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Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe Eyes Continued Mission Support as High-Res Satellite Images Go Global

Military and intelligence organizations are poised toÂ leverageÂ higher-resolution satellite images toÂ drive innovation following the full implementation of the Commerce Department‘s new rule on the images’ global availability, C4ISR & Networks reported Tuesday. Adam Stone writes that as ofÂ last month, higher-resolutionÂ images can be sold globally to support various missions, including those of the NationalÂ Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyÂ in the U.S. […] More

by Anna Forrester March 4, 2015, 10:10 am
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Bruce Tanner: Lockheed Eyes Int’l Sales Target of 25%

Lockheed MartinÂ wants its international sales to reach 25 percent of the company’s total revenue over the next few years in a move to mitigate the impact of shrinking defense spending, the Washington Post reported Friday. Bruce Tanner, Lockheedâ€™s chief financial officer, told Post reporterÂ Amrita Jayakumar that a majority of thatÂ revenueÂ is tiedÂ to contracts the U.S. government […] More

by Jay Clemens February 23, 2015, 12:03 pm
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

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

The Defense Department is working to develop additionalÂ security standards and practices forÂ the commercial cloud that are tailored to protect sensitive and classified information, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday. John Edwards writes that the agencyÂ is looking to adapt commercial cloud security to fit DoD requirements for hosting its data. Stacy Cleveland, vice president of global practices […] More

by Anna Forrester February 23, 2015, 9:29 am
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Gene Colabatistto: CAE, NorthStar Aviation Partner to Develop Helicopter Simulator Tech

CAE and NorthStar Aviation have signed a partnership agreement to develop flight simulation and training products for the NorthStar Aviation-built 407MRH multirole helicopter, Shephard Media reported Monday. Darren Lake writes CAE will use 407MRH flight test data to replicate the aircraft’s performance as well as mission and weapon systems for simulator technology development. “Simulation-based training […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 23, 2015, 9:21 am
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PwC Report Details Increased Aerospace, Defense M&A Activity in 2014

A newÂ PwCÂ report on the mergers and acquisitions in aerospace-and-defense industry says deal activities increasedÂ in 2014 compared to 2013Â and theÂ number of transactions worth at least $1 billion doubled from the prior year. The firm’sÂ Mission Control report, authored byÂ PwCÂ GlobalÂ A&D LeaderÂ GuillaumeÂ Rochard and U.S. A&D Leader Chuck Marx, says theÂ total deal valueÂ reachedÂ $22.3 billion in 2014, up from the $14.3 […] More

by Anna Forrester February 20, 2015, 1:39 pm
in Executive Spotlight, Featured, General, News

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

Ted Girard leads the federal business of Menlo Park, Calif.-based enterprise resource application services provider Delphix as a vice president at the company. Girard’s GovCon career includes time as vice president of federal sales at BMC Software and federal sales director at data center automation software companyÂ BladeLogic, which BMC purchased in 2008 forÂ $854 million. In […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 18, 2015, 3:30 pm
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Maximus’ Tom Romeo: Gov’t Clients Turn to Outcome-Based Contracts for Services Procurement

Tom Romeo, president of Maximus‘ federal services business, has observed many government organizations turning to an outcomes-based contracting model to acquire services for large-scale projects, CivSource reported Tuesday. Bailey McCann writes Maximus aims to adapt strategies as public sector organizations look to change the way they manage technical and business processes. “Focusing on tools and […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 18, 2015, 7:47 am
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Carpathia’s Stu Fleagle: Public/Hybrid Cloud, Privacy, Automation, Data to Drive Tech Investments

Stu Fleagle,Â vice president ofÂ Carpathia‘s government solutions business, believes that hybrid and public cloud, automated compliance, privacy and data-driven decision-making will drive government technology investments in 2015. Fleagle said in a guest post published Monday on Federal News Radio that these trends will facilitate a transformation amongÂ government agencies as they seek to keep pace with changing […] More

by Anna Forrester February 17, 2015, 9:18 am
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PV Puvvada: Federal Sector a ‘Growth Engine’ for Unisys

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal systems business, sees government customers as an engine that will drive the company’sÂ growth strategies, he told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday. Puvvada told reporter Jill Aitoro the company can turn a commercial information technology product into a pubic sector IT offering and vice versa. “Our […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 13, 2015, 10:41 am
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Greg Wenzel on Booz Allen’s Digital Ecosystem Focus and the Internet of Things’ Public Sector Future

Greg Wenzel, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, is one of severalÂ company leadersÂ for the firm’sÂ organization focused onÂ new ideas andÂ concepts related to technology — the Strategic Innovation Group. In a January 2014 interview with ExecutiveBiz, Wenzel overviewed the firm’s push to help its public sector partners adopt an enterprise approach for C4ISR and applyÂ data […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 10, 2015, 3:50 pm
in Featured, General, Mobility, News

Kay Kapoor Outlines AT&Tâ€™s Mobility Projects for Government

Kay Kapoor, president of AT&Tâ€™s government solutions business and an inductee into Executive Mosaicâ€™s Wash100 list for 2015, has highlighted the companyâ€™s mission to provide mobile technology services to government clients through its existing contracts. Kapoor wrote in a blog post published Monday that federal agencies are adoptingÂ mobility, cloud services, collaboration tools and analytics to […] More

by Jay Clemens February 10, 2015, 11:39 am
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Consulting Firm System 1 Views Cyber’s Landscape Through ‘Democratization’ of Capability, Exposure

Federal agencies have put cybersecurity defenses high on their agendas in recent years due in part to a â€œdemocratization of cybersecurity capability,â€ according to John Abeles and Ernest Wohnig of cybersecurity consulting firm System 1. Abeles and Wohnig, respectively CEO and a senior vice president at System 1, offered a glimpse into how this disbursed […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 9, 2015, 10:03 am