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  • Technavio Forecasts Emerging Stealth ISR Aircraft Market in 2015-2019; Faisal Ghaus Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Forecasts Emerging Stealth ISR Aircraft Market in 2015-2019; Faisal Ghaus Comments

    Technavio has released a new report that estimates the airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market’s worldwide compound annual growth rate at 3 percent from 2015 through 2019. The market will see a rise in demand for stealth ISR aircraft during the forecast period, buoyed by investment in ISR payloads, Technavio said Thursday. “Most of the […] More

  • Northrop Builds Spacecraft Bus for Webb Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Builds Spacecraft Bus for Webb Telescope

    Northrop Grumman has completed the production and assembly of the spacecraft bus for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope at Northrop’s Redondo Beach facility in California. The company said Thursday the structure is made of carbon fiber composites and works to integrate Webb’s optical telescope, instrument electronics and sunshield. It also houses the propulsion system, communications system and electrical power, and mounts Webb […] More

  • Visiongain: 2015 Border Security Market Revenue to Hit $16B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: 2015 Border Security Market Revenue to Hit $16B

    A Visiongain study, released by ReportLinker, forecasts global revenue from border security platforms and services will be approximately $16.4 billion this year. The 364-page market research report examines key factors that Visiongain believes can affect worldwide, regional and national spending on products designed to help authorities monitor cross-border activities, ReportLinker said Wednesday. Visiongain categorized the […] More

  • Navy Vet Dan Cloyd Joins Northrop as Naval Aviation, ISR Programs Corporate Director; Timothy Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Vet Dan Cloyd Joins Northrop as Naval Aviation, ISR Programs Corporate Director; Timothy Jones Comments

    Dan Cloyd, former director of maritime operations at the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, has been named corporate director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and naval aviation programs at Northrop Grumman. Northrop said Friday Cloyd will report to Timothy Jones, vice president of aviation and ISR programs, and will coordinate corporate strategies with the U.S. Navy. […] More

  • Booz Allen to Deploy CDM Tools Under 3-Year Task Order; Thad Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Deploy CDM Tools Under 3-Year Task Order; Thad Allen Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton will deploy tools for federal agencies to identify vulnerabilities and build their cyber defense environments under a three-year, $82.9 million task order. Booz Allen said Wednesday that the contract, awarded by the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, represents the second task order for the company under […] More

  • Northrop Completes F-35 Center Fuselage for Integration In Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes F-35 Center Fuselage for Integration In Japan

    Northrop Grumman will deliver the AX-5 center fuselage to Japan for integration into a conventional takeoff and landing variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft. That F-35A jet will be the first to be assembled at Japan’s F-35 final assembly and checkout facility in Nagoya, Northrop said Sunday. The company added it held a ceremony Friday at its Palmdale Aircraft […] More

  • Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed a proof-of-concept test for the company’s tactical incident management system in collaboration with the Los Angeles Police Department. Northrop demonstrated the system for eight days during the Special Olympics World Games, Northrop said Thursday. “The pilot program was started to work closely with the LAPD to better understand their mission and tailor […] More

  • NVTC Unveils 2015 Tech Award Finalists - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVTC Unveils 2015 Tech Award Finalists

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has unveiled the names of the finalists for the 2015 NVTC Tech Awards in honor of Northern Virginia’s technology community. NVTC said Thursday this year’s Tech Executive of the Year finalists are Neustar’s Lisa Hook, Northrop Grumman’s Neil Siegel, HP’s Marilyn Crouther, Vencore’s Barry Barlow and Virtustream’s Rodney Rogers. NVTC will […] More

  • Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Bomber Contract Delayed for 'Couple of Months' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch: Air Force Bomber Contract Delayed for ‘Couple of Months’

    The U.S. Air Force has moved its schedule for the award of a contract on the Long-Range Strike Bomber aircraft toward the fall, DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Brendan McGarry writes that Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, estimated that the delay will be a “couple […] More

  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards

    Established vendors continue to dominate the federal market for cloud platforms amid competition with commercial newcomers, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, cited IBM as the leading federal cloud vendor based on the value of awarded contracts from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015. IBM booked $603 […] More

  • Northrop Wins Air Force R&D Contract for Staring Infrared Search & Track Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Wins Air Force R&D Contract for Staring Infrared Search & Track Tool

    Northrop Grumman’s electronic systems sector has received a potential four-year, $8.5 million contract to perform research and development work for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies program. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a competitive procurement process with nine proposals received, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More