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  • BANC3 to Support Army's Tech R&D, Engineering Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BANC3 to Support Army’s Tech R&D, Engineering Programs

    BANC3 has secured $35 million in contract funds to help the U.S. Army research, develop and engineer mission-based systems for military personnel. The technology firm said Monday it will work with the Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command to build imaging sensors, microdisplays, advanced optical materials, lasers, digital image processors and related software programs. The Army […] More

  • Greg Wenzel on Booz Allen's Digital Ecosystem Focus and the Internet of Things' Public Sector Future - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Greg Wenzel on Booz Allen’s Digital Ecosystem Focus and the Internet of Things’ Public Sector Future

    Greg Wenzel, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, is one of several company leaders for the firm’s organization focused on new ideas and concepts related to technology — the Strategic Innovation Group. In a January 2014 interview with ExecutiveBiz, Wenzel overviewed the firm’s push to help its public sector partners adopt an enterprise approach for C4ISR and apply data […] More

  • Robin Portman on Booz Allen's BD Org Retool and 'Changing Paradigms' in Federal Acquisition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robin Portman on Booz Allen’s BD Org Retool and ‘Changing Paradigms’ in Federal Acquisition

    Robin Portman oversees business development function at Booz Allen Hamilton in her role as an executive vice president for the consulting and contracting firm. She supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial sectors through leadership of a BD organization that seeks to understand and analyze market shifts for proposal development. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Portman […] More

  • Research and Markets Sees 4% CAGR for $102B C4ISR Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Sees 4% CAGR for $102B C4ISR Market

    New analysis from Research and Markets has forecast a 4.52 percent year-over-year growth for the $102 billion C4ISR market from 2014 to 2020. The market report singled out the electro-optics subsector fueling demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment in the defense, aerospace and homeland security segments, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Electro-optics is used […] More

  • KippsDeSanto's Marc Marlin: 2015 to Continue 2014 GovCon M&A Trends - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KippsDeSanto’s Marc Marlin: 2015 to Continue 2014 GovCon M&A Trends

    Marc Marlin, a director at investment bank KippsDeSanto, believes that the government contracting industry will see companies looking to bolster their market posture and drive business growth through mergers and acquisitions in 2015. Marlin wrote in a guest piece published Thursday on Federal Times that large, pure-play businesses in fields such as cyber, health, cloud, C4ISR and big data analytics will see […] More

  • Strategic Defense Intelligence: Counterterror Efforts to Spur US ISR Tech Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Defense Intelligence: Counterterror Efforts to Spur US ISR Tech Market

    Strategic Defense Intelligence has released new report that predicts the U.S.’ command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market to reach $74.3 billion in value by 2024. The report also indicates that the nation’s growing counterterrorism programs could further the U.S. government’s demand for ISR technologies, Strategic Defense Intelligence said Thursday. “The efficacy of these systems […] More

  • Rob Smith: Lockheed Updates Missile Defense Integration, Ops Center for Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Smith: Lockheed Updates Missile Defense Integration, Ops Center for Tests

    Lockheed Martin has updated a command and control system for the Missile Defense Agency to evaluate at MDA’s missile defense integration and operations center. The Command Control, Battle Management and Communications System is designed to help commanders view missile threats, Lockheed said Wednesday. Rob Smith, vice president of C4ISR at Lockheed, said the company gave the system an update in order to […] More

  • ReportsnReports Forecasts $133B C4ISR Global Market by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportsnReports Forecasts $133B C4ISR Global Market by 2020

    The global market for C4ISR – short for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance — is forecast to become a $133 billion industry by 2020, new research from ReportsnReports says. The market analysts said Monday that it expects the segment, currently valued at $102 billion, to have a compound annual growth rate of 4.52 percent […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Worldwide C4ISR Market to Grow 5% Annually Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Worldwide C4ISR Market to Grow 5% Annually Through 2020

    A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the global market for C4ISR systems will grow at an annual rate of 4.52 percent over the next six years to $133 billion in value by 2020. Systems integration and interoperability requirements could drive market growth and industry is forecast to see higher demand for synthetic aperture radar, mobile, geospatial, cybersecurity, […] More

  • Executive Profile: Scott Goldstein, Chief Technologist at Dynetics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Scott Goldstein, Chief Technologist at Dynetics

    Scott Goldstein has served as chief technologist and head of the advanced missions solutions group at Dynetics since late 2012. He is a 30-year veteran of areas such as SIGINT, MASINT, IMINT, C4ISR cyber, radar, sonar, imaging, communications and navigation. Goldstein has previously held executive leadership roles at QinetiQ‘s North American business, ManTech International and SAIC. His background also includes work on research and development, […] More

  • Executive Profile: Angie Messer, Booz Allen SIG Group EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Angie Messer, Booz Allen SIG Group EVP

    Angela “Angie” Messer, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, leads the firm’s digital services and solutions team within its Strategic Innovation Group. She also leads the predictive intelligence business, which focuses on cyber and global threat missions and oversees offerings to clients in the federal government and commercial sectors across areas such as analytics, technologies, and systems […] More

  • Northrop's Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System

    Northrop Grumman has exhibited an integrated avionics system built to help develop configurable aircraft in the future. The company showcased its newest avionics equipment and highlighted other C4ISR initiatives during a National Press Club briefing, Northrop said Wednesday. Jeffrey Palombo, vice president and general manager of Northrop’s land and self protection systems division, said airplanes need open architecture design of sensors, surveillance equipment […] More