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  • LaVerne Council Joins Grant Thornton as Enterprise Digital Strategy & Innovation Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LaVerne Council Joins Grant Thornton as Enterprise Digital Strategy & Innovation Lead

    LaVerne Council, a more than 30-year public and private sector veteran, has been appointed national managing principal for enterprise digital strategy and innovation at Grant Thornton. Grant Thornton said Thursday Council will oversee enterprise digital and technological strategies and products designed to help chief information officers address information technology challenges within their organizations. She will report to Srikant Sastry, […] More

  • Jacobs Receives CMAA Award for Recognition for Federal Courthouse Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Receives CMAA Award for Recognition for Federal Courthouse Construction Project

    Jacobs Engineering Group has won a Project of the Year award from the Construction Management Association of America for its efforts to manage the construction of a federal courthouse in Los Angeles. CMAA presented the award to Jacobs during the association’s National Conference and Trade Show that took place in Washington, D.C. last month, the company said […] More

  • Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Jeh Johnson, former secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and American Tower CEO James Taiclet Jr. have been elected to join Lockheed Martin‘s board of directors effective Jan. 1. “Jeh’s experience in acquisition and government operations and Jim’s aerospace and global perspective will help advance our ability to anticipate and exceed our customers’ expectations,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed […] More

  • CNN: Japan Plans to Procure Lockheed, Kongsberg Long-Range Missiles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNN: Japan Plans to Procure Lockheed, Kongsberg Long-Range Missiles

    The government of Japan is looking to purchase long-range missiles for the first time as part of next year’s budget to address national security concerns, CNN reported Friday. The report said a spokesperson from Japan’s defense ministry indicated it will request additional funds in 2018 to procure Lockheed Martin‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles and Joint Air-to-Surface […] More

  • Pentagon Performance Selected to Provide ISR Services for UN's Congo Peacekeeping Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon Performance Selected to Provide ISR Services for UN’s Congo Peacekeeping Mission

    Pentagon Performance Inc. has received a notification of consideration for a potential $50 million contract from the United Nations to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to the UN’s peacekeeping effort in the Republic of Congo. PPI seeks to deploy its SureCam medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system to help address surveillance and detection requirements of UN MONUSCO operations, the Delaware […] More

  • DARPA to Initiate Maritime Situational Awareness Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Initiate Maritime Situational Awareness Development Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced a proposer’s event in support of the agency’s plan to initiate an effort to develop a maritime situational awareness network. The agency said Wednesday the Ocean of Things program seeks to form a sensor network made from thousands of ocean-deployed floats designed to collect environmental, situational and activity […] More

  • SAP NS2's Human Capital Mgmt Suite Gets FedRAMP Provisional ATO; Mark Testoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Human Capital Mgmt Suite Gets FedRAMP Provisional ATO; Mark Testoni Comments

    SAP National Security Services has received a provisional authorization-to-operate status under the the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a suite of cloud-based human capital management offerings. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board granted P-ATO to the SAP NS2 Cloud-SuccessFactors HCM Suite for Government, which is designed to help customer agencies manage talent acquisition, talent and learning management, workforce analytics, planning and […] More

  • UK Navy Commissions HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Navy Commissions HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier

    The British navy has commissioned the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier during a ceremony held Thursday at the Portsmouth naval base in England. The ceremony was attended by Queen Elizabeth, Princess Anne, UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson and other British military leaders, the U.K. government said Thursday. HMS Queen Elizabeth was built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, comprised of […] More

  • Juniper Networks Unveils Applications Designed to Transition Ideas into Workflows - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper Networks Unveils Applications Designed to Transition Ideas into Workflows

    Juniper Networks has introduced a series of applications built to help simplify network operations and convert ideas into automated workflows. The company said Thursday the Juniper Bots cover an evolving ecosystem of software applications designed to transition from the common use of machine-focused automation tools. Juniper Bots utilize the AppFormix and Contrail platforms along with […] More

  • QinetiQ Assists Canadian Navy in Drone Threat Simulation Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ Assists Canadian Navy in Drone Threat Simulation Exercise

    A QinetiQ subsidiary has helped the Canadian navy conduct a live demonstration to simulate potential threats multi-rotor drones could pose to naval vessels. QinetiQ Target Systems demonstrated a rotary-wing target onboard a Halifax-class frigate for the military branch in November as part of a $6.6 million Unmanned Targets Repair, Overhaul and Engineering contract awarded in […] More

  • DLA Issues RFI on Cloud-Based Document Scanning Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Issues RFI on Cloud-Based Document Scanning Platform

    The Defense Logistics Agency has issued a request for information on cloud-based software designed to scan electronic documents with the use of thin client. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says DLA requires an electronic scanning platform that can be hosted at a Defense Information Systems Agency-run enterprise computing center DLA looks to acquire a CBEDS platform that features […] More

  • Hensoldt Demos Counter-UAV Platform at Airbus Airfield in Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hensoldt Demos Counter-UAV Platform at Airbus Airfield in Germany

    Germany-based sensor provider Hensoldt has tested its counter unmanned aerial vehicle system designed to defend airports and other infrastructure from potential threats. The company said Wednesday its Xpeller counter-UAV system was demonstrated at the Airbus airfield in Hamburg, Germany for spectators that included airport operators and representatives from armed forces, industrial companies and police forces. […] More