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Leidos to Showcase Technologies at the GEOINT 2016 Symposium
LeidosÂ will feature its automated geospatial intelligence technologies at the GEOINT 2016 Symposium this weekÂ at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Florida. The company will demonstrate a number of technologies designed to supportÂ GEOINT analysis, real-time small satellite and open source data integration and risk predictions, Leidos said Friday. This includes its Publicly Available Information […] More
by Dominique Stump May 16, 2016, 12:00 pm
in Executive Spotlight, Featured, General, News
Guest Post: CACI Chairman Jack London on Accountability & Shifting Mindsets From Blame to Opportunity
(Jack London serves as executive chairman of CACI International) A key component of being a strong leader is exhibiting and empowering accountability. Organizations deal with a variety of challenges stemming from change, risk-taking and uncertainty. Hereâ€™s one disconcerting reality: People are afraid of acknowledging mistakes, let alone reporting and fixing them. According to a survey […] More
by David Smith May 12, 2016, 1:33 pm
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News
Angela Messer: Booz Allen Cyber Practice Contains ‘Tribes’ of Professionals
Angela Messer, an executive vice president atÂ Booz Allen Hamilton, has said the companyâ€™s cyber practice is composed of what she called various â€œtribesâ€ of professionals that work to address cyber threats through a â€œconsultative approach to problem solving.â€ Messer told the Washington Business Journal in an interview posted ThursdayÂ that those tribes include engineers, consultants and […] More
by Jane Edwards May 12, 2016, 11:55 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Commercial Integration Cell Program Aims to Help Address Satcom Threats
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for U.S. government at Inmarsat, has said she believes the Defense Department‘sÂ Commercial Integration CellÂ program will help to track and resolve threats to satellite communications. SheÂ wrote in an opinion piece for MilSat Magazine that CIC is poised to introduce major updates to how potential satellite communications […] More
by Jay Clemens May 10, 2016, 8:47 am
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CACI Lands Army Software, Hardware Engineering Contract; Ken Asbury Comments
CACI InternationalÂ has been selected to provide electronic warfareÂ software and hardware engineering supportÂ to the U.S. Army intelligence and information warfare directorate. The task orderÂ extends the companyâ€™s development, engineering and protection services for the Armyâ€™s effort to develop cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, radar and intelligence technologies, CACI said Monday. The software and hardware engineering support is […] More
by Jay Clemens May 9, 2016, 11:23 am
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Air Force Eyes Auto Takeoff, Landing Platform for General Atomics Reaper UAV; Chris Pehrson, Travis Burdine Comment
The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate a system with the General Atomics-built MQ-9 ReaperÂ unmanned aerial vehicle that will work toÂ help theÂ UAV perform take off and land automatically, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. Chris Pehrson, senior director of strategic development for General Atomicsâ€™ aeronautical systems business, told Flightglobal reporterÂ James Drew that the auto takeoff and landing platform […] More
by Jane Edwards May 5, 2016, 12:15 pm
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Prisons Bureau Taps Siemens for Energy & Water Conservation Support Contract; Barbara Humpton Comments
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded aÂ $38.6 million Energy Savings PerformanceÂ Contract to Siemens to establishÂ energy and water conservation measures at two correctional facilities in Kentucky. The company said WednesdayÂ its government technologies unit will implement 44 individual projects at theÂ Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland and the Federal Medical Center in Lexington to help modernizeÂ energy and […] More
by Ramona Adams May 5, 2016, 10:20 am
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Lockheed Develops Disaster Response Portal Based on DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery
Volunteers fromÂ Lockheed Martinâ€™s space systems business haveÂ developed an online portal that works to provideÂ post-disaster information from the ground with the use of DigitalGlobe satellite imagery, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes that the HelpNowMap.com website is currently in beta version and usesÂ open source software code. The service works with various computers and mobile […] More
by Jay Clemens May 5, 2016, 7:20 am
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Lynn Dugle: Engility to Continue Support for TSA’s Security Screening Program
AnÂ EngilityÂ subsidiaryÂ has been awarded a potential five-year, $90 million contract to help evaluate the security screening processes and equipment and information technology systems of the Transportation Security Administration. Engility said TuesdayÂ its unit TASC will perform test planning and execution as well as provide data management and analysis servicesÂ under the recompete contract. Lynn Dugle, CEO at Engility, […] More
by Jay Clemens May 3, 2016, 10:21 am
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Vencore to Launch Updated Flight Data Software at Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit; Mac Curtis Comments
Vencore will launch version 7.0 of its flight data applications at the three-day Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit that kicked off Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. Vencoreâ€™s FlightVizÂ and FlightAnalyst applications work to determine trends, events and deviation through analysis and visualization of both real and simulated flight information, the company said Friday. Mac Curtis, president and […] More
by Jane Edwards May 2, 2016, 7:01 am
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Genband, Polycom Receive DISA JITC Certification for Unified Comms Tech; Sean Berg Comments
Genband‘s Application Server and Polycom‘sÂ VVX voice and video portfolio have both achieved aÂ Joint Interoperability Test Command certification from theÂ Defense Information Systems Agency to offer unified communications for U.S. militaryÂ networks. The application server works to help agencies and departmentsÂ create secure private clouds and deliver video and voice communications through Polycom-built media phones under the joint system, […] More
by Ramona Adams May 2, 2016, 6:32 am
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General Atomics’ Chris Pehrson: C4ISR Sector Should Address RPA Technology Gaps
Chris Pehrson, a senior executive at General Atomics, has told Bloomberg Government that the vast amounts of intelligence data that remotely piloted aircraftâ€™s sensors collect pose a challenge to the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissanceÂ sector. Pehrson said in an interviewÂ published Thursday that General Atomicsâ€™ aeronautical systemsÂ business seeks to address that challenge through […] More
by Jane Edwards April 28, 2016, 8:17 am