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Mark Gray: ASRC Federal to Help Maintain Vance Air Force Base

The U.S. Air Force has awardedÂ ASRC FederalÂ a potentialÂ five-year, $190 million contract to help theÂ 71st Flying Training Wing run and maintainÂ theÂ Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma. ASRC Federal said ThursdayÂ the contract coversÂ installation, engineering, transportation, communication and inventory and supply management services. The company will also provideÂ operations support for on-site and auxiliary field fire departments. â€œWe […] More

by Dominique Stump June 29, 2016, 9:41 am
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Riverbed Federal Lead Davis Johnson on Continuous Monitoring Trends & How Agencies Can Understand Their IT Assets

Davis Johnson joined application and network services provider Riverbed Technology in April 2015 as vice presidentÂ of a U.S. public sector business that works with government agencies that want new tools to manage network performance in their enterprise. Founded in 2002, San Francisco-headquarteredÂ Riverbed is known in the technology sector as the developer of a series of […] More

by Ross Wilkers June 22, 2016, 12:49 pm
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Space Resiliency Requires Public-Private Collaboration

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has said she believes that government and commercial organizationsÂ should collaborate to buildÂ resilient space systems. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a blog post published Monday that U.S. government officials and lawmakers continue to increase their commitment to a satellite service model that seeks to increaseÂ military satellite communications and boost resiliency […] More

by Jay Clemens June 21, 2016, 9:43 am
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Unisys Achieves AWS Govt Competency Status for Cloud Platform Delivery; PV Puvvada Comments

Unisys has achieved Amazon Web Servicesâ€™ Government Competency designation in recognition of the former companyâ€™s efforts to deliver cloud-based platforms to federal, local and state government agencies through AWS. Unisys said Monday the designation is part of the AWS Competency Program designed to recognize corporate partners that have showed technical proficiency in the deployment of […] More

by Jane Edwards June 21, 2016, 7:20 am
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Forbes: Roger Krone Kicks Off Town Hall Meetings Ahead of Leidos-Lockheed IS&GS Merger

Roger Krone, chairman and CEO ofÂ Leidos, has begun to conduct town hall” meetings to brief approximately 16,000Â employees of Lockheed Martinâ€™s information systems and global solutions business about IS&GSâ€™ impending merger with Leidos, Forbes reported Friday. Loren Thompson writes such efforts by Krone, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘sÂ Wash100 for 2016, aim toÂ explain his company’s strategy behind […] More

by Jane Edwards June 20, 2016, 11:00 am
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Dan Allen: Serco to Update Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar Tech at U.S. Air Base in Greenland

Serco‘s North American subsidiary has wonÂ a potential five-year, $38 million contractÂ to modernizeÂ the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse protectionÂ ofÂ Ballistic Missile Early Warnings SystemsÂ at Thule Air BaseÂ in Greenland. Serco Inc.Â will apply aÂ design-build-install-test approach to updateÂ the radar system’s HEMP protection for theÂ U.S. Air Force Space Command, theÂ companyÂ said Friday. Dan Allen, Serco Â Inc. chairman and CEO, said the contract supports the […] More

by Scott Nicholas June 20, 2016, 10:56 am
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Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives in Government Contracting Award

Many government contracting executives and federal agency leaders have publicly stated that rapid changes in technology are putting pressure on both the public and private sectors to keep pace with new tools as they enter market. Both contractors and agencies are also seeking to stay conscious of how innovativeÂ products mightÂ disrupt how they do business and […] More

by Nicholas Hoffman June 16, 2016, 10:37 am
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Raytheon-Built Aerial Navigation Payload Launched Into Orbit; Dave Wajsgras Comments

A GPS navigation payloadÂ RaytheonÂ built for theÂ Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System wasÂ launched aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday. Raytheon said WednesdayÂ theÂ WAAS GEO 5Â payload is designed toÂ supportÂ air navigation ofÂ commercial airline and general aviation pilots over a 12-year period. “Extremely accurate navigation technologies make this system a critical resource to […] More

by Ramona Adams June 16, 2016, 10:11 am
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Parsons to Support Life Cycle Mgmt of MDA Facilities; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

ParsonsÂ has been awarded a contract toÂ provideÂ advisory and assistance services to the facilities, military construction, and environmental management directorate of the Missile Defense Agency. Parsons said Wednesday itÂ will also supportÂ the agency’sÂ European Phased Adaptive Approach site activation effortsÂ in Romania, initial design work on theÂ Long Range Discrimination RadarÂ system and construction award activities in Poland. â€œParsons recognizes the critical […] More

by Scott Nicholas June 16, 2016, 5:43 am
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Jeff Yu Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award

JEFF YU DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED CONCEPTS & TECHNOLOGY NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION SYSTEMS Jeff Yu is director of Technology, Advanced Concepts & Technology, assigned to the Cyber and Intelligence Mission Solutions division for Northrop Grummanâ€™s Mission Systems sector, a leading global provider, manufacturer and integrator of advanced, secure and agile software-defined systems and solutions. ExecutiveBiz: […] More

by Nicholas Hoffman June 15, 2016, 2:32 pm
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Steve Orrin Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award

STEVE ORRIN CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST INTEL CORPORATION – FEDERAL DIVISION Steve Orrin is chief technologist for Intel Corpâ€™s Federal Division and is responsible for Cyber Security and Cloud Strategy, Architecture and Engagements. Steve has held architectural leadership positions at Intel where he has led strategy and projects on Identity, Anti-malware, HTML5 Security, Cloud and Virtualization Security, […] More

by Nicholas Hoffman June 15, 2016, 2:31 pm
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Andras Szakal Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award

ANDRAS SZAKAL VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IBM U.S. FEDERAL Andras Szakal is vice president and chief technology officer IBM U.S. Federal. He is responsible for IBMâ€™s industry solution technology strategy in support of the U.S. Federal customer. Mr. Szakal was appointed IBM Distinguished Engineer and Director of IBM’s Federal Software Architecture team in […] More

by Nicholas Hoffman June 15, 2016, 2:30 pm