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Industry Commends DoD Memo on Cloud Migration Effort; ViONâ€™s Rob Davies Comments

Some industry executives have welcomed a Defense Department memorandum that seeks to accelerate the migration of the agencyâ€™s information technology systems to the cloud, MeriTalk reported Monday. â€œThereâ€™s a ton of innovation thatâ€™s available to the government and it just needs someone to take a risk,â€ said Rob Davies, executive vice president of operations at […] More

by Jane Edwards September 26, 2017, 6:15 am
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Cubic Deploys Satellite Tech to Support Hurricane Relief Operations; Mike Twyman Comments

Cubic‘s mission solutions unit has deployed satellite antennas and personnel to to support disaster relief efforts on the Caribbean islands in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The company said MondayÂ its GATR satellite antennas offer internet connectivity for the islands of St. John, St. Thomas, St. Martin, Antigua, Barbuda and the U.S. Virgin Islands. […] More

by Ramona Adams September 26, 2017, 5:20 am
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PV Puvvada: Agencies Should Collaborate, Utilize Shared Services to Meet IT Modernization Goals

PV Puvvada,Â president of Unisys‘ federal systems business, has said that federal agencies should establish cross-agency partnerships and utilize shared services to achieve information technology modernization goals. Puvvada, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on FCW that the need for shared services and cross-agency collaboration is underscored […] More

by Ramona Adams September 25, 2017, 8:44 am
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Leanne Caret: Boeing Sees Growth Opportunities in Satellites, Space Exploration

Leanne Caret, CEO ofÂ Boeingâ€™s defense, space and security business,Â told CNBC in a video interviewÂ aired Friday, that the company considers space exploration and satellite business as â€œkeyâ€ growth opportunities. “I think there’s an excitement about space that we haven’t seen in the last few decades that’s really keeping the conversation going in a positive direction, and […] More

by Jane Edwards September 25, 2017, 5:21 am
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IBMâ€™s Greg Souchack: AI Tool Can Add â€˜Analytical Edgeâ€™ to Army Conditioned-Based Maintenance

Greg Souchack, manager of service cloud solutions at IBM, has said he believes the companyâ€™s Watson artificial intelligence platform would bring an â€œanalytical edgeâ€ to the U.S. Armyâ€™s conditioned-based maintenanceÂ efforts, Defense Systems reported Thursday. CBM programs seek to help the Army adopt “repair-when-needed” strategy to maintenance through the use of data analytics tools. Watson works […] More

by Jane Edwards September 25, 2017, 1:35 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt, Troops Should Adopt Commercial Satcom That â€œMovesâ€ With Them

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said government personnel and warfighters should adopt a satellite communications platform that â€œmovesâ€ with them to facilitate voice, video and data sharing and carry out missions amid disasters and global conflicts. Hirsch told the Mobile Satellite Users Association in an interview published […] More

by Jane Edwards September 25, 2017, 1:25 am
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Cameron Chehreh: Dell EMC Team Aims to Offer ‘Complete’ Platform Under $1B USAF Cloud Migration Contract

Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC‘s federal business, told SDxCentral in an interviewÂ published ThursdayÂ the company can help offer a complete technology platform to support the business transformation phase of the U.S. Air Force‘s cloud migration project. The Air Force awarded the team of Dell EMC,Â Microsoft and General Dynamics a potential five-year, $1 billion […] More

by Ramona Adams September 22, 2017, 11:15 am
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Virginia Taps SAIC for Potential $272M Multisourcing IT Service Integration Support; Bob Genter Comments

Science Applications International Corp.Â has received a potential nine-year, $272 million contract from the Commonwealth of Virginia to help the state establish a marketplace of consolidated information technology platforms and services as part of a technology infrastructure modernization effort. The contract has a five-year base term worth approximately $165 million and four option years that could […] More

by Jane Edwards September 22, 2017, 5:25 am
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Iridium Preps 3rd NEXT Satellite Batch for October Launch; Matt Desch Comments

Iridium Comxmunications has rescheduled to Oct. 4 the launch of a third batch of 10Â NEXTÂ communications satellitesÂ from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket. The company said Wednesday it began pre-launch processing activities on the satellites and the Falcon 9 rocket stages and components. The third Irdium NEXT launch was originally slated […] More

by Ramona Adams September 21, 2017, 9:05 am
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Orbital ATK’s Chris Long: Air Force Should Consider Space Combat Training

Chris Long, vice president of Orbital ATK‘s national security system segment, has said that the U.S. Air Force should consider training forces for space combat in case a war starts in space, Defense Systems said Wednesday. Long noted that the current space training is focused on the operation of satellites in orbit. Long and Lars […] More

by Ramona Adams September 21, 2017, 9:05 am
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Leanne Caret: Boeing Seeks Top-Line Growth Through M&As

Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeingâ€™s defense, space and security business,Â told CNBC in anÂ interview aired WednesdayÂ that the company is a â€œbuyerâ€ and is on the lookout for potential acquisitions. “We are continuing to look at other ways to increase our top line through mergers and acquisitions and we have a continued pipeline we’re assessing,” Caret said […] More

by Jane Edwards September 21, 2017, 5:27 am
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In the News: Alan B. Thomas, Jr., Commissioner of Federal Acquisition Service at GSA

Transparency is the name of the game: clear conversations with customers, industry and other stakeholders is a rock in the foundation of the ongoing effort to procure new information technology in line with promoting partnership with the private sector for innovative solutions through programs like the Presidential Innovation Fellows and other efforts employing teamwork in […] More

by Andy Reed September 21, 2017, 4:30 am