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  • SES Government Solutions' Paul Damphousse Named FAA Space Transport Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Government Solutions’ Paul Damphousse Named FAA Space Transport Adviser

    Paul Damphousse, senior director of business development at SES‘ government solutions subsidiary, has joined the commercial space transportation advisory committee of the  Federal Aviation Administration. Elaine Chao, secretary of the Transportation Department, appointed Damphousse as COMSTAC’s senior industry representative and member to provide counsel to the government, SES said Wednesday. Damphousse said he will update the U.S. […] More

  • Echodyne to Provide Radar Tech for DOT UAS Integration Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Echodyne to Provide Radar Tech for DOT UAS Integration Program

    Echodyne has been selected to provide radars to the North Dakota Department of Transportation under a federal project that aims to test drone integration into the national airspace. NDDOT will use the Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array technology for weather detection and tracking as part of the state’s Integration Pilot Program, Echodyne said Thursday. The U.S. Transportation Department selected […] More

  • Insitu, University Team Up to Support FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu, University Team Up to Support FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has partnered with the University of Alaska Fairbanks for an effort to help state, local and tribal governments integrate the use of unmanned aircraft systems into the country’s airspace. The partnership will work to support the Federal Aviation Administration‘s UAS Integration Pilot Program, which aims to develop new aviation regulations for unmanned aircraft usage, Insitu said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview With John Vollmer, President of Management Services at AECOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview With John Vollmer, President of Management Services at AECOM

    ExecutiveBiz spoke with John Vollmer, president of management services at AECOM, and a three-time Wash100 winner, about AECOM’s robust organic growth, future in the unmanned aerial systems market, what infrastructure opportunities lie ahead, and much more. “Today’s U.S. infrastructure gap is in the trillions of dollars. To address this, it’s absolutely crucial that we work […] More

  • AT&T to Provide LTE Network Coverage for DOT's UAS Integration Pilot Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Provide LTE Network Coverage for DOT’s UAS Integration Pilot Program

    AT&T will offer long-term evolution network coverage for a Transportation Department pilot program that aims to test unmanned aerial systems as part of the U.S. government’s push to integrate drones into the national airspace, Fierce Wireless reported Friday. The company will deploy its Flying Cell on Wings technology to support LTE cellular coverage in remote areas […] More

  • Former GSA Deputy CIO Steve Grewal Named Cohesity Federal CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former GSA Deputy CIO Steve Grewal Named Cohesity Federal CTO

    Steve Grewal, formerly deputy chief information officer at the General Services Administration, has joined Cohesity as chief technology officer of federal and Eastern U.S. business at the San Jose, California-based data storage vendor. The 15-year government information technology veteran will lead Cohesity’s expansion efforts expansion efforts in the federal market, Cohesity said Wednesday. Prior to his two-year tenure at GSA, Grewal worked at […] More

  • DOT Taps Evans for Volpe Center Mgmt Consulting Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOT Taps Evans for Volpe Center Mgmt Consulting Services

    The Transportation Department has awarded Evans one of four prime contracts worth a combined $34 million to provide management consulting services to DOT’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Evans said Thursday its team members on the contract are Grant Thornton, Infina, Regulus Group, CSSI and InDev. Task areas encompass budgeting, cost accounting, financial reporting, business […] More

  • DOT to Seek Bids on Civil Integrated Mgmt Data Standards Identification Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOT to Seek Bids on Civil Integrated Mgmt Data Standards Identification Research Project

    The Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration plans to issue a solicitation for proposals on June 15 for a research project that seeks to identify and develop digital transportation data standards and governance approaches to support the creation of a Civil Integrated Management framework. FHWA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday the CIM framework seeks […] More

  • Former DOT CIO Richard McKinney Joins AECOM as Enterprise IT Strategy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DOT CIO Richard McKinney Joins AECOM as Enterprise IT Strategy VP

    Richard McKinney, formerly chief information officer at the U.S. Transportation Department, has joined AECOM’s management services group as vice president of enterprise information technology strategy. McKinney will oversee the delivery of AECOM’s systems engineering and information platforms and services to clients, the company said Wednesday. John Vollmer, president of AECOM’s management services group and an […] More

  • Esri's Christopher Thomas: Location Data Can Help Agencies Prepare for Weather-Related Emergency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri’s Christopher Thomas: Location Data Can Help Agencies Prepare for Weather-Related Emergency

    Christopher Thomas, director of government markets at Esri, has said location-based data can help public sector organizations prepare for critical weather events especially in the winter. “With the push for opening data, increasing transparency and controlling spending, many governments are finding new ways to communicate the strategy and dollars that go into preparedness decisions,” Thomas wrote in […] More

  • Former Acting FTA Chief Carolyn Flowers to Lead AECOM Transit Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Acting FTA Chief Carolyn Flowers to Lead AECOM Transit Practice

    AECOM has appointed Carolyn Flowers, former acting administrator at the Federal Transit Administration, as leader of the company’s North American transit practice. She brings knowledge and experience to her new position that will help clients to address  public transportation challenges, Fred Werner, president of AECOM’s design and consulting services business, said in a statement published Tuesday. “Most importantly she […] More

  • Cornell University Gets USDOT Funds for Transportation Research; Oliver Gao Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cornell University Gets USDOT Funds for Transportation Research; Oliver Gao Comments

    The Transportation Department has awarded Cornell University up to $7 million in funds to lead a research initiative meant to explore technologies that could help reduce potential adverse effects of transportation on public health and the environment, Cornell Chronicle reported Thursday. Tom Fleischman writes Cornell will lead a consortium of universities as part of the Center […] More