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  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Tool Helps Lift NASA Data Satellite Into Orbit; Steve Bouley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Tool Helps Lift NASA Data Satellite Into Orbit; Steve Bouley Comments

    An Aerojet Rocketdyne-made propulsion system worked to lift off an Atlas V rocket that carried a NASA communications satellite into space recently. Aerojet Rocketdyne provided 12 monopropellant thrusters, helium presurrization tanks and the RL10A-4-2 engine used on the rocket’s Centaur upper-stage structure, the company said Friday. NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite spacecraft launched from […] More

  • Verizon to Add Capacity in Santa Clara Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon to Add Capacity in Santa Clara Data Center

    Verizon Terremark is adding 4 megawatts of power capacity in its Santa Clara, Calif. data center by installing Active Power electrical infrastructure containers in the roof, Data Center Dynamics reported Friday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes that the PowerHouse containers are intended to grow capacity without expanding the building and are built with uninterruptible power supply systems, switchgear and monitoring […] More

  • Northrop Helps Cal Poly Open New Cyber Lab; Wes Bush Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Helps Cal Poly Open New Cyber Lab; Wes Bush Comments

    Northrop Grumman has donated approximately $150,000 to California Polytechnic for electronic infrastructure at the school’s new cybersecurity, Mustang News reported Friday. Samantha Sullivan writes that Northrop CEO Wes Bush attended the launch of the new lab along with Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong and other executives from McAfee and Raytheon. The Cal Poly-Northrop Grumman Cyber Lab was built […] More

  • McAfee and ADT Survey Physical, Online Security Risks; John Giamatteo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McAfee and ADT Survey Physical, Online Security Risks; John Giamatteo Comments

    McAfee and ADT have surveyed the connections between physical and online security risks among device users. The Futures Company commissioned the poll of 1,228 users of mobile and technological devices in the U.S. between December 4 and 15, 2013, McAfee said Monday. “In today’s always connected digital world, our entire lives are managed and are […] More

  • McKinsey Outlines 2014 IT Agenda for Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKinsey Outlines 2014 IT Agenda for Businesses

    McKinsey & Co. has outlined the information technology agenda that businesses are likely to embrace in 2014 based on key challenges they faced during the past year. Björn Münstermann, Brent Smolinski and Kara Sprague, principals at McKinsey, propose various tips that could enable IT infrastructure managers to meet budgetary limits, protect business and develop new […] More

  • Northrop Marks 100 Growler Electronic Attack Kit Deliveries; Doug Shaffer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Marks 100 Growler Electronic Attack Kit Deliveries; Doug Shaffer Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed the delivery of 100 airborne electronic attack kits to Boeing, the prime contractor of the U.S. Navy’s Growler aircraft program. The AEA kit is built for troops to target the enemy’s communication and air defense systems, Northrop said Tuesday. Doug Shaffer, director of information operations and electronic attack at Northrop Grumman Aerospace […] More

  • Charles Sowell on his Background with Security Clearance Reform and the Future of Continuous Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles Sowell on his Background with Security Clearance Reform and the Future of Continuous Evaluation

    At ODNI, I was asked to become the program executive for security clearance reform in 2009, and then I became the deputy assistant director for special security and had pretty frequent interactions with Director Clapper, the director of National Intelligence. Those posts gave me real learning experience for the impact of security across the government. […] More

  • Sylvain Pavlowski Heads to Information Builders as European Sales SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sylvain Pavlowski Heads to Information Builders as European Sales SVP

    Sylvain Pavlowski, formerly vice president for the EMEA region at Tibco/Spotfire, has been appointed senior vice president of European sales at Information Builders. He will be responsible for the company and its subsidiaries’ growth plans in the region, acquiring new accounts and raising market awareness across Europe, Information Builders announced Monday. “His strong reputation for driving […] More

  • Colin Skipper Named VP of CH2M Hill's Ports & Maritime Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Colin Skipper Named VP of CH2M Hill’s Ports & Maritime Group

    Colin Skipper has been named the new vice president and global oil and gas market sector leader of the ports and maritime group at CH2M Hill. He will be in-charge of working with major oil and gas companies and independent operators for greenfield oil and gas terminals plans, design and construction, CH2M Hill announced Monday. Skipper’s […] More

  • Alyssa Fitzpatrick Named CA Technologies Global Alliances, Partners SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alyssa Fitzpatrick Named CA Technologies Global Alliances, Partners SVP

    Alyssa Fitzpatrick has been appointed to serve as the senior vice president of the global partners and alliances group at CA Technologies. Fitzpatrick will be responsible for creating partnerships and alliances for strategic collaboration and deliver the company’s information technology management and security strategy to customers, CA announced Monday. The 20-year industry veteran most recently led McAfee‘s […] More

  • Philip Rizzi Appointed CALIBRE Systems Energy, Environment, Infrastructure VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philip Rizzi Appointed CALIBRE Systems Energy, Environment, Infrastructure VP

    Philip Rizzi, formerly a vice president at SRA International, has joined CALIBRE Systems as vice president of energy, environment and infrastructure. He will be responsible for the company’s business development and service delivery work in areas such as energy management, environmental compliance and cleanup, federal property disposal and infrastructure condition assessment, CALIBRE announced Monday. The 25-year […] More