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  • David Ryan: Northrop Completed EPS CAPS System Design Review in 18 Months - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Ryan: Northrop Completed EPS CAPS System Design Review in 18 Months

    Northrop Grumman has received approval from the Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate to move forward in the company’s development work on a space-based communications system after completing a design review. The company said Wednesday it has reviewed the Enhanced Polar System Control And Planning Segment‘s hardware and software designs and checked if these have met CAPS requirements for verification, […] More

  • Stu Fleagle: Carpathia Offers Custom Plan for DHVI’s Expanded IT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stu Fleagle: Carpathia Offers Custom Plan for DHVI’s Expanded IT Platform

    Carpathia Vice President for Government Solutions Stu Fleagle said the company will spearhead the expansion of Duke Human Vaccine Institute’s computing platform with a custom plan and offer to draw up a strategy that suits the organization’s challenges. “A healthy computing infrastructure isn’t possible until certain security and compliance standards have been met,” Fleagle said […] More

  • General Atomics, Rohde & Schwarz to Add Radio Systems In Border Control Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Rohde & Schwarz to Add Radio Systems In Border Control Unmanned Aircraft

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit has entered into a partnership with Rohde & Schwarz to integrate air traffic control radio systems into the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, which is used in border control missions. General Atomics said Wednesday the technology integration is designed to create “certifiable” Predator B aircraft, which are exportable RPAs that work […] More

  • Rick Black: Verizon Extends Health IT Cloud Services to 5 More Data Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Black: Verizon Extends Health IT Cloud Services to 5 More Data Centers

    Verizon has expanded its network of data centers that offer cloud information and infrastructure management services to the healthcare sector. The Healthcare Enabled Services portfolio includes enterprise cloud, managed hosting, colocation, intrusion detection and user-logs management, Verizon said Wednesday. These services are now available from Verizon’s facilities in Santa Clara, Calif.; Englewood, Colo.; Carteret, N.J; […] More

  • Jim McNerney: Boeing Eyes Incremental Strategy for Airplane Manufacturing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim McNerney: Boeing Eyes Incremental Strategy for Airplane Manufacturing

    Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing, told shareholders Wednesday that the company wants to adopt an incremental strategy to build passenger airplanes instead of taking a once-a-generation development approach, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. “Our mind-set will be to avoid the moon shot,” McNerney said at the company’s annual investor meeting held Wednesday in Seattle. […] More

  • Jeff Brown: Boeing's Analytics Platform Built to Facilitate Battlefield Data Exchange - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Brown: Boeing’s Analytics Platform Built to Facilitate Battlefield Data Exchange

    Boeing has released a new data analytics platform for warfighters to disseminate tactical data while conducting missions on the battlefield. The MicroTAC technology is embedded into a portable computer and seeks to help users search and extract information, even if connectivity becomes unavailable, Boeing said Tuesday. “When warfighters bring MicroTAC into theater, they have a […] More

  • Andrea Cunningham Named Avaya Chief Marketing Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andrea Cunningham Named Avaya Chief Marketing Officer

    Andrea Cunningham, founder and president of marketing consultancy Series C, has joined Avaya as chief marketing officer and will be based in Santa Clara, Calif. She will oversee strategic initiatives related to product marketing, branding, field marketing and demand generation for the company’s suite of enterprise communication and collaboration technology offerings, Avaya said Thursday. Cunningham […] More

  • Sotera Awarded Prime Spot on DHS's $22B EAGLE II Contract Vehicle; Deb Alderson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sotera Awarded Prime Spot on DHS’s $22B EAGLE II Contract Vehicle; Deb Alderson Comments

    Sotera Defense Solutions has won a prime position to compete for task orders under the Department of Homeland Security‘s Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II contract vehicle for the Functional Category 1 Unrestricted track. “This vehicle provides an excellent opportunity for Sotera and our teaming partners to deliver a wide range of mission-critical IT services and […] More

  • Lockheed to Compete for Tasks Under GSA's OASIS Contract; Rick Hieb Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Compete for Tasks Under GSA’s OASIS Contract; Rick Hieb Comments

    Lockheed Martin has won a position to compete for potential task orders in all service pools under the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle. OASIS is a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering, logistics, finance, science, program management and consulting services, with an option for an additional five years, Lockheed said Wednesday. The award is […] More

  • Thales Appoints New Leaders for Africa, Saudi Arabia and Export Posts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Appoints New Leaders for Africa, Saudi Arabia and Export Posts

    Thales has named three new executives to leadership posts around the world, including Saudi Arabia, Africa and the export sales unit, Thales said Thursday. Jean-Yves Tolot has been named vice president for Saudi Arabia where Thales has been active for 40 years, the company said. Tolot joined the firm in 2008 and most recently served […] More

  • Ben Palmer, Jon Anderson, Simon Cooper Join Northrop's UK & Europe BD Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ben Palmer, Jon Anderson, Simon Cooper Join Northrop’s UK & Europe BD Team

    Northrop Grumman has appointed Ben Palmer, Jon Anderson and Simon Cooper to business development leadership roles for the company’s Europe and U.K. organization. The company said Wednesday Palmer will be director of European strategy and business development, Anderson will be director of business development for C4ISR (land, maritime and civil) and Cooper will be director of business development for C4ISR (air). […] More

  • Yaron Dycian: IBM Designs Cyber Software Aims to Stop the Threat Life Cycle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yaron Dycian: IBM Designs Cyber Software Aims to Stop the Threat Life Cycle

    IBM has launched a new threat protection software designed to help customers block hackers that attempt to access desktops, laptops and other endpoint computing devices. The Trusteer Apex platform is built with behavioral analytics and security intelligence tools and aims to disrupt cyber threats throughout the entire attack lifecycle, IBM said Wednesday. “Through extensive research, IBM […] More