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2015 > February

• Frank Spina to Head Northrop’s Navigation Systems Business in Italy

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• AM General Hires Howard Glaser as Commercial Business President, Pat Kemp as Mobility Ventures EVP

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• Spire to Launch 20 Small Weather Satellites This Year; Peter Platzer Comments

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• Research and Markets Forecasts ITaaS Demand in Public Sector Through 2019

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• FireEye, Telefonica to Combine Security Tech, Intell, Services for Enterprise Customers

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• Lockheed to Help UK Cyber Firms Pursue Investments; Stephen Ball Comments

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• BAE to Build UAS Sensor for Navy Antisubmarine Warfare Program

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• AWS Adds Health Check Service to GovCloud Offering

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• Professional Services Council Buys TechAmerica Foundation

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• Wayne Lucernoni on Harris’ ‘Organic Growth’ Approach for IT Services, Healthcare Market Trends

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• Lockheed, Orange County Public Schools Launch STEM Program

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• Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch to Present at Space Foundation Symposium

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• Northrop to Build 2 More LCS Mission Modules for Navy; Doug Shaffer Comments

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• Dynetics to Extend IT Support at NASA’s Marshall Space Center

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• Mary Petryszyn: Northrop Begins Global Hawk Production for South Korea

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• Cisco: Mobile Apps Could Help Public Services Reach More People

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• Matt McQueen on Northrop’s Gov’t Relations Teamwork With Execs and Stakeholder Definitions

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• Adobe Unveils Cloud Services for Gov’t Clients; John Landwehr Comments

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• Mike Jones: Booz Allen Adds Singapore Hub to Address Asia Tech Demand

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• DRS Launches New Product Accreditation Program; Todd Brown Comments

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• Report: Air Force Eyes $938M Budget for 10th GPS III Satellite

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• Lockheed Orders Northrop Beam Radars for Taiwan’s F-16s; Jeff Leavitt Comments

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• Darrell Pope Named Dynamic Aviation Flight Operations VP

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• Kelly Collins, Dan Dzenitis Take Public Sector Leadership Roles at Digital Reasoning

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• Ambit Group to Support DHS IT Investment Mgmt for $28M

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• Northrop Gets Additional Order for Naval Aircraft Laser Mine Detectors

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• IBM Launches Analytics Platform for Energy & Utility Sector; Brad Gammons Comments

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• Northrop Grumman Reflector Launched with NASA’s Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite; John Alvarez Comments

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• Nick Bobay: Exelis, U&U Engineering to Supply Night Vision Tubes to Taiwan

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• 3D Systems, Aerospace Firms, Universities to Collaborate on Additive Manufacturing Tech R&D

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• Jacobs Awarded Multiple TxDOT Professional Services Contracts

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• Ball Aerospace Radiometer to Support Solar Energy Observation; Jim Oschmann Comments

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• Carahsoft Serves as Government Distributor of 10ZiG Technology Offerings; Will Jones Comments

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• Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch on Inmarsat’s US Gov’t Market Strategy and Industry’s Role in Spectrum Mgmt

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• Tony Frazier on DigitalGlobe’s Open Source Collaborations and His New Gov’t Solutions SVP Role

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• Executive Profile: Stephen Kovac, Vazata Public Sector Strategy and BD EVP

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• Parsons’ Nathan Magestad a Top Young Professional for 2015; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

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• General Dynamics Updates Software-Based Tactical Radio Platform

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• Alan Pellegrini: Thales Eyes US Military Helicopter Market With Northrop Subcontract

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• DigitalGlobe Adds New Clients to Geospatial Big Data Platform; Sean Anklam, Shay Har-Noy Comment

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• Jim Myles: DynCorp Extends Support for California’s Aerial Firefighting Program

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• Orbital Orders Satellite Electric Propulsion Subsystems from Aerojet Rocketdyne; Warren Yasuhara Comments

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• Boeing to Upgrade Minnesota’s Criminal History Data Mgmt System; Jeff Brown Comments

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• CH2M Hill Provides Design of Pilot Bioenergy Facility in UAE; Neil Reynolds Comments

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• VMware Government Cloud Service Achieves FedRAMP Certification

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• Louis Berger to Provide Road Maintenance Training in Gabon

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• Joe Ayers on HP’s Data Center Support for Agencies, Cloud Computing’s Evolution With FedRAMP

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• Executive Profile: John Abeles, System 1 President and CEO

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• Executive Profile: Ernest Wohnig, Critical Infrastructure Security SVP at System 1

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• ICF to Sponsor WTS Programs for Women in Transportation Industry; Kristen Klovsky Comments

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• Michael Cox Joins NDIA’s Tennessee Valley Board; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

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• Research and Markets: Military Airlift Market to See Challenge in Acquisition, Operation Costs

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• Lockheed Martin, Dominion Resources Develop Remote-Mapping Smart Grid Tech

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• Intelsat, Kymeta Form Joint Development Program for Satellite Applications

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• Esri Adds ArcGIS Data Appliance Offering to GSA Schedule; Dean Garner Comments

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• Strategic Defense Intelligence: Global Military Rotorcraft Market to Increase to $27.3B by 2025

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• IBM Launches New Analytics Offering for Energy, Utility Clients; Brad Gammons Comments

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• Northrop Team to Offer New Design in Air Force Trainer Jet Competition

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• Study: Cloud, Mobile Computing to Drive Financial Services Security Market Growth

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• Robin Portman on Booz Allen’s BD Org Retool and ‘Changing Paradigms’ in Federal Acquisition

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• Executive Profile: Michael Tanner, Hitachi Data Systems Federal President and CEO

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• TAPE CEO Louisa Jaffe Joins VA’s Women Veterans Advisory Committee

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• Mark Gerencser, Geoff Nyheim Join Orion Systems Integrators Board; Sunil Mehta Comments

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• Mo Mulligan: Triple Canopy JV Receives DOE Recognition for Oak Ridge Services

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• Research and Markets Sees 8% Annual Growth for Military Laser Systems Market

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• Air Force’s 5-Year Spending Plan Outlines Tanker, UAV, Carrier, JLTV Funds

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• Carahsoft Adds RSA Offerings to GSA Schedule; Robert Moore Comments

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• Research and Markets: Global Aerospace Market Worth $352B by 2023

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• Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Navy Aerial Refueling Tech Development Support

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• Consulting Firm System 1 Views Cyber’s Landscape Through ‘Democratization’ of Capability, Exposure

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• Navy Orders 29 Lockheed Avionics Test Systems

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• George Batsakis: SRA to Update Defense Department’s Retirement Pay System

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• IDC Report Looks to Build Case for IoT Investment Through Education, Partnerships

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• Aerojet Rocketdyne Excess Solar Power to Supply Arkansas; Chris Conley Comments

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• Executive Profile: Jordin Cohen, Homeland Security & Defense Group Director at Noblis

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• WBB Selected for DoD’s Mentor-Protege Award; Robert Olsen Comments

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• Northrop to Exhibit Maritime Defense Systems; Robert Nelson Comments

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• Cisco CEO John Chambers: Internet of Things Could Drive IT Transformation

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• Lockheed-Led Consortium Starts to Build Navy’s 13th LCS; Joe North Comments

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• TechNavio: Global Cybersecurity Market in Finance to Hit 13% CAGR through 2019

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• MarketsandMarkets: Industrial Security Systems Market to Reach $38B by 2020

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• Kay Kapoor Outlines AT&T’s Mobility Projects for Government

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• Greg Wenzel on Booz Allen’s Digital Ecosystem Focus and the Internet of Things’ Public Sector Future

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• Jack Dangermond: FedRAMP Green Lights Esri’s GIS Cloud Service for Federal Clients

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• BAE to Help Army Manage Battlespace Data Systems; Mark Keeler Comments

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• BANC3 to Support Army’s Tech R&D, Engineering Programs

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• SpaceX Leases USAF Launch Complex as Future Landing Pad for Falcon Rockets

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• ICF, Crossmark Partner to Promote Energy-Saving Programs; Tom Roessler Comments

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• ABI Research: Commercial Segment to Overtake Gov’t in Biometrics Spending by 2017

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• Research and Markets: Sonar Systems Market to Reach $5B by 2020

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• Carahsoft Inks Deal as Government Aggregator for Clockwork Services; Michael Shrader Comments

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• Bell Boeing Delivers Osprey Flight Training Simulators to US Marine Corps; Randy Deidrick Comments

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• EMC Survey Shows Rise in Global Adoption of Hybrid Cloud; Jeremy Burton Comments

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• Richard Goglia to Retire from Raytheon as VP and Treasurer

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• Karen Sivek Appointed Ensco HR Division Manager

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• Larry Price: Lockheed Uses Flight Test Data to Improve Orion Spacecraft’s Design

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• DRS Unveils New Radiometric Camera Cores; Gregory Christison Comments

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• GSA Receives Bids for New FBI HQ, Hoover Building Redevelopment

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• Lockheed Sends New Earth Imaging Camera to Space; Joe Mobilia Comments

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• Executive Profile: Satish Chenchal, Program Management Director at Solutions By Design

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• CGI Federal Chief James Peake to Open ATA 2015 Plenary

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• Lou Von Thaer Keynotes K-12 Intro to STEM Event

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• General Dynamics Adds MUOS Wireless Connectivity Testing Service; Chris Marzilli Comments

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• Lockheed Launches New Aircraft Sensor System; Ken Fuhr Comments

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• Mike Olson: Cloudera to Help Cerner Gather, Analyze Healthcare Data

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• PV Puvvada: Federal Sector a ‘Growth Engine’ for Unisys

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• Dell Expands Education Services Portfolio with New Offerings; Sam Burd Comments

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• Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Wins AFCEA International Award

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• HII Names Gerald Boyd VP for Business Dev’t at Stoller Newport News Nuclear

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• Jim Moos: Leidos Receives Mentor-Protege Award from DoD

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• General Atomics Completes Airborne Radar Testing Onboard Predator B; Frank Pace Comments

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• SES Taps Airbus, Boeing, Orbital ATK to Build New Satellites for Commercial, Military Markets

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• TBR Research: Cloud Users to Prefer Customized Services in 2015

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• Northrop Taps Saab US Subsidiary for Radar Components

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• Carpathia’s Stu Fleagle: Public/Hybrid Cloud, Privacy, Automation, Data to Drive Tech Investments

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• IBM, CenturyLink to Open New App Innovation Center in Louisiana

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• David DeWalt: FireEye’s Threat Intell Sharing Initiative Eyes Cyber Automation, Customization

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• Lockheed-KAI Team Bids for South Korea’s $8B Fighter Jet Program

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• Textron Unveils Beta Version of Web-Based Geospatial Image Exploitation System

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• Symantec, Imprivata to Offer Two-Factor Authentication for E-Prescription of Controlled Substances

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• Executive Profile: Rod Volz, Solutions By Design’s VP of Client Services, Deputy COO

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• Virgin Mobile Arm Adopts Razorsight Analytics Tool

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• IBM Unveils Analytics Offering for Hadoop; Beth Smith Comments

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• Lisa Hook: Neustar Integrates NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Risk Mgmt Practices

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• Maximus’ Tom Romeo: Gov’t Clients Turn to Outcome-Based Contracts for Services Procurement

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• Deltek: Agencies Seek to Streamline Business Systems to Cut Costs

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• Capstone to Extend Navy-Marines Intranet Program Work; Rich White Comments

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• Red Hat Updates OpenStack Platform for Enterprise Businesses; Radhesh Balakrishnan Comments

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• Ted Girard on Delphix’s Federal ERP Market Push and Agencies’ Data Security, Mgmt Challenges

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• Neil Albert on OASIS as ‘Potential Catalyst’ for MCR and Potential Acquisition Reform Initiatives

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• McKesson Announces Appointments of Bansi Nagji, Brian Tyler; John Hammergren Comments

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• US Army Forms Cyber Warrior Network Through Private-Public Partnership; Jeffrey Talley, Scott Nelson Comment

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• Lockheed’s Mel Greer to Discuss Cloud Security, Privacy Issues at CSCC Forum

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• SolarWinds Eyes Federal Business Expansion with New Herndon Office; David Kimball Comments

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• Battelle to Maintain US Army Chemical, Biological Detection Equipment Anew; Matt Shaw Comments

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• Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson Outlines Efforts to Address Challenges in Global Security Landscape

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• Carpathia Releases Beta Cloud Service for Healthcare Providers; Philip Hedlund Comments

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• Rob Weiss: Lockheed-Raytheon Team to Pursue USAF Surveillance Aircraft Replacement Contract

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• Reuters: BAE CEO Ian King Forecasts Stability for US Defense Industry

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• Iron Bow Named in MSP Elite 150 List for 2015; Rene LaVigne Comments

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• Lockheed Execs See Opportunity in Air Force Bomber Joint Bid With Boeing

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• Boeing Moves Forward With Phase 2 of DARPA Small Satellite Space Launch Program

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• Research and Markets: Military Electro-Optical/Infrared Systems Market Worth $16B by 2020

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• Anthony Reardon: Ducommun to Continue Tomahawk Electronic Assemblies Supply for Raytheon

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• ManTech to Mentor Beacon Systems on Mgmt, Business Development; Karla Matthews Comments

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• Exelis to Help DARPA Build Airborne Communications Chip; Mark Adams Comments

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• Deloitte’s Nathan Houser: Data Analytics, Visualization Tools Could Facilitate National Security Mgmt

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• Patricia Lewis Outlines Lockheed’s Strategy to Attract, Retain Cyber Workers

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• Deloitte’s John Powers: DoD Acquisition Reform Should Encourage Innovation

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• Amit Yoran: RSA to Hone Strategy to Address Emerging Threats, Industry Challenges

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• Deloitte’s Terri Cooper Previews Federal Health Opportunities, Challenges in 2015

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• Deloitte’s Dan Helfrich: Federal Civilian Sector to See Opportunities in Gov’t Transformation

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• PwC Report Details Increased Aerospace, Defense M&A Activity in 2014

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• James Turley Joins Northrop’s Board of Directors; Wes Bush Comments

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• DynCorp Lands FAA’s Diamond Award for 3 Programs With Complete Aviation Maintenance Training

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• Daniel Heller: Lockheed Tests Nanotech for Oil-Drilling Wastewater Filtration

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• Northrop’s Global Hawk UAS on Display at Australian Air Show; Ian Irving Comments

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• Lockheed Survey Highlights Gap, Challenges to Organizations’ Cyber Approaches; Guy Delp Comments

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• Booz Allen, HITRUST to Host Cyber Event in Washington; Jim Koenig Comments

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• Exelis Delivers Infrared Sounder to NOAA; Eric Webster Comments

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• Gene Colabatistto: CAE, NorthStar Aviation Partner to Develop Helicopter Simulator Tech

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• HP’s Stacy Cleveland: DoD Eyes Match Between Security Requirements, Commercial Cloud

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• Tom Watson: SAIC to Continue Engineering, Technical Support for SPAWAR

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• Bruce Tanner: Lockheed Eyes Int’l Sales Target of 25%

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• TCS Puts O3b Networks’ Satellite Services on GSA IT Schedule 70

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• Gary May Joins Leidos’ Board of Directors; John Jumper Comments

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• Booz Allen’s Angie Messer to Discuss Security Workforce Trends at RSA Conference

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• CACI Vet Deb Dunie Appointed to SAIC’s Board of Directors; Edward Sanderson Comments

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• Northrop Subsidiary to Expand ATC Communications Coverage in South Korea

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• Ken Asbury: CACI Eyes Military Readiness Support Under Navy MPTE Prime Contract

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• ADS Taps Exelis to Build US Army Connectivity Systems; Nick Bobay Comments

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• MapR Hadoop Training Program Seeks to Build Up Federal Contractor IT Workforce Skills

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• Tory Bruno: ULA Eyes Strategic Change as New Competition Looms

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• Orbital ATK Puts Aircraft Protection System to Live-Fire Test; Mike Kahn Comments

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• Serco to Provide Management, Technical Support for Saudi Railway Operator; Rupert Soames Comments

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• William Brown: Harris Opens New Innovation Hub, Hosts Technology Exhibit

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• Booz Allen Rolls Out New Digital Workplace; Kevin Winter Comments

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• Exelis Unveils First CorvusEye Nighttime Imagery; Dwight Greenlee Comments

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• SRA, EPA Release Energy Star Home Advisor Program; John Ludecke Comments

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• HII’s Mike Petters, Barbara Niland to Present at JP Morgan Conference

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• Maximus Execs Richard Montoni, Richard Nadeau to Present at Investment Conference

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• US Manufacturers Eye Middle East for Drone Export Sales

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• Research and Markets: Asia Pacific to Dominate Global Military Rotorcraft Spending by 2025

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• Boeing, Raytheon Team to Build Command and Control System for Saudi Air Force; Paul Geery Comments

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• Exelis to Build Pneumatic Missile Eject Launcher for Saab Fighter Aircraft; Ken Harrison Comments

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• Harris CapRock Offers New Managed Communications Service; Tracey Haslam Comments

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• Terma to Install Threat Surveillance Tech at Lockheed’s Mission Systems Facility

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• Steve Robinson: IBM, CSC Extend Collaboration to Help Accelerate Cloud Tech Adoption

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• CompTIA’s Foundation Submits Report on Tech Convergence’s Impact on Gov’t; Kay Kapoor Comments

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• FireEye’s Kevin Mandia: New Mandiant Report Details Cyber Threat Trends, Tactics

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• Hyune Hand: DigitalGlobe Starts to Offer 30-cm Satellite Images

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• Military Cyber Vet Rick Lipsey Joins LMI as Senior Strategic Cyber Lead

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• Jeh Johnson: DHS Shutdown Would Hurt Agency’s Suppliers, Service Providers

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• ABI Research: Global Healthcare Cyber Spend to Hit $10B by 2020

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• Strategic Defense Intelligence Report Forecasts Global UAV Market 6% CAGR Through 2025

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• SATCOM Tech Makers Form Broadband Service Alliance

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• Research and Markets: Weapons Modernization Efforts to Drive US Military Expenditure

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• Harris Integrates Ground Segment IT Hardware for NOAA Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments

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• TechNavio Predicts 6% CAGR for Aviation Cybersecurity Market

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• Eastern Foundry, BAE, Booz Allen to Pilot GovCon Certification for Small Businesses

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• Northrop Showcases New Battlespace C2 Platform; Dan Verwiel Comments

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• Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe to Help UN Utilize Satellite Imagery, Geospatial Analytics

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• DARPA Eyes Novel Arctic Sensors Development

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• Executive Profile: Dr. Tony Hess, CACI Healthcare Solutions Group SVP

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• Executive Profile: Mark Dorfman, EVP, General Counsel & Secretary at DRS

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• Huntington Ingalls Arm Recognized for Support to Nat’l Guard, Reserve Employees

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• Raytheon to Develop Open Architecture for Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft; Jerry Powlen Comments

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• Steve Zuber: DRS to Build Shipboard Comms Equipment for New Zealand’s Navy

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• Navy Seeks UAS-Based Training, Engineering Services for Coast Guard

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• David DeWalt: FireEye-Singtel Team’s New Security Ops Center Seeks to Address SE Asia Cyber Demand

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• Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Sees ‘Critical Mass’ in Contract Pursuits After TASC Deal

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• Manish Gupta: FireEye Research Finds Security Risks from Mobile Apps

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• BAE-CIPFA Team to Offer Cyber, Counterfraud Services in Public Sector; George Robbins Comments

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• Report: IBM Eyes $40B Revenue From Cloud, Security, Analytics in 2018

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