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  • TBR Research: Cloud Users to Prefer Customized Services in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TBR Research: Cloud Users to Prefer Customized Services in 2015

    A TBR Research survey indicates that majority of cloud customers in 2015 will switch to services that fulfill their specific requirements through on-premise, private and single-tenant platforms, InformationWeek reported Monday. Charles Babcock writes the survey, conducted in the fourth quarter of 2014, shows a growing preference toward a single-tenant service among individual end customers. TBR also predicts […] More

  • SES Taps Airbus, Boeing, Orbital ATK to Build New Satellites for Commercial, Military Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Taps Airbus, Boeing, Orbital ATK to Build New Satellites for Commercial, Military Markets

    SES has selected Airbus, Boeing and Orbital ATK to build satellites that will provide telecommunications services to the Americas, the north Atlantic Ocean region and Europe, Space News reported Monday. Peter de Selding writes that Boeing’s space and intelligence systems business and Airbus’ defense and space segment will provide all-electric-propulsion satellites for commercial fixed, mobile and aeronautical services. The […] More

  • General Atomics Completes Airborne Radar Testing Onboard Predator B; Frank Pace Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Completes Airborne Radar Testing Onboard Predator B; Frank Pace Comments

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems company has completed the flight test for a sense-and-avoid radar aboard a remotely piloted aircraft in an effort to further the aircraft’s integration into international and domestic airspace. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. flight-tested a due regard radar on Predator B and the radar system performed collision avoidance maneuvers onboard the […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Wins AFCEA International Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Wins AFCEA International Award

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat’s senior vice president of U.S. government sector, has received an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association award for her advocacy to help further women empowerment in the work space. The AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter selected the executive for the award to honor her leadership of the Women in NOVA program over the past three years, […] More

  • HII Names Gerald Boyd VP for Business Dev't at Stoller Newport News Nuclear - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Names Gerald Boyd VP for Business Dev’t at Stoller Newport News Nuclear

    Gerald Boyd, vice president of southeast operations for Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Stoller Newport News Nuclear subsidiary, will elevate to the role of VP for business development at SN3. He will be managing acquisitions and partnerships as well as the company’s work with the departments of Energy and Defense and other federal and commercial customers, HII said Monday. “Gerald brings a wealth of knowledge […] More

  • Jim Moos: Leidos Receives Mentor-Protege Award from DoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Moos: Leidos Receives Mentor-Protege Award from DoD

    Leidos has been named a recipient of the U.S. Defense Department‘s Nunn-Perry Award for collaborating with a smaller company through the agency’s mentor-protege program. The company said Tuesday it received recognition for mentoring Minerva Engineering, an information security and cyber defense technology provider in the government sector. “The end result of our work with Minerva […] More

  • Dell Expands Education Services Portfolio with New Offerings; Sam Burd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Expands Education Services Portfolio with New Offerings; Sam Burd Comments

    Dell has introduced a new suite of products within its education services portfolio designed to help teachers engage students in the classroom. Dell launched the Dell Chromebook 11, Venue 10 and Venue 10 Pro tablets, Latitude 11 Education Series laptop and the Interactive Projector S510, the company said Thursday. “Our latest education solutions give students, teachers […] More

  • PV Puvvada: Federal Sector a 'Growth Engine' for Unisys - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PV Puvvada: Federal Sector a ‘Growth Engine’ for Unisys

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal systems business, sees government customers as an engine that will drive the company’s growth strategies, he told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday. Puvvada told reporter Jill Aitoro the company can turn a commercial information technology product into a pubic sector IT offering and vice versa. “Our […] More

  • Mike Olson: Cloudera to Help Cerner Gather, Analyze Healthcare Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Olson: Cloudera to Help Cerner Gather, Analyze Healthcare Data

    Health IT company Cerner Corp. has selected Cloudera’s enterprise data hub to power its big data platform in an effort to analyze healthcare information and improve patient outcomes. Mike Olson, founder and chief strategy officer for Cloudera, said Thursday the company will work with Cerner “to capture, organize, analyze and act” on healthcare data from […] More

  • Lockheed Launches New Aircraft Sensor System; Ken Fuhr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Launches New Aircraft Sensor System; Ken Fuhr Comments

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new sensor system that is designed to help aircraft detect targets. The Legion Pod multifunction sensor incorporates Lockheed Martin’s IRST21 infrared sensor, networking and data processing technology to track airborne targets, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. Ken Fuhr, director of fixed wing programs at Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control unit, […] More

  • General Dynamics Adds MUOS Wireless Connectivity Testing Service; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Adds MUOS Wireless Connectivity Testing Service; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has introduced an “over-the-air” satellite connectivity testing service for companies that aim to link their radio or antenna products to the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System. The service is offered at General Dynamics’ MUOS radio testing laboratory in Scottsdale and allows radio vendors to evaluate data and voice transmission with the tactical […] More

  • CGI Federal Chief James Peake to Open ATA 2015 Plenary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Federal Chief James Peake to Open ATA 2015 Plenary

    CGI Federal President James Peake will be among the keynote speakers at the American Telemedicine Association’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles this spring. Peake, vice president of ATA, will lead the opening plenary on May 3 with ATA President Yulun Wang, the association said Wednesday. Peake is a retired lieutenant general who served as U.S. Army surgeon general from 2000 to 2004. He […] More