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  • Peter Smith: American Systems' Next CFO to Lead Potential Acquisitions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Smith: American Systems’ Next CFO to Lead Potential Acquisitions

    Peter Smith, president and CEO of American Systems, said that the company is seeking a new chief financial officer to explore acquisition and investment opportunities, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that the new CFO will succeed Mark Danisewicz, who is set to retire this summer, and report directly to Smith. Smith told the publication that he will work […] More

  • FireEye Report Notes Challenges in Alert Mgmt at Large Enterprises; David Bianco Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye Report Notes Challenges in Alert Mgmt at Large Enterprises; David Bianco Comments

    A new FireEye report indicates that many large enterprises in North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe experience challenges in managing security alerts due to concerns on budget, quality and response times. The company said Thursday its “The Numbers Game: How Many Alerts is too Many to Handle?” report points to low budgets, quality perception gaps, lagging response times […] More

  • Hughes Unveils Gen4 Service Plans With SmartTechnologies; Mike Cook Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Unveils Gen4 Service Plans With SmartTechnologies; Mike Cook Comments

    Hughes Network Systems has released the latest generation of the HughesNet service plans that includes upgraded SmartTechnologies tools for browsing, downloading and data usage management. The Gen4 plans feature the SmartFetch, SmartCompression, SmartBrowsing and SmartResources tools that work to boost website loading, data compression and media download functions, Hughes said Wednesday. According to the company, SmartFetch reduces the […] More

  • S. Maryland Co-op Extends ICF Contract for Energy Efficiency Program; Selim Karabulut Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    S. Maryland Co-op Extends ICF Contract for Energy Efficiency Program; Selim Karabulut Comments

    ICF International will continue to support the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative in the implementation of its energy efficiency programs under a three-year contract extension worth at least $16 million. The company said Wednesday it will also launch a new multifamily and commercial midstream lighting program as part of SMECO’s efforts under the EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act. “ICF has supported the design […] More

  • Boeing Installs Prototypes of Upgraded B-52 Weapons Bay Launcher; Mike Houk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Installs Prototypes of Upgraded B-52 Weapons Bay Launcher; Mike Houk Comments

    Boeing has completed the installation of an upgraded weapons bay launcher for the B-52 bomber aircraft to build up the mission flexibility and weapons carriage capacity of the U.S. Air Force fleet. The company said Wednesday it used a conventional rotary launcher to enable the aircraft to carry more GPS-guided weapons in the weapons bay instead of on the wing pylons. Flying the B-52 without […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers 1st Automated Avionics Test System for Navy; Randy Core Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers 1st Automated Avionics Test System for Navy; Randy Core Comments

    Lockheed Martin has provided the U.S. Navy with the first electronic Consolidated Automated Support System that works to troubleshoot and fix the avionic components of the service’s aircraft fleet. The Navy can use eCASS, which will be deployed at aircraft intermediate maintenance depots and aboard aircraft carriers, to test the fleet’s operational readiness, Lockheed said Wednesday. Randy Core, director of enterprise test […] More

  • Software AG's Donald Fisher: Lower Oil Prices to Drive 2015 Energy Industry Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Software AG’s Donald Fisher: Lower Oil Prices to Drive 2015 Energy Industry Activity

    Software AG predicts that the digital energy industry will see increased merger activity and adoption of Internet of Things technologies in 2015 due to continually changing oil prices. “Oil prices will be the overriding concern next year and may dictate everything we see going forward,” Donald Fisher, senior director of energy solutions at Software AG, said Wednesday. He […] More

  • Todd Wager: Parsons Prime in Canada Transportation Mgmt System Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Todd Wager: Parsons Prime in Canada Transportation Mgmt System Upgrade

    Parsons has won a 10-year contract to upgrade the traffic signal control system of the city of Mississauga in Ontario, Canada, with the Advanced Transportation Management System platform and provide associated services, software and hardware. The company said Monday it will leverage the transportation capabilities of its Delcan subsidiary as it designs, develops, installs and tests ATMS as the program’s prime contractor. […] More

  • Dwight Hunsicker: Globecomm to Offer Inmarsat's Global Xpress to US Gov't Buyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dwight Hunsicker: Globecomm to Offer Inmarsat’s Global Xpress to US Gov’t Buyers

    Inmarsat Government — a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British satellite services firm — and Globecomm Systems have partnered to provide U.S. government customers with the Global Xpress Ka-band data service as part of a subscription services agreement. Inmarsat Government said Tuesday it designed Global Xpress to interoperate with the military’s Wideband Global Satellite system. “We are pleased to add Global Xpress to our service […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Air Traffic Control Equipment Market to Hit $5B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Air Traffic Control Equipment Market to Hit $5B by 2020

    A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the market for air traffic control equipment will be worth $5.52 billion by 2020 through a compound annual growth rate of 4.82 percent as air traffic continues to rise. The market research firm said Thursday the growth in demand for air traffic control equipment is due to airport expansions resulting from increased aircraft […] More

  • Andy Maner: Oregon College a 'Building Block' for IBM-Epic Military EHR Bid Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Maner: Oregon College a ‘Building Block’ for IBM-Epic Military EHR Bid Team

    Leaders from IBM and Epic visited Oregon Health & Science University to evaluate how the school could support the consortium’s bid for a multibillion dollar contract to modernize the Defense Department‘s healthcare management systems, the Portland Business Journal reported Thursday. Elizabeth Hayes writes the university’s simulation center could serve as a training facility for DoD can practice protocols for the future electronic health record system if the […] More

  • Ray Mabus, Mark Welsh: Lockheed's F-35 to Meet Initial Combat Readiness Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ray Mabus, Mark Welsh: Lockheed’s F-35 to Meet Initial Combat Readiness Schedule

    Military officials say the Lockheed Martin F-35 program is on schedule to meet U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force targets for initial combat readiness, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes that U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh have both said that they are confident the fighter jets will be ready by their respective July […] More