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  • Capgemini, Sogeti Subsidiary Unveil Global Engineering Services Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini, Sogeti Subsidiary Unveil Global Engineering Services Portfolio

    Capgemini and its Sogeti subsidiary are preparing to offer engineering services focused on mechanical design and simulation, embedded systems development and testing, product lifecycle management and technical publication to clients globally. The Global Engineering Services portfolio is intended to create synergies between organizations’ IT and engineering systems, Capgemini announced Tuesday. “Engineering and manufacturing organizations around the world […] More

  • Carlos Fernandes Named Director of the Cybersecurity Center at Salient Federal; Bill Parker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carlos Fernandes Named Director of the Cybersecurity Center at Salient Federal; Bill Parker Comments

    Carlos Fernandes has been named director of Salient Federal Solutions’ cybersecurity center of excellence where he will be responsible for the company’s cybersecurity strategy and growing the innovations offered by the CSCoE, Salient said Thursday. Fernandes served as founder, managing principal and CEO of cybersecurity consulting services company Agile Cyber Security Solutions prior to the Salient […] More

  • GCS, Global Touchpoints to Offer Geoanalytics Tech in State, Local Govt Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GCS, Global Touchpoints to Offer Geoanalytics Tech in State, Local Govt Markets

    GCS and Global Touchpoints have partnered to build a portfolio of integrated analytics and intelligence offerings intended to manage location-based information. The companies intend for their integrated geoanalytics technology to help state and local government organizations process data in real time, GCS said Tuesday. Rob Kinnear, director of strategic partnerships at GCS, said GCS aims […] More

  • Lockheed, Ocean Power Tech Partner on $230M Wave Energy Project; George Taylor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Ocean Power Tech Partner on $230M Wave Energy Project; George Taylor Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies have partnered to build a wave energy project worth $230 million off the coast of Australia The Standard reported Tuesday. Sean McComish writes the companies intend for the renewable energy source to help power navy bases and maritime surveillance programs. The project is scheduled to start in 2014 and […] More

  • Boeing Signs Up for UAE Biofuel Project; Jeffrey Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Signs Up for UAE Biofuel Project; Jeffrey Johnson Comments

    Boeing, Etihad Airways, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have partnered to develop a biofuel supply chain framework for the United Arab Emirates’ aviation industry. The BIOjet Abu Dhabi team will perform research and development work, invest in feedstock production and aim to refine technologies for the UAE and global markets, […] More

  • Oracle to Help LA County Healthcare Analytics Platform; Dave Watson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Help LA County Healthcare Analytics Platform; Dave Watson Comments

    Oracle is working with Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services to implement an enterprise analytics platform intended to help the agency monitor clinical resources and manage patient records. LA County DHS wants to use Oracle technology as the baseline for the department’s integrated warehouse containing medical, utilization and financial data, Oracle said Tuesday. According […] More

  • Swiss Rail Operator Deploys HP Threat Prevention Appliances - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Swiss Rail Operator Deploys HP Threat Prevention Appliances

    Hewlett Packard‘s intrusion prevention systems have been selected by Switzerland’s national railway company to defend its infrastructure against security threats. Swiss Federal Railways adopted HP’s TippingPoint 7500NX and Security Management System XL platforms as part of the operator’s routing network modernization effort, HP said Tuesday. “Even with strong security measures already in place, the highly […] More

  • Leidos, UCSD Supercomputer Lab Partner for Microgrid Security Project; Brian Russell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, UCSD Supercomputer Lab Partner for Microgrid Security Project; Brian Russell Comments

    Leidos has teamed up with a supercomputer laboratory at the University of California, San Diego to design an information technology architecture for managing and securing electrical microgrids. The Leidos-funded research project’s goal is to analyze cybersecurity aspects of a microgrid system operated by UCSD on campus and develop methods for reducing cyber risks to critical […] More

  • Northrop and CA Technologies Partner to Offer Cloud Services; Amy Caro Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop and CA Technologies Partner to Offer Cloud Services; Amy Caro Comments

    Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide identity and access management tools for clients through CA Technologies‘ cloud software programs. Northrop said it will use the CA CloudMinder software-as-a-service to extend its cloud-based services for healthcare, civil government and state customers., Northrop Grumman said Tuesday. “Protecting the security and privacy of our clients’ information is a top […] More

  • Cubic Inks Japan Air Combat Training Equipment Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Inks Japan Air Combat Training Equipment Contracts

    Cubic Defense Systems has been awarded more than $12 million in contracts to supply equipment for training fighter pilots to Japan’s military. Japan ordered additional Cubic-made rangeless air combat training systems for the Asian nation’s airmen to practice tactical air-to-air and air-to-ground maneuvers, Cubic said Tuesday. The Cubic ACTS is built with GPS technology that works to […] More

  • Cisco Redesigns CCNP Security Certifications Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Redesigns CCNP Security Certifications Program

    Cisco has made changes to the Cisco Certified Network Professional Security certification program, including a provision intended to help network security engineers design, maintain and manage end-to-end network security tools. The company also updated the certification and training of the program in an effort to give professionals a full understanding of the elements that comprise […] More

  • Molly Rector Named DDN Chief Marketing Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Molly Rector Named DDN Chief Marketing Officer

    Molly Rector has joined DataDirect Networks to serve as the company’s first-ever chief marketing officer as DDN aims to expand into new markets. Rector will be responsible for increasing corporate brand visibility outside traditional markets, helping grow the partner ecosystem and driving an end-to-end customer experience, DDN announced Tuesday. She succeeds Jeff Denworth and will report directly […] More