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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
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Neil Albert on OASIS as ‘Potential Catalyst’ for MCR and Potential Acquisition Reform Initiatives

Neil Albert, vice chairman of MCR LLC, overseesÂ strategic operations at the McLean, Va.-based professional services contractor and led the company as CEO from 1999 to 2012. Albert previously spoke to ExecutiveBiz one year ago to overview his 26-year career at MCR and discuss the evolution of the GovCon market during his almost three decades of […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 18, 2015, 3:45 pm
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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
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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
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Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Navy Aerial Refueling Tech Development Support

Engility Holdings has won a potential five-year, $27.5 million recompete task order to help the U.S. Navy develop automated technology for aerial refueling of manned and unmanned aircraft. The company said Monday it will continue to provide technical services to the aircraft department at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Maryland. â€œEngility personnel have supported […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 9, 2015, 9:22 am
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Robin Portman on Booz Allen’s BD Org Retool and ‘Changing Paradigms’ in Federal Acquisition

Robin Portman overseesÂ business development function atÂ Booz Allen Hamilton in her role as an executive vice president for the consulting and contracting firm. She supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial sectors through leadership of aÂ BDÂ organization that seeks toÂ understand and analyze market shifts for proposal development. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Portman […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 6, 2015, 3:45 pm