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  • Lockheed Survey Highlights Gap, Challenges to Organizations’ Cyber Approaches; Guy Delp Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Survey Highlights Gap, Challenges to Organizations’ Cyber Approaches; Guy Delp Comments

    Lockheed Martin has released survey findings that highlight the challenges and gap facing organizations’ strategy to predict and counter cyber attacks. The survey, conducted by Ponemon Institute, finds that information technology practitioners believe their companies lack the budget (64%) or experts (65%) to address cyber threats, Lockheed said Thursday. “This survey illuminates areas of concern about cyber […] More

  • Deloitte’s Terri Cooper Previews Federal Health Opportunities, Challenges in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte’s Terri Cooper Previews Federal Health Opportunities, Challenges in 2015

    Terri Cooper, Deloitte’s federal health sector lead, has highlighted the opportunities and challenges for health providers, planners, policymakers and regulators in the coming months. Cooper noted in her 2015 Industry Outlook that the health sector’s opportunity is to control costs while maintaining the quality of medical treatment for consumers. She recommended that health officials leverage developments in population health, health […] More

  • Patricia Lewis Outlines Lockheed's Strategy to Attract, Retain Cyber Workers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patricia Lewis Outlines Lockheed’s Strategy to Attract, Retain Cyber Workers

    Patricia Lewis, Lockheed Martin’s senior vice president of human resources, has discussed the company’s strategy to recruit and retain its cyber personnel, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. Lewis told the Business Journal’s Jill Aitoro that Lockheed has worked to cyber talent from universities, offer retention pay and salaries based on market standards and put incentives in the […] More

  • ManTech to Mentor Beacon Systems on Mgmt, Business Development; Karla Matthews Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Mentor Beacon Systems on Mgmt, Business Development; Karla Matthews Comments

    ManTech International has agreed to mentor Beacon Systems Inc. on management, business development and process enhancement areas. ManTech will advise BeaconGov on general management and strategic planning to help the woman-owned small business grow its contracting base and mature its systems, Beacon Systems said Wednesday. “We strongly support our small business partners and the mentor-protege programs, […] More

  • Anthony Reardon: Ducommun to Continue Tomahawk Electronic Assemblies Supply for Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anthony Reardon: Ducommun to Continue Tomahawk Electronic Assemblies Supply for Raytheon

    Raytheon has awarded Ducommun Inc. contracts totaling $7.3 million to produce additional interconnect and electronic assemblies for the U.S. Navy‘s Tomahawk cruise missile. The company will build the assemblies at facilities in Missouri and Arkansas through 2016,  Ducommun said Thursday. “Ducommun is honored to continue providing support for the Tomahawk program going forward,” said Anthony Reardon, […] More

  • Battelle to Maintain US Army Chemical, Biological Detection Equipment Anew; Matt Shaw Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Maintain US Army Chemical, Biological Detection Equipment Anew; Matt Shaw Comments

    Battelle has received a six-month, $13 million contract to continue its maintenance and operation works for the U.S. Army’s chemical and biological detection equipment. The company’s team of employees and subcontractors will repair and support the biological identification and mounted and dismounted reconnaissance equipment for the chemical and biological defense joint program executive office, Battelle […] More

  • Red Hat Updates OpenStack Platform for Enterprise Businesses; Radhesh Balakrishnan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Updates OpenStack Platform for Enterprise Businesses; Radhesh Balakrishnan Comments

    Red Hat has updated its infrastructure-as-a-service offering for enterprise businesses with a new iteration of the Linux OpenStack platform intended to help clients deploy cloud services. Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6, developed based on the OpenStack Juno release, incorporates fresh intuitive graphical installer and management tools, Red Hat said Tuesday. Red Hat intends for […] More

  • Deltek: Agencies Seek to Streamline Business Systems to Cut Costs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: Agencies Seek to Streamline Business Systems to Cut Costs

    A new Deltek report projects contractor-addressable spending on federal enterprise business systems to reach $10.6 billion in fiscal year 2015 as agencies seek to consolidate and standardize their applications. Deltek said Friday the study seeks to provide contractors with an understanding of agency spending trends, consolidation and modernization goals, and strategies. It noted that government agencies have been […] More

  • Lisa Hook: Neustar Integrates NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Risk Mgmt Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Hook: Neustar Integrates NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Risk Mgmt Practices

    Neustar has vowed to support the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework by incorporating the guidelines into the company’s security and risk management policies. Lisa Hook, Neustar’s CEO and president, said Friday the company lauds the NIST for developing the framework with public-private collaboration and industry-wide applicability in mind. Hook added that Neustar also […] More

  • Textron Unveils Beta Version of Web-Based Geospatial Image Exploitation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Unveils Beta Version of Web-Based Geospatial Image Exploitation System

    A Textron Inc. company has released the beta version of its new geospatial image exploitation product that is designed to help customers deliver geospatial analysis to their users. Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions developed the web-based RVcloud Electronic Light Table tool with HTML5 technologies to operate on desktop and mobile platforms, Textron said Monday. The image […] More

  • Lockheed-KAI Team Bids for South Korea's $8B Fighter Jet Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-KAI Team Bids for South Korea’s $8B Fighter Jet Program

    A team that comprises Lockheed Martin and Korean Aerospace Industries was the only group to submit a proposal to develop South Korea’s $7.8 billion fighter jet program, Defense News reported Sunday. Jung Sung-ki writes the Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration will conduct a second bidding process through Feb. 24 to solicit proposals from other companies for the KF-X program. At least […] More

  • TBR Research: Cloud Users to Prefer Customized Services in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TBR Research: Cloud Users to Prefer Customized Services in 2015

    A TBR Research survey indicates that majority of cloud customers in 2015 will switch to services that fulfill their specific requirements through on-premise, private and single-tenant platforms, InformationWeek reported Monday. Charles Babcock writes the survey, conducted in the fourth quarter of 2014, shows a growing preference toward a single-tenant service among individual end customers. TBR also predicts […] More