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  • Textron's Ellen Lord: Incremental Innovation Key to Meeting Defense Budget Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s Ellen Lord: Incremental Innovation Key to Meeting Defense Budget Challenges

    Ellen Lord, CEO of Textron Systems, believes the U.S. defense industry’s future growth lies in efforts to make incremental investments that could offer contractors a step change in technology modernization, Defense News reported Tuesday. Paul McCleary writes Lord highlighted the challenges and opportunities for industry amid federal spending uncertainty in a speech at the Association of the […] More

  • Peter Redman: CAE Expands NZ Military Support Through Training Device Update Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Redman: CAE Expands NZ Military Support Through Training Device Update Work

    CAE will provide New Zealand’s defense forces with updates and life-cycle and maintenance support for their Kaman SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite synthetic pilot training devices for 15 years. The company said Tuesday it will update NZDF’s SH-2G(I) Full Mission Flight Simulator and SH-2G(I) Part Task Trainer, which Kaman will deliver along with 10 SH-2G(I) helicopters to the New Zealand air force base […] More

  • HP to Extend Massachusetts Medicaid MIS Support for 5 Years; Susan Arthur Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP to Extend Massachusetts Medicaid MIS Support for 5 Years; Susan Arthur Comments

    Hewlett Packard has landed a five-year, $50 million contract to continue helping the Massachusetts Executive Office of Human and Health Services maintain the state’s Medicaid management information system. HP will continue to support the state Medicaid MIS infrastructure through June 2019 and will perform system upgrades to help agency personnel monitor providers’ e-health incentives, the […] More

  • Darrell Durst on Lockheed's Partnership With DHS, State of US Cyber Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Darrell Durst on Lockheed’s Partnership With DHS, State of US Cyber Workforce

    Darrell Durst leads a Lockheed Martin organization that provides cyber technology and services to the U.S. government in his role as vice president of cyber solutions. The 28-year engineering veteran’s background includes experience in intelligence and security technology initiatives for national security systems and government customers’ missions. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Durst discusses the company’s cyber offerings to commercial […] More

  • Louisa Jaffe on Her 5-Year Outlook for TAPE, Advice for Emerging GovCon Firms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louisa Jaffe on Her 5-Year Outlook for TAPE, Advice for Emerging GovCon Firms

    Louisa Jaffe and her husband Bill founded Alexandria, Virginia-headquartered government contractor Technical and Project Engineering — also known as TAPE — in 2003. Nearly a decade later, TAPE has employees in 15 states and Washington, D.C. that provide technical services and management support to federal agencies. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Louisa describes where she wants TAPE […] More

  • Mercom Capital: Smart Grid VC Deals Hit $142M in Q3 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercom Capital: Smart Grid VC Deals Hit $142M in Q3 2014

    Venture capital deals and funding for the smart grid industry reached $142 million in value third quarter of 2014, almost double the amount of investments from the previous three months, market intelligence from Mercom Capital Group says. The report identified Savant Systems of New York as the top VC-funded company, which raised $90 million for its home automation portfolio in Q3 2014, followed by big […] More

  • Tom Lewis: Louis Berger to Support Post-Hurricane NYC Rebuilding Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Lewis: Louis Berger to Support Post-Hurricane NYC Rebuilding Efforts

    Louis Berger has received a multi-year contract from the New York City Economic Development Corp. to support business recovery and infrastructure resiliency programs following Hurricane Sandy. The company said Monday it will also assess the potential impact of post-hurricane rebuilding initiatives on the city’s economy as well as cultural and environmental resources. “We look forward […] More

  • Visiongain Report: Top UAV Makers Eye Specialties to Diffuse Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain Report: Top UAV Makers Eye Specialties to Diffuse Competition

    Business information provider Visiongain has unveiled its list of top 20 unmanned aerial vehicles and systems manufacturers in the world. The report predicts the specialties companies will choose in the field and how new players will try to stake a claim on a market that could undergo key structural changes amid an emergent commercial UAVs segment, Visiongain said Monday. “Although increasingly competitive, the […] More

  • SAIC Launches E-Ticketing Tool for Law Enforcers; Terry Hicks Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Launches E-Ticketing Tool for Law Enforcers; Terry Hicks Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled an electronic ticketing tool that the company designed to help law enforcement clients process and issue tickets to violators. The Qwik-e-Ticket system works to create and send tickets electronically through Saltus Technologies LLC’s digiTICKET software, SAIC said Tuesday. “Our solution can scan IDs and licenses, issue tickets, capture GPS coordinates, electronic signatures, voice notes and […] More

  • Force 3's Jason Parry: Enterprises See Value in 'Software-Defined Everything' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Force 3’s Jason Parry: Enterprises See Value in ‘Software-Defined Everything’

    Jason Parry, vice president of client solutions at consulting and integration firm Force 3, believes “software-defined everything” provides value and return on investment for enterprises, ChannelPro Network reported Oct. 10. Parry told the publication that companies have adopted SDE tools for automated information technology tasks and provisioning work, Samuel Greengard reports. He recommends that channel professionals focus on […] More

  • Airbus Picks Northrop to Supply Helicopter Navigation Data Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Picks Northrop to Supply Helicopter Navigation Data Tech

    Airbus has chosen a Northrop Grumman subsidiary to manufacture attitude and heading reference systems for integration into multiple types of Airbus helicopters. Northrop Grumman LITEF is scheduled to start production of its LCR-350 AHRS for various Airbus-built helicopters in 2016, Northrop said Tuesday. Germany-based LITEF designed the technology to help pilots view aircraft heading and […] More

  • Capgemini, Altimeter Combine Research and Thought Leadership; Xavier Hochet Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini, Altimeter Combine Research and Thought Leadership; Xavier Hochet Comments

    Capgemini Consulting and Altimeter Group have forged a partnership to develop research, thought leadership and technology offerings. Altimeter and Capgemini will jointly create content in innovation, digital transformation and digital customer experience and share their methodologies, frameworks and tools, Altimeter said Monday. “We see this partnership as a big win for our clients and the industry at large,” said Xavier Hochet, CEO of Capgemini […] More