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  • Former Honeywell Exec Pete Costa Named as Jensen Hughes' Global Operations President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Honeywell Exec Pete Costa Named as Jensen Hughes’ Global Operations President

    Pete Costa, a former vice president and general manager at Honeywell‘s building solutions business, has joined Jensen Hughes as president of global operations at the Baltimore, Maryland-based fire protection systems and engineering consulting services provider. Jensen Hughes said Tuesday Costa brings more than 25 years of general management and operations experience in the fields of safety, regulatory compliance and security to his new role. He will be responsible for […] More

  • Former Acting FTA Chief Carolyn Flowers to Lead AECOM Transit Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Acting FTA Chief Carolyn Flowers to Lead AECOM Transit Practice

    AECOM has appointed Carolyn Flowers, former acting administrator at the Federal Transit Administration, as leader of the company’s North American transit practice. She brings knowledge and experience to her new position that will help clients to address  public transportation challenges, Fred Werner, president of AECOM’s design and consulting services business, said in a statement published Tuesday. “Most importantly she […] More

  • Bill Sullivan on Cloudera Public Sector Arm's Staff Growth & Agencies' Data Management Priorities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Sullivan on Cloudera Public Sector Arm’s Staff Growth & Agencies’ Data Management Priorities

    Bill Sullivan, a nearly two-decade GovCon industry veteran, joined global software services provider Cloudera March 2016 as vice president and general manager for public sector operations in North America to help drive the company’s open source offerings for agencies. Cloudera centers its open source services for government around the Apache Hadoop software framework to help agencies manage and apply large volumes of data […] More

  • Mitre Selects Winning Team for Internet-of-Things Security Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Selects Winning Team for Internet-of-Things Security Challenge

    Mitre has unveiled the winners of a company-sponsored competition that sought ideas to help individuals, government agencies and businesses secure internet of things-based  risks. A team from Georgia led by Ciena hardware engineer Duncan Thompson won the top prize of $50,000 in the Mitre Unique Identification of Things challenge while the Pulzze Systems and Tietronix teams were the runner-ups, Mitre said Friday. […] More

  • Data Dimensions to Offer Office Imaging Services to Agencies Under GSA Schedule 36 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Data Dimensions to Offer Office Imaging Services to Agencies Under GSA Schedule 36

    Data Dimensions has secured a spot under the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 36 contract vehicle to offer office imaging services to government agencies over the next five years. The contract will help provide Data Dimensions access to federal government contracts and opportunities in line with its service and product offerings, the company said Tuesday. Jon Boumstein, president and […] More

  • Fortinet Updates Network Security Platform to Help Address IoT Threats; Phil Quade Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet Updates Network Security Platform to Help Address IoT Threats; Phil Quade Comments

    Fortinet has expanded the capacities for its intent-based network security platform in a push to help enterprise customers address internet of things-based security risks. The company said Tuesday its Security Fabric platform offers control, infrastructure scale and visibility over an enterprise’s network to help defend against attack surfaces from the proliferation of IoT devices. Security Fabric is designed to correlate IoT security […] More

  • Accenture Supports Data Analytics Platform Deployment at Seattle Police Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Supports Data Analytics Platform Deployment at Seattle Police Dept

    The Seattle Police Department has worked with Accenture to implement a data analytics platform in an effort to address the department’s management and governance goals. Accenture said Tuesday the platform is designed to provide reporting functions as well as insights into operations and investigations. The company also helped integrate and analyze six disparate SPD databases and information sources to support real-time delivery of […] More

  • Navy Partners With Microsoft, Johns Hopkins APL to Identify Naval Uses for Augmented Reality Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Partners With Microsoft, Johns Hopkins APL to Identify Naval Uses for Augmented Reality Tools

    Representatives from Microsoft and Johns Hopkins University met with members of the disruptive technology laboratory at Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock division in Maryland to tackle augmented reality technology platforms and its potential naval applications, the Navy reported Tuesday. DTL Director Garry Shields said the lab seeks to partner with the Defense Advanced Research Projects […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Partner to Update Missile Signal Processor Tech

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force will collaborate to develop a new signal processor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile as part of a refresh program that seeks to extend production of the system beyond 2020. The company said Tuesday the service branch launched the Form Fit Function Refresh effort as the government-industry team marks milestone for the 20,000th AMRAAM unit. AMRAAM is designed to […] More

  • USDA Taps Salesforce to Deploy Cloud Tech at Farm Service Agency; Dave Rey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USDA Taps Salesforce to Deploy Cloud Tech at Farm Service Agency; Dave Rey Comments

    The Agriculture Department‘s Farm Service Agency will use Salesforce‘s cloud service platform to support a new program designed to inform FSA customers about non-USDA initiatives that could bring growth opportunities. The company said Wednesday the Bridges to Opportunity program will utilize the Salesforce Service Cloud to distribute information among 10,000 FSA employees as well as monitor trends […] More

  • DISA to Implement RedSeal Network Modeling, Risk Scoring Platform; Ray Rothrock, Kimberly Baker Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA to Implement RedSeal Network Modeling, Risk Scoring Platform; Ray Rothrock, Kimberly Baker Comment

    RedSeal has secured a multi-year, $33.8 million contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency implement a network modeling and risk scoring platform. DISA will use RedSeal’s technology to model and monitor the Defense Department‘s Joint Regional Security Stacks, gain visibility into network segmentation and measure the resiliency of the JRSS infrastructure, the company said Tuesday. Kimberly Baker, vice president and general manager […] More

  • MEADS Bids for Poland Missile Defense System Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEADS Bids for Poland Missile Defense System Development

    MEADS International, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and MBDA, has submitted a proposal to the Polish government to build and deliver air-and-missile defense systems, Defense News reported Tuesday. Jen Judson writes the submission is in response to a solicitation notice on Poland’s Wisla missile defense program. Marty Coyne,  Medium Extended Air Defense System director at Lockheed, said that the proposal covers […] More