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  • Kenneth Washington: New Lockheed Palo Alto Lab to House Space Payload R&D Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kenneth Washington: New Lockheed Palo Alto Lab to House Space Payload R&D Work

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has opened a new laboratory at the unit’s advanced technology center in Palo Alto, Calif. to host research and development work for emerging technologies. The 82,000-square foot Advanced Materials & Thermal Sciences Center will house 130 staff that perform R&D work in areas such as thermal sciences, nanotechnology and 3-D printing, Lockheed said […] More

  • LexisNexis Buys ID Mgmt Firm Tracesmart; Rick Trainor, Mike Trezise Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis Buys ID Mgmt Firm Tracesmart; Rick Trainor, Mike Trezise Comment

    LexisNexis’ risk solutions business unit has acquired identity management and anti-fraud services provider Tracesmart with the goal of bolstering offerings for banking, insurance and public sector clients. Tracesmart develops Web-based software applications for identity validation, debt collection, anti-money laundering and fraud prevention in the U.K., LexisNexis said Tuesday. Rick Trainor, CEO of business services at LexisNexis […] More

  • Leidos Lands Contracts to Help Utilities Manage Smart Grids - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Lands Contracts to Help Utilities Manage Smart Grids

    Leidos has been awarded three separate contracts to provide two municipal utilities and an electric services cooperative with a cloud-based technology designed to manage power grid infrastructures. The company’s smart grid-as-a-service platform is comprised of software and hardware systems that work to help utilities install metering systems as well as track customers’ energy usage, Leidos […] More

  • Jim Myles: DynCorp to Help Maintain Air Force C-5 Aircraft Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Myles: DynCorp to Help Maintain Air Force C-5 Aircraft Engines

    DynCorp International has been awarded a potential one-year, $8.5 million task order to help maintain engines and components for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 aircraft. Jim Myles, senior vice president of the DynAviation business, said Wednesday that the company will perform “intermediate level engine overhaul services on one of the largest military aircraft ever built.” The […] More

  • Dell Unveils Rugged Notebook Product Line; Kirk Schell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Unveils Rugged Notebook Product Line; Kirk Schell Comments

    Dell has launched a new suite of notebook computers designed for harsh environment usage in military, emergency, manufacturing settings. The Latitude Rugged Extreme notebooks are made of impact-resistant materials and built with Intel‘s fourth-generation Core processors, a solid-state drive and optional discrete graphics, Dell said Tuesday. Kirk Schell, Dell vice president of commercial personal computers […] More

  • Array-Led Team to Help Operate Air Force Financial Systems; Mark Douglas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Array-Led Team to Help Operate Air Force Financial Systems; Mark Douglas Comments

    Array Information Technology will help the U.S. Air Force operate and manage two financial systems based at Air Force Materiel Command’s headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The company said Wednesday that its team, which includes CACI International, will support at least 1,600 users of the Keystone Decision Support System and Command Management System. “KDSS and CMS represent vital financial […] More

  • Leidos Achieves CMMI Level Rating for Logistics Services; Larry Hill Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Achieves CMMI Level Rating for Logistics Services; Larry Hill Comments

    Leidos has completed level three of the Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal for the company’s logistics services operation. The company’s logistics solutions operation provides integrated logistics services and logistics systems management, Leidos said Wednesday. Larry Hill, a Leidos group president, said the certification is intended to validate the company’s effort to comply with industry standards […] More

  • USSI, Sparton Corp. JV Wins $13M Navy Submarine Manufacturing Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USSI, Sparton Corp. JV Wins $13M Navy Submarine Manufacturing Subcontract

    A joint venture of Sparton Corp. and USSI have won manufacturing subcontracts worth $13.3 million to support multiple international awards for exercises planned with the U.S. Navy. Specifically, ERAPSCO/Sonobuoy TechSystems will provide Sparton $5.6 million worth of manufacturing subcontracts and another $7.7 million to USSI to detect, classify and localize adversary submarines for peacetime and […] More

  • Anna Griffin Named CA Technologies SVP of Corporate Marketing; Lauren Flaherty Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anna Griffin Named CA Technologies SVP of Corporate Marketing; Lauren Flaherty Comments

    Anna Griffin is joining CA Technologies to serve as the new senior vice president for corporate marketing, effective April 21. Griffin is a public and private sector marketing veteran and has served at companies that include Juniper Networks and Nortel, CA Technologies announced Tuesday. According to Griffin, she joined the company due to the role of […] More

  • Former DHS Official Elaine Duke Joins GTSC Board of Advisers; Kristina Tanasichuk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DHS Official Elaine Duke Joins GTSC Board of Advisers; Kristina Tanasichuk Comments

    Elaine Duke, former undersecretary of management at the Department of Homeland Security, has been elected to join the board of advisers of the Government Technology & Services Coalition. Duke will advise the GTSC on programs, collaboration opportunities and how to further understand federal homeland and national security missions, the GTSC announced Tuesday. She is the […] More

  • RTKL CFO Randy Pace Promoted to EVP in Mgmt Shuffle; Lance Josal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RTKL CFO Randy Pace Promoted to EVP in Mgmt Shuffle; Lance Josal Comments

    RTKL has made a series of appointments and changes in its leadership team by appointing a new executive vice president, four new senior vice presidents and four vice presidents. The company has promoted Chief Financial Officer Randy Pace to the EVP ranks, RTKL announced Monday. New senior vice presidents of RTKL’s commercial sector and firmwide group […] More

  • Marcus Collier: General Dynamics to Help CMS Collect, Crunch Medicare Data Sets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marcus Collier: General Dynamics to Help CMS Collect, Crunch Medicare Data Sets

    A General Dynamics business unit will provide information technology services to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services‘ Virtual Research Data Center, which contains electronic Medicare data sets. General Dynamics Information Technology will work on data analytics, infrastructure development and maintenance functions, as well as provide training and technical assistance, the company said Wednesday. “CMS is the nation’s […] More