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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
Seventy-seven percent of more than 24,000 responding consumers worldwide told an Accenture-commissioned survey that they want to try methods other than the username/password authentication mechanism to access their online accounts. Accenture said Monday it conducted the online poll in October and November 2014 and asked the participants from 24 countries about their views on digital […] More
MBDA and the Georgian defense agency have closed on a contract for the company to provide air defense weapon systems to the Georgia’s military, Civil.Ge reported Friday. CEO Antoine Bouvier and Georgian Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli signed the contract Friday in Paris. MBDA is a consortium of BAE Systems, Airbus Group and Finmeccanica. Georgia also […] More
BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm has been awarded a potential $32.6 million contract to help the U.S. Navy repair and maintain the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD7). The company said Monday it will refurbish the ship’s tank, ventilation and auxiliary systems, habitability space and other structures. “We look forward to welcoming Iwo Jima back […] More
Raytheon‘s team is one of seven teams that will compete in the final round of a $2 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-hosted program to build an automated system against cybersecurity threats. DARPA launched the Cyber Grand Challenge for academic and industry consortia to produce cyber reasoning platforms that can identify and repair computer […] More
A BAE Systems–Nexter joint venture has been awarded a $233 million contract to manufacture 40mm cannon systems for integration onto the British army’s Scout and Warrior armored fighting vehicles. The British army will receive 515 CTA International-built cased telescoped cannons during the next seven years, BAE said July 1. Initial delivery is scheduled to occur […] More
An Emcor Group subsidiary has been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value to modernize and expand a wastewater treatment facility in Palm Beach County, Florida. Poole & Kent Co. of Florida will upgrade the sewage plant’s 22 structures in multiple phases in order to minimize disruption to ongoing operations at the site, Emcor said […] More
Transparency Market Research has published a report that says the worldwide video surveillance systems and services market hit almost $15 billion in value two years ago. The market’s value is forecast to reach $48.32 billion by the end of 2020 at an 18.1 percent compound annual growth rate, Transparency Market Research said Thursday. The research […] More
A new Technavio report forecasts that increased demand for data backup services will drive a 57 percent compound annual growth of the data protection-as-a-service market from 2015 to 2019. The research firm said Thursday the DPaaS platform works to help developers build mobile and web applications as well as minimize backend coding and server-side programming […] More
The U.S. Energy Department is seeking public comments on a plan to build a national reserve of large transformers intended to support the U.S.’ bulk power system. In a request for information published Thursday in the Federal Register, the department said it aims to develop strategies to avoid large-scale electric service interruptions due to a […] More
Science Applications International Corp. is opening a facility in Seattle to develop applied gaming technologies and methods for public and private sector clients. SAIC said Thursday it will employ designers, artists, engineers, animators and composers at the company’s serious game studio, scheduled to open Monday. Doug Wagoner, sector president at SAIC, said the company will […] More
The U.S. General Services Administration has conducted one-on-one meetings with information technology vendors to discuss the upcoming Alliant II and Alliant Small Business II governmentwide contract vehicles, FCW reported Thursday. Jackie Everett, Hewlett-Packard vice president of federal civilian business development, told FCW that she believes the face-to-face discussions between GSA and industry officials can help […] More
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the military service could move the timeline for the expected awarding of the Long Range Strike Bomber contract from August to September, Reuters reported Wednesday. “The main thing is to do it right,” James told Reuters correspondent Andrea Shalal. William LaPlante, Air Force acquisition head, has […] More
