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  • John Allen, Michael Griffin, Samuel Locklear Named Senior Fellows at Johns Hopkins APL - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Allen, Michael Griffin, Samuel Locklear Named Senior Fellows at Johns Hopkins APL

    The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Michael Griffin, chairman and CEO of Schafer Corp., as well as military veterans John Allen and Samuel Locklear as APL senior fellows. APL said Tuesday Allen, Griffin and Locklear bring leadership and expertise to the lab’s senior fellows program that seeks to address the priorities of U.S. military leaders and senior […] More

  • Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Symposium to Focus on Government IT Modernization; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat will hold its annual symposium Nov. 2 in Arlington, Virginia to highlight the role of open source technology in digital transformation efforts across the government sector. The company said Wednesday it expects the 2016 Red Hat Government Symposium to draw more than 650 government and industry professionals to help address information technology challenges that public sector agencies face. Paul Smith, senior vice president and […] More

  • Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments

    A Xerox study reports that 49 percent of respondents from 23 cities around the world believe one application will support all transportation needs while 27 percent see themselves using a self-driving car by 2020. Xerox said Monday the upcoming Global Transportation Survey report reflects citizens’ increased expectations for integrated transportation services and innovation over the coming years. “Mobility is complicated, infrastructure […] More

  • WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Opens New Boulder, Colorado Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Opens New Boulder, Colorado Office

    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has opened a new office in Boulder, Colorado as the company works to expand its engineering and professional services into multiple market segments. The company’s facility at 4840 Pearl East Circle will support projects of clients across the buildings and transportation sectors in Colorado, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff said Monday. “The new office will expand our local base for the delivery of our […] More

  • Qwaltec-LJT & Associates Team to Support Navy Satellite Operations Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qwaltec-LJT & Associates Team to Support Navy Satellite Operations Center

    A team comprised of Qwaltec and LJT & Associates has secured a five-year, $19 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for the Navy Satellite Operations Center in Point Mugu, California. Both companies will help NAVSOC operate and maintain ground systems designed to facilitate global space communications of the Navy fleet, joint warfighter and interagency users, Qwaltec said. […] More

  • Leidos to Deploy Passenger Flow Forecasting Tool at JFK Airport; Mark Cooper Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Deploy Passenger Flow Forecasting Tool at JFK Airport; Mark Cooper Comments

    Leidos has been selected to field a forecasting tool at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to support operations management functions at the airport’s terminal 4. Leidos said Tuesday the Beontra-built Operational Terminal Prediction platform works to consolidate flight data from airport operational databases and airlines to help terminal personnel predict passenger flow and perform […] More

  • Shelly Cooper Receives Executive Mosaic's Top General Counsel Executives Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shelly Cooper Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top General Counsel Executives Award

    SHELLY COOPER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL & CORPORATE SECRETARY IAP WORLDWIDE SERVICES, INC. Rochelle (“Shelly”) Cooper, as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., is responsible for the Legal, Corporate Governance, and Risk Management functions.  Ms. Cooper provides legal advice and counsel to five principal business entities, including a […] More

  • Raytheon BBN Designs Situational Awareness Interface for DARPA's Ground X-Vehicle Tech Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN Designs Situational Awareness Interface for DARPA’s Ground X-Vehicle Tech Program

    A Raytheon subsidiary has begun development work on a three-dimensional interface designed to help military personnel gain situational awareness while they are inside a  windowless armored ground vehicle. Raytheon BBN Technologies is developing the “human-machine” interface as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies initiative, the company said Monday. The platform will employ lidar data and high-definition videos to generate […] More

  • Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships

    The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded CopaSAT a potential five-year contract to provide managed satellite communications services to two of the service branch’s Antarctica-based icebreaker ships. CopaSAT started to provide satcom services to the military branch’s Healy and Polar Star icebreakers on Oct. 1 under the contract, the company said Tuesday. “We are excited to provide the […] More

  • CyrusOne Continues Phoenix Data Center Campus Expansion Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Continues Phoenix Data Center Campus Expansion Efforts

    CyrusOne has acquired an additional 29 acres of land at the Continuum Business Park in Chandler, Arizona, in support of the company’s expansion efforts in the West Coast. The land purchase extends the company’s Phoenix data center campus to above 85 acres and approximately 2 million square feet of data center space to deliver cloud, internet and data center infrastructure services, the company said […] More

  • Boeing Chosen to Find F-15 Sensor Tech Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Chosen to Find F-15 Sensor Tech Provider

    Boeing will work to identify a vendor that can supply 132 infrared search-and-track sensors in support of a $198 million program to modernize the U.S. Air Force’s F-15C/D twin-engined fighter, Flight Global reported Monday. Stephen Trimble writes the Air Force has also tasked Boeing to find a provider of sensors for active duty squadrons, Air National Guard and test […] More

  • Report: Trade Group Pegs World Naval Market at $40B Annual Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Trade Group Pegs World Naval Market at $40B Annual Sales

    Patrick Boissier, chairman of the France-based Gican trade association, has estimated that naval sales in the global market total approximately $40 billion per year, Defense News reported Monday. Pierre Tran writes Boissier told reporters that the U.S. has some $12 billion in annual sales while Southeast Asia, India and Australia have sales worth up to $12 billion combined which excludes future […] More