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Rick Ambrose: Lockheed Eyes Commercial Satellite Business Growth

Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems unit, said the company looks to expand its commercial satellite business and aims for up toÂ three commercial deals annuallyÂ in an interview withÂ Via Satellite posted Wednesday. Mark Holmes writes that Ambrose pointed to contracts with commercial clients such as Arabsat as an indication of Lockheed’s business […] More

by Anna Forrester July 16, 2015, 10:34 am
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Randy Fuerst: Oceus Updates LTE Broadband Platform for Tactical, Emergency Missions

Oceus Networks has refreshed its portableÂ 4G LTE broadband network technology in an effort to help military and emergency response organizations secure wireless communications during their missions. Xiphos is derived from an LTE macro radio system and built to facilitate mobile voice, data and video communications, Oceus said Tuesday. â€œWe’ve worked closely with our users to […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 15, 2015, 10:10 am
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Dirk van der Vaart on His Agenda for GardaWorld’s US Arm and Security Sector Trends

Dirk van der Vaart took the role of president in April at GardaWorld Government Services — theÂ U.S. subsidiary of global security services contractor Garda World. The 20-year defense and security market veteran’s background includes executive roles atÂ GLOBAL Integrated Security and Raytheon, as well as service in theÂ Coast Guard Reserve and intelligence community. ExecutiveBiz recently spoke […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 13, 2015, 1:09 pm
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Doug Wagoner: SAIC’s New Washington Studio to Develop Game-Based Training Platforms

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

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 10, 2015, 7:45 am
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Brian Neely on American Systems’ Ongoing Cloud Migration, His Dual CIO-CTO Hats

Brian Neely started his career at American Systems in 1996 forÂ his first post-college position in industryÂ and now holds the dual roles of chief information officer and chief technical officer at theÂ employee-owned government services contractor. Neely oversees planning and management functions for the company’s technology and information management-related resourcesÂ and has also supported acquisition initiatives there. ExecutiveBiz […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 9, 2015, 1:33 pm
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LGS CEO Kevin Kelly on His Outlook for Commercial Tech in Gov’t, the Defense Industrial Base and GovCon’s M&A Picture

The AprilÂ releaseÂ ofÂ documents for a draft request for proposals onÂ aÂ future nationwide public safety communications network marked another step in the government’s push to further examine how it can make greater use ofÂ commercial technologies. Also in April,Â Defense Department announced its own move to explore the commercial sector’s offerings in April with the release of Better Buying Power […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 8, 2015, 1:12 pm
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Bob Fecteau: Employee Collaboration Key to SAIC’s IT Workforce

Bob Fecteau, chief information officer of Science Applications International Corp., has discussed the companyâ€™s method to further build up itsÂ information technology teamÂ in an interview withÂ Forbes published Tuesday. Fecteau told Forbesâ€™ Peter High that SAIC first established a set of principles to promote collaboration and sharing within the IT workforce. â€œOne of the features we find […] More

by Jay Clemens July 8, 2015, 12:15 pm
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Lockheed Opens Denver Satellite Sensing, Comms Tech Development Hub; Rick Ambrose Comments

Lockheed MartinÂ has opened a new center in Denver to house satellite sensing and communication technology development efforts. The radio frequency payload center is built toÂ accommodate the development, production and testing ofÂ reconfigurable payloads and satellite systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems at Lockheed, said the new facility aims to help […] More

by Jay Clemens July 7, 2015, 12:48 pm
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CAE Receives Military Aircraft Training System Orders; Gene Colabatistto Comments

CAE has announcedÂ $117.5 million in contract awards that coverÂ aircraft simulation and training platformsÂ forÂ the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and two international defense customers. The company said Tuesday its defense and security business booked the contracts during the first quarter of the company’s 2016 fiscal year. “Our focus on being a training systems integrator has enabled […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 7, 2015, 11:03 am
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Tom Lydon on Vistronix’s 2014 Acquisition Spree, ‘Agile Development’ in C4ISR

Tom Lydon joined Reston, Va.-basedÂ information technology contractor Vistronix in January 2013 as senior vice president of business development and brings almostÂ 25 years of defense industry experience to the company. Vistronix announced three acquisitions in DecemberÂ 2014 –Â buys of ACG, ExaTech andÂ Objective Solutions — and said the purchases were made to grow in the intelligence sector. Lydon […] More

by Ross Wilkers July 6, 2015, 12:58 pm
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Mike Tanner on Hitachi Data Systems’ US Federal Market Entry, Data Center Consolidation Trends

Mike TannerÂ serves asÂ president and CEO ofÂ Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp. — the U.S. government market subsidiary of HDS — and has led the organization since its launch on April 1, 2013. He originally joined HDS in 2007 as a district sales manager and also spent seven years at Hewlett-Packard, where he helped lead sales of […] More

by Ross Wilkers June 30, 2015, 1:56 pm
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Ray Duquette: CAE to Build Poseidon Flight Simulators for US, Australian Military

CAE has received a contract from Boeing to build P-8A Poseidon flight training simulators for the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. Boeing ordered simulation hardware for an additional four P-8A operational flight trainers through the contract, CAE said Monday. “We are pleased to be supporting Boeing and the U.S. Navy in developing […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman June 30, 2015, 9:33 am