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CEO Brad Feldmann Details Cubic’s C4ISR Push, Defense Business Investments

In a one-year span that featured announcements of three acquisitions,Â Cubic Corp. unveiled aÂ nearlyÂ $400 million bet that the C4ISR market will spur long-termÂ growth in the San Diego-based contractor’s global defense business that represents roughly 60 percent of itsÂ estimated $1.5 billion in revenue. CubicÂ made itsÂ first move of thatÂ C4ISR expansion effortÂ in December 2014 with the $114.5 million acquisitionÂ of […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 25, 2016, 12:19 pm
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Matt Desch: Iridium NEXT Launch Pushed Back to July on Russia Approval Process Delay

Iridium Communications has delayed the launch of its 66-satellite Iridium NEXT constellation from AprilÂ to July after the launch providerÂ notified of delays in obtaining government approvals for the launches, Iridium CEO Matt Desch told investors Thursday. SpaceX will launchÂ 10 Iridium NEXT satellites in DecemberÂ on its Falcon 9 rocket and joint Russian-Ukrainian spaceflight companyÂ KosmotrosÂ will subsequently launch two […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 25, 2016, 9:01 am
in Executive Spotlight, Featured, General, News

Maximus Federal Lead Tom Romeo on Agencies’ Citizen Experience Commercialization Efforts, LPTA Use in IT Acquisitions

As head of Maximus‘ federal services business, Tom Romeo oversees an approximate $500 million portfolio of work for the federal government in areas such as health program supportÂ and business process services to agenciesÂ for the facilitation of aÂ process the company calls the “Citizen Journey.” The company views the Citizen Journey as one that contains new expectations […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 24, 2016, 2:16 pm
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Raytheon-Led Team Offers T-100 For Air Force T-X Program; CAE’s Gene Colabatistto Comments

Raytheon has teamed up with CAE, Finmeccanica and HoneywellÂ to introduce the T-100 training jet as part of their efforts to compete for the U.S. Air Forceâ€™sÂ T-XÂ trainer aircraft program. The T-100 aircraft is a variant of the Alenia Aermacchi-built M-346 training jet and comes with a ground-based training platform, Raytheon said Monday. Gene Colabatistto,Â group president for […] More

by Jane Edwards February 23, 2016, 5:58 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Ed Sayadian: NextGen Aviation Improvement Programs Need Long-Term Investments

Ed Sayadian, president of mission networks at Harris Corp., has said Congress should continue to advance long-term investments in the Federal Aviation Administrationâ€™s NextGen programs and other aviation modernization initiatives. â€œWithout this investment, the significant and important modernization gains will be threatened, subjecting passengers to unnecessary delays and sustaining aviation operations that are less environmentally […] More

by Jane Edwards February 19, 2016, 11:08 am
in Featured, General, Healthcare IT, News

Vencore, Havas Health Sign Analytics Tech Marketing Pact; Mac Curtis Comments

VencoreÂ has partnered withÂ Havas HealthÂ to market data analytics technology that aims to help pharmaceutical companiesÂ identify peopleÂ withÂ rare diseases. Mac Curtis, Vencore CEO and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016, said Friday the partnershipÂ will allow the companyÂ “to expand itsÂ reach and make a life-changing, and in some cases life-saving, impact on patients who suffer fromÂ ailments that have […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 19, 2016, 10:30 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe Applies Crowdsourcing, Deep-Learning Tools in Satellite Image Analysis

Tony Frazier, senior vice president of governmentÂ solutions at DigitalGlobe,Â has said the company works to analyze large amounts of satellite images and data through deep-learning tools and crowdsourcing, GCNÂ reported Wednesday. Frazier told GCN columnist Patrick Marshall in an interview that OpenCVÂ computer visionÂ software library, Caffe deep-learning framework and NVIDIA graphics processors are some of the deep-learning systems […] More

by Jane Edwards February 18, 2016, 10:57 am
in Executive Spotlight, Featured, General, Industry News, News

Guest Post: Keith Salisbury on Transforming Government Through Lessons Learned in Silicon Valley

(Keith Salisbury, vice president for U.S. federal sales at Pivotal, shares his insightsÂ about the changing nature of software and how industry works with public sectorÂ agencies to build modern software similar toÂ Silicon Valleyâ€™s most-admired Internet companies with the goal of transformation in government.) The dominant cloud trend we are seeing now contains vastly similar conditions in […] More

by David Smith February 17, 2016, 2:55 pm
in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

CenturyLink to Offer Government Cloud Service Via GSA Networx Vehicle; Tim Meehan Comments

CenturyLink will offer its cloud infrastructure-as-a-serviceÂ productÂ to federal agencies through the company’s position on theÂ General Services Administration‘sÂ Networx contract vehicle. CenturyLink Government CloudÂ works to help agencies move their data workloads to the cloud through the VMware-built vCloud Government Services IaaS platform, CenturyLink said Tuesday. Tim Meehan, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLinkâ€™sÂ federal business, said the […] More

by Jane Edwards February 17, 2016, 9:23 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon’s New Educational Program Aims to Foster Cyber Skills

Raytheon is launching a global cyber education programÂ as part of effortsÂ to help organizations address a talent shortage in the information technology security field. Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, said Tuesday the company aims to help U.S. partner nations “secure their cyber space by developing the next generation of cybersecurity experts […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 17, 2016, 7:54 am
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Executive Mosaic’s Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiters for 2016

The government contracting industry experienced a robust period of mergers and acquisitions that reshaped its composition in 2015 and continued executive transitions between companies. As companies merge and new identities enter the market, some businesses face a challenge to fill vacant leadership positions. From time to time, GovCon firms of all shape and sizes […] More

by David Smith February 16, 2016, 11:15 am
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General Dynamics Orders Iridium Satellite Handset for Govt Use; Scott Scheimreif Comments

General Dynamics has selected Iridium Communications to produce satellite handsets for exclusive use in government operations. The new Iridium Extreme 9575 is intended to help update global satellite communications networks used by U.S. and foreign government agencies, Iridium said Tuesday. Scott Scheimreif, executive vice president of government solutions at Iridium, said the redesigned Iridium Extreme […] More

by Jay Clemens February 16, 2016, 10:08 am