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  • Raytheon to Build Army Focal Plane Array Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Build Army Focal Plane Array Tech

    Raytheon’s vision systems business unit will develop infrared sensor technologies for the U.S. Army’s night vision and electronic sensors directorate, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes scientists at Raytheon will work to research and build III-V infrared focal plane array systems under a two-year contract with the Army Contracting Command‘s Aberdeen Proving […] More

  • Elbit Systems Highlights 2013 UAS Orders; Elad Aharonson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Highlights 2013 UAS Orders; Elad Aharonson Comments

    Elbit Systems Ltd. is highlighting its sales within the unmanned aerial systems sector in 2013, UPI reported Thursday. The Israel-based defense company built one Hermes 900 system every week and completed deliveries to customers in Israel and worldwide last year, according to the report. Elad Aharonson, general manager of Elbit System’s UAS division, told the […] More

  • CH2M HILL Restructures Market Focus; Jacqueline Hinman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M HILL Restructures Market Focus; Jacqueline Hinman Comments

    CH2M HILL has moved to realign its business to focus on five markets and six regions as part of a strategy to work with customers on fulfilling infrastructure requirements. The company will transition its business to energy, environment and nuclear; facilities and urban environments; transportation; and water market services, CH2M HILL said Thursday. Mike McKelvy […] More

  • Sanjay Rohatgi Named Symantec President of Sales in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sanjay Rohatgi Named Symantec President of Sales in India

    Sanjay Rohatgi is the new president of sales of the Indian operations of Symantec, Voice & Data reports. Rohatgi will be responsible for business strategy development and execution for enterprise and consumer customers of Symantec. Rohatgi joins the company from Cisco where he was the managing director of the Service Provider for India & SAARC […] More

  • Ashish Dhawan Named Juniper Networks India Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ashish Dhawan Named Juniper Networks India Managing Director

    Ashish Dhawan, enterprise for Asia head at Juniper Networks, has been named the company’s managing director for India and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Computer World.In reported Friday. Shantheri Mallaya writes Dhawan served as interim MD for the region after Ravi Chauhan left the position in January to pursue a different business venture. The […] More

  • Tim Griffin of RMF on How to Connect With LEED-Seeking Builders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Griffin of RMF on How to Connect With LEED-Seeking Builders

    District energy system providers should employ a framework for quantifying the value they could give potential customers looking to use a platform, says Tim Griffin, principal and branch manager at engineering consulting firm RMF Engineering. With building owners and property investors, the question has always been how much LEED points they would get if they connected […] More

  • Kevin Kelly on the Diversification of Technology Offerings in GovCon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Kelly on the Diversification of Technology Offerings in GovCon

    Kevin Kelly, CEO of LGS Innovations LLC, was recently interviewed in a National Defense Magazine article where he spoke about the necessity of attracting new business opportunities besides traditional Defense Department work. Sandra Erwin writes that many companies see a stagnant military market and are turning to opportunities such as a nationwide network for emergency responders. “The defense market […] More

  • MBDA Tests Brimstone Missile Integrated with General Atomic's Reaper; Doug Denneny Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Tests Brimstone Missile Integrated with General Atomic’s Reaper; Doug Denneny Comments

    MBDA and the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence has conducted firing trials of Brimstone missiles integrated with a General Atomic‘s reaper drone, according to a FlightGlobal article. Craig Hoyle writes that the trials took place between December 2013 and January 2014 at the China Lake test range in California. The Brimstone missiles were fired at a range […] More

  • Linda Hudson: Defense Industry Needs More Citizens in STEM Fields - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Linda Hudson: Defense Industry Needs More Citizens in STEM Fields

    Outgoing BAE Systems Inc. President and CEO Linda Hudson spoke to technology leaders Thursday about the changes she believes would address concerns on how to develop U.S. student and professional talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, FedScoop reported Thursday. Dan Verton writes Hudson appeared at an Northern Virginia Technology Council event to discuss U.S. […] More

  • Lockheed, Army Demo Autonomous Convoy; David Simon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Army Demo Autonomous Convoy; David Simon Comments

    Lockheed Martin Corp. and the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center have tested autonomous convoys with various vehicles in urban settings. Unmanned vehicles navigated road intersections, counterflows, stalled and moving vehicles, pedestrian lanes and traffic circles in urban and rural areas as part of the Army and Marine Corps’ Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System […] More

  • Dan Keefe: ManTech to Help Navy Manage Test Range Environmental Matters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Keefe: ManTech to Help Navy Manage Test Range Environmental Matters

    ManTech International will work with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific to develop plans for environmental and regulatory issues under a potential seven-year, $85 million contract. The company will also support military training and readiness activities for testing ranges, as well as fleets stationed in the Pacific Ocean and on the West Coast, ManTech said […] More