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  • Moody's: Commercial Aircraft Demand to Offset Tight US Defense Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moody’s: Commercial Aircraft Demand to Offset Tight US Defense Spending

    Moody’s Investors Service has forecasts that high demand for large commercial airplanes will continue to offset the impact of U.S. military spending cuts on defense contractors. The credit rating agency has also offered a stable outlook for the aerospace and defense industry in the firm’s “Commercial Growth to Offset Tough, But Improving, Defense Environment” report, Moody’s […] More

  • Visiongain: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $75B by 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $75B by 2015

    Visiongain forecasts that the global cybersecurity market will reach a value of $75.4 billion by the end of 2015 due to continued cyber issues and legislation and investment activity focused on cyber capabilities. The company said Tuesday its latest report on the market covers an analysis of cybersecurity growth through 2025 across the network, data, endpoint, application, cloud security, identity management and […] More

  • TechFlow Taps Intellicheck Mobilisa to Support Navy Analytics Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechFlow Taps Intellicheck Mobilisa to Support Navy Analytics Contract

    TechFlow has awarded a subcontract to Intellicheck Mobilisa for the design, prototyping, deployment and commercialization of a big data analytics tool that the U.S. Navy will use to study the energy usage of networked devices. Intellicheck said Tuesday the analytics system will work to capture energy use data for analysis, predict future usage and generate insights into reducing energy consumption using […] More

  • KCG Appointment Highlights Renewed Focus on New Areas in Security, Risk Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KCG Appointment Highlights Renewed Focus on New Areas in Security, Risk Mgmt

    Knowledge Consulting Group has appointed Matt Mitchell to lead its commercial security solutions division as the company works to expand its business in the commercial market. The company said Monday the former director of risk assurance services will be in charge of KCG’s commercial cybersecurity, compliance and risk management portfolio. KCG President Maryann Hirsch noted that Mitchell’s team will work with […] More

  • Maximus' Tom Romeo: Technology, Industry Participation Vital for Public Service Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus’ Tom Romeo: Technology, Industry Participation Vital for Public Service Programs

    Many federal agencies are responding to the public’s need for government services through modern technology and collaboration with industry, Tom Romeo, president of Maximus‘ federal services business, wrote in a Federal Times article published Tuesday. Romeo said he believes the federal government could transform customer experience this year and onward with outcomes-based and collaborative strategies. […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary to Distribute AirRobot-Built UAS in US Market; Walt Werner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary to Distribute AirRobot-Built UAS in US Market; Walt Werner Comments

    Northrop Grumman subsidiary Remotec has agreed to resell German company AirRobot‘s line of small unmanned aerial systems to first responder and law enforcement clients in the U.S. Remotec will also combine its technology with AirRobot aerial systems to produce a new range of product offerings, Northrop said Tuesday. Walt Werner, director of Remotec, said the distribution arrangement with AirRobot US gives his company’s customers access to a […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Turbine for Atlantis Tidal Power Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Turbine for Atlantis Tidal Power Project

    Lockheed Martin will deliver the AR1500 turbine for Atlantis Resources‘ MeyGen tidal stream energy project in 2016 as part of a turbine construction contract and overall technology partnership agreement between the two companies. Atlantis said Monday Lockheed will build the single-rotor 1.5-megawatt turbine, which features full nacelle yawing functions and an active rotor pitching system, for delivery to the MeyGen site in […] More

  • CSC-AT&T Team to Help Utility with Workplace IT Management; John Walsh III Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC-AT&T Team to Help Utility with Workplace IT Management; John Walsh III Comments

    A Computer Sciences Corp. and AT&T partnership has been awarded a potential seven-year contract to provide information technology network and communication services to Swedish power company Vattenfall. The team will work to build a workplace IT environment for approximately 30,000 end users at Vatenfall’s facilities worldwide, CSC said Tuesday. “Sweden is a key market for […] More

  • Unisys Earns IT Service Management Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Earns IT Service Management Certification

    Unisys Corp. has received ISO/IEC 20000 certification for the company’s framework to deliver managed information technology services under an Internal Revenue Services enterprise storage initiative. The company’s federal systems business hosts petabytes of agency storage space in private cloud using ISO-qualified processes, Unisys said Tuesday. IRS awarded Unisys Federal Systems a potential $139 million contract in […] More

  • Veris Group Rebrands its Adaptive Threat Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veris Group Rebrands its Adaptive Threat Division

    Veris Group has revamped the business logo and website of its adaptive threat division in a push to rebrand the unit. ATD employs security testing professionals who aim to help organizations simulate and manage advanced threats through technology, Veris said Monday. This year also marks Veris Group’s 10th anniversary in the industry. The Vienna, Virginia-based […] More

  • Richard Montoni: Maximus to Help Manage Australia Employment Services Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Montoni: Maximus to Help Manage Australia Employment Services Program

    A Maximus subsidiary has been awarded a five-year contract to oversee a program for helping Australian job seekers and companies meet their employment needs. Max Solutions will run the Australian Department of Employment’s jobactive service, which is meant to replace the Job Services Australia program and slated to debut in July, Maximus said Tuesday. Richard […] More

  • Deloitte, Verizon to Integrate Cyber Offerings for Enterprise Clients; Mike Denning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, Verizon to Integrate Cyber Offerings for Enterprise Clients; Mike Denning Comments

    Deloitte and Verizon Enterprise Solutions have forged an alliance to combine their offerings in a move to help customers respond to cyber threats. The companies will integrate Verizon’s computer forensics, incident response and investigation services with Deloitte’s cyber risk advisory services under the partnership, Deloitte said Tuesday. “With our combined capabilities, we are preparing enterprises to […] More