLogic Public Sector VP

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• Transparency Market Research: Big Data Market Worth $48B by 2019

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• Defense Sec. Chuck Hagel Backs Navy LCS Modernization Plan

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• Booz Allen’s Karen Dahut Outlines Ways to Drive Innovation

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• Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority to Help NASA Sustain Wallops Launch Site

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• Leidos to Help Army Upgrade Air, Missile Defense Simulator; John Fratamico Comments

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• John Fletcher: UK Shipping Firm Extends Northrop’s Services Contract

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• Jerome Bendell: Thales-Raytheon JV to Provide Air Defense Radars to French Military

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• Lockheed Opens MUOS Terminal Development, Certification Hub; Glenn Ladue Comments

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• IDC Predicts IoT, Cloud, Big Data Roles for World’s Governments in 2015

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• Vince Menzione: SADA Systems to Offer Microsoft Cloud Support Services in Govt Market

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• MarketsandMarkets: Mobile Data Protection Market to Grow at 22.4% CAGR Through 2019

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• Bill Sullivan on Informatica’s NA Public Sector ‘Building Out,’ Cloud Tech’s Role in Storage

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• Research and Markets: Banking, Financial Services Security Market Worth $37B by 2019

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• Executive Profile: Cherreka Montgomery, SAP NS2’s National VP of Corporate Development

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• Executive Profile: Tim Reardon, Lockheed VP & GM of Defense-Intelligence Solutions

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• Apple, IBM Unveil Initial ‘MobileFirst for iOS’ App Set; Bridget van Kralingen Comments

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• Northrop Delivers F-16 AESA Radar System to Lockheed; Jeff Leavitt Comments

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• FireEye Updates Endpoint Threat Prevention Platform; David DeWalt Comments

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• Tom Rodgers to Lead McKesson’s New Health Startup Investment Fund; John Hammergren Comments

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• Exelis to Build Aircraft Radar Testing Tools for USAF; Jennifer Schoonover Comments

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• Transparency Market Research: APAC to See Man-Portable Military Electronics Market Growth

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• Michael Strianese: Sequestration Raises R&D Concerns for Industry

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• Lockheed Gets USAF Approval for Extended-Range Missile Production

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• Shane Imwalle: Woolpert Eyes Drone Survey Expansion Beyond Ohio

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• Peter Ungaro: Cray to Continue DoD Supercomputing Program Support

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• Executive Profile: Paul Lemmo, Lockheed SVP of Corporate Strategy and BD

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• Executive Profile: Erik Buice, Northrop VP of Health Systems Mgmt

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• Steve Harris: Dell Networking Switches Get DoD Interoperability, Info Assurance Certification

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• IBM to Help VA Search Electronic Health Records; Carolyn Clancy Comments

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• NRO Defense Payload Sent to Space on ULA-Built Rocket; Jim Sponnick Comments

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• Andrew Harsch: Unisys Offers Data Analytics to Help Firms Manage Service Delivery

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• Steve Skladanek: Lockheed-Alaska Aerospace Team to Offer Customers West Coast Launches

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• Research and Markets: Internet-Based Apps to Drive Global Internet Security Market Through 2020

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• Oracle Gets FedRAMP Board OK for Cloud SaaS Platform

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• FireEye to Help DC’s CTO Update City’s Cyber Platform; Tony Cole Comments

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• Intergraph to Deploy Law Enforcement Tech on Microsoft Azure Gov’t Cloud; David McDonald Comments

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• John Borghese: Rockwell Collins to Lead NASA Aircraft Pilot Research Program

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• Chad Mills: Carahsoft to Offer Autodesk 3D Design Software in Gov’t Sector

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• Randy Fuerst, Oceus CEO, on Public Safety Market Opportunities and Federal BYOD Programs

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• KEMP Adds Federal Smart Card Support in Load Balancer Tech Offering

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• Mike Driessen: Hitachi Consulting Gets SAP Certification as Hosting Services Provider

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• Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Latest Tests on 3D-Printed CubeSat Propulsion System

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• Brendan O’Connell: Australian DoD Orders Harris-Made Radio Comm Systems

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• Dynetics to Offer Virtualization Services as Citrix Silver Solution Adviser; Nichole O’Brien Comments

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• Northrop, Coast Guard, Navy Demo Fire Scout on Cutter Ship; George Vardoulakis Comments

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• IBM Lands Potential $660M NHS Electronic Staff Record Contract

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• Raytheon Evaluates Gallium Nitride Tech for Space Applications; Paul Ferraro Comments

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• Dell Study: Global Healthcare IT Leaders Eye Cloud

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• Bob Ciesla: Boeing’s Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage

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• Lockheed, Raytheon Assess GPS III Operational Readiness; Matthew Gilligan, Mark Stewart Comment

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• Infosys, Unisys to Provide Shared Services to Australian State Gov’t

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• Eastern Foundry Forms Government Tech, Innovation Incubator; Geoff Orazem Comments

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• ReportBuyer Forecasts 9% CAGR for Datacenter Power Industry Through 2019

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• IBM Adds New Global Cloud Centers Under $1B Expansion Plan; Jim Comfort Comments

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• Booz Allen Surveys Consumer, Provider Sentiment on Healthcare’s Future; Grant McLaughlin Comments

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• NSR: SATCOM Tech Demand to Drive UAS Market Through 2023

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• Lockheed Selects L-3 Digital Data Link for Small UAS

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• Research and Markets: Small Arms Market Set for 2% CAGR

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• IBM Modifies Cloud Contract Structure for Clients

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• Executive Profile: Mona Bates, Director of Strategy, Architecture for Raytheon’s IT Org

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• Executive Profile: Tom Romeo, MAXIMUS Federal Services President

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• Executive Profile: Nazzic Keene, SAIC Sector President

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• Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region

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• Rob Weiss: Lockheed to Continue Open Architecture Support for USAF Aircraft Modernization

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• Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Invests in WorldView Satellite Life Extension

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• QinetiQ NA to Help Refurbish Army, Navy TALON Robots

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• Dan Hart: Boeing Preps for Next GPS IIF Launch as 8th Satellite Joins Constellation

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• Research and Markets: Cloud Computing to Drive Mega Data Center Market Through 2018

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• Exelis, Iridium, DISA Demo Satellite-Based Tactical Comms Service; Mark Adams Comments

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• NASA Finds 1st Exoplanet with Ball Aerospace’s Kepler Spacecraft

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• Army Prepares JLENS Airship for NORAD Compatibility Tests; Maj. Gen. Glenn Bramhall Comments

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• Adnan Ahmed on CNSI’s Contract Vehicle Strategy and Advice for New GovCon Firms

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• Executive Profile: Christian Alexander, SVP and Global BD Director for Parsons’ Gov’t Services Unit

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• Executive Profile: Gulu Gambhir, Leidos SVP and CTO

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• General Dynamics Unit to Help Navy Build Undersea Vehicle Tech

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• Brendan O’Connell: Harris Radios, Intercom Systems to Support Philippine Tactical Comm Modernization

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• SpaceX Presents CCtCap Certification Baseline Plan to NASA; Gwynne Shotwell Comments

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• Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed MUOS-3 to Expand Navy Satellite Comms Coverage

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• Boeing, BlackBerry Aim to Offer Tamper-Proof Smartphone

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• Contractors Eye Laser Tools as Emerging Tech, Lockheed CTO Ray Johnson Offers 5-Year Outlook

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• Accenture Awarded Navy ERP Maintenance Task Orders

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• IGS Awarded $7M AF Contract to Upgrade Aircraft Maintenance Program

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• Deltek’s Derek Johnson: States to Prioritize Business Intell, Analytic Tools

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• Lockheed Hits Goal of 36 F-35 Deliveries in 2014

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• Kathy Lueders: NASA, Industry Partners Eye Continued Commercial Crew Program Work in 2015

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• US Navy Certifies Carestream’s Medical Imaging Tech

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• Lockheed Wins Awards for Exoskeleton Design; Trish Aelker Comments

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• Kratos Subsidiary Receives Target Drone Order from US Air Force; Jerry Beaman Comments

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• IDC: Global SaaS Applications Market to Reach $51B Worth by 2018

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• Inmarsat Tests L-Band Terminal Over Alphasat System; Peter Hadinger Comments

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• MTN Government Extends Military Satcom Service Reach; Scott Davis Comments

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• Raanan Horowitz: Elbit Systems of America to Upgrade Brazilian Navy’s Grumman Aircraft

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• Northrop Test-Flies Fire Scout From Guided-Missile Destroyer; George Vardoulakis Comment Comments

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• GovCon Leaders Talk Federal Cyber Defense in Sony Hack’s Wake

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• Raytheon to Provide Support Services for Navy Shipboard Electronic Systems

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• Executive Profile: Mac Curtis, Vencore President and CEO

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• Boeing Demos Tanker Aircraft for US Air Force

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• Raytheon, US Army Test Radar-Equipped Aerostat above Maryland; Dave Gulla Comments

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• Mark Signorelli: BAE to Produce Armored Vehicles to Upgrade Army’s Personnel Carriers

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• Northrop Starts Sea Tests on Fire Scout System; George Vardoulakis Comments

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• EMC Seeks to Establish Ireland-Based Data Center

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• General Dynamics to Supply Saudi Abrams Tanks Via US Military Sales Deal

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• MarketsandMarkets Forecasts Industrial Security Systems Market Worth $38B by 2020

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• Binary Group’s Kristie Steel Suggests Govt Customer Service Strategies

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• Study: Govt Security Initiatives to Drive Biometrics Tech Demand Through 2020

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• Deltek’s Kevin Plexico: SBA, State Dept, SEC Increased Contract Spending in 2014

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• Wayne Lucernoni: Harris IT Services Focuses on ‘Organic Growth’

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• Exelis Receives $28M Int’l Order for Radio Systems; Ken Harrison Comments

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• Reportstack: Health IT Outsourcing Market to See 9% Annual Growth Through 2019

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• Agilex’s Roger Baker Sees Feds Working on Agile, Commercial Cloud, Data, Cyber in 2015

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• Windstream to Provide NWS Regional Offices With High-Speed Internet

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• MarketsandMarkets Forecasts IoT, M2M Comms Market to Reach $947B in 2019

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• Accenture Survey: 50% of US Adults Seek Mobile Access to Social Services

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• Study: Data-Sharing Programs to Drive Federal IT Market Growth

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• ReportsnReports Forecasts Double-Digit CAGR for Global Healthcare 3D Printing Market

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• Northrop Grumman, NASA Prep for Assembly of James Webb Space Telescope; Jon Arenberg Comments

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• Verizon’s Stacy Clark: Job Opportunities High for Cloud-Savvy IT Professionals

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• Iridium’s Matt Desch: Industry Seeks to Bolster Flight Tracking with Satellite Tech

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• Mitre Rolls Out New Airport Capacity Analysis Tool

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