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  • OGSystems, Planet Forge Strategic Alliance to Develop Location-Based Intelligence Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems, Planet Forge Strategic Alliance to Develop Location-Based Intelligence Platform

    OGSystems will team with Planet to build a location-based intelligence platform that combines commercial remote sensing, big data and cognitive analytics. The companies said Monday the BlueGlass platform will work to offer real-time insights delivered through situational awareness, anomaly alerting and reporting on activities that could lead to potential risks to user operations. “OGSystems’ vision for BlueGlass was born out of our […] More

  • OGSystems to Help Update Navy's Center for Security Forces Training Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems to Help Update Navy’s Center for Security Forces Training Programs

    OGSystems has received a $3.8 million contract to provide new technology and approaches in support of efforts to modernize training programs at the U.S. Navy‘s Center for Security Forces. The company said Monday it will employ immersive engineering, lean startup and agile methods, as well as utilize virtual and augmented reality platforms to help transform the Navy’s training […] More

  • OGSystems Lands Spot on 2016 Inc. 500|5000 List; Omar Balkissoon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Lands Spot on 2016 Inc. 500|5000 List; Omar Balkissoon Comments

    OGSystems has been included in the 2016 Inc. 500|5000 list that recognizes the country’s fastest-growing private companies based on percentage revenue growth when comparing 2012 to 2015. OGSystems has been included on this prestigious list for the fifth consecutive year and ranked 2122nd on the list composed of companies that averaged a 433 percent growth rate within a […] More

  • Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers

    Blue Compass will serve as lead facilitator on a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-sponsored hackathon series that seeks to foster relationships with software developers and industry in support of NGA programs. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Friday the competition also aims to promote NGA programs such as the Innovative GEOINT Application Platform Provider project that looks to incentivize app developers […] More

  • Aarish Gokaldas: OGSystems to Offer Engineering, Analytics Support Through Navy's SeaPort-e Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aarish Gokaldas: OGSystems to Offer Engineering, Analytics Support Through Navy’s SeaPort-e Vehicle

    OGSystems will vie for task orders to provide research and development, engineering, prototyping and logistics services to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s SeaPort Enhanced contract. The company said Thursday the SeaPort-e program has an ordering period of three years and designed to support 22 functional service areas at the Navy. Aarish Gokaldas, executive partner and market development lead at OGSystems, said […] More

  • OGSystems Hires Former NGA Source Operations Director John Goolgasian - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Hires Former NGA Source Operations Director John Goolgasian

    John Goolgasian, former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency source operations and management director, has joined OGSystems as the company aims to further its geospatial analytics offerings. Goolgasian, who was also director of the Foundation GEOINT Group in Source, will serve as an associate partner at OGSystems, the company said Tuesday. “John has had a stellar career with the government and has […] More

  • OGSystems Unveils 'Immersive Engineering' Service at GEOINT Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Unveils ‘Immersive Engineering’ Service at GEOINT Symposium

    OGSystems conducted a mind mapping data collection exercise with a focus on the evolution of geospatial intelligence to unveil its new Immersive Engineering service at the May 2016 GEOINT Symposium in Orlando, Florida. Immersive Engineering works to integrate integrate commercial sector techniques with the attributes of Lean Startup, Visioneering, Scaled Agile Framework enterprise (SAFe) and human-centered design approaches, OGSystems said Friday. Omar […] More

  • Paul Lombardi, Stan Soloway Inducted Into Hall of Fame at Greater Washington GovCon Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Lombardi, Stan Soloway Inducted Into Hall of Fame at Greater Washington GovCon Awards

    Former DynCorp International CEO Paul Lombardi and Stan Soloway, the departing president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, have been inducted into the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Hall of Fame. Other winning executives and companies at the 13th Annual Greater Washington GovCon Awards were named in a ceremony held Thursday. The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and Professional […] More

  • 2015 Washington Govcon Award Finalists Unveiled, Paul Lombardi to Get Hall of Fame Induction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    2015 Washington Govcon Award Finalists Unveiled, Paul Lombardi to Get Hall of Fame Induction

    The Professional Services Council and Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce have named the finalists for government contracting vendor and executive honors at the 13th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Nov. 5. PSC said Thursday the awards recognize the leadership, commitment and innovation of businesses and leaders in the Washington metropolitan area’s government contracting community. “Each year we are privileged […] More

  • OGSystems Appoints John Sanders to Board of Directors; Omar Balkissoon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Appoints John Sanders to Board of Directors; Omar Balkissoon Comments

    John Sanders, former chief technology officer and assistant administrator for the Office of Security Capabilities at the Transportation Security Administration, has joined the board of directors of OGSystems. During his tenure at TSA, he led the development, assessment, implementation and maintenance of transportation security systems, OGSystems said Monday. The co-founder of Reveal Imaging Technologies also […] More

  • Omar Balkissoon: OGSystems Built Defense, Intell Platforms After New Capital Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Omar Balkissoon: OGSystems Built Defense, Intell Platforms After New Capital Investment

    Omar Balkissoon, co-founder and CEO of OGSystems, said Monday the company has used an investment from venture capital firm General Catalyst to develop new technology products for defense and intelligence customers. “We… are responding to the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s call for action to innovate and increase research and development activities addressing the […] More

  • Engility, Vencore Among 2015 Corporate Growth Awards Winners for Washington M&A Deals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility, Vencore Among 2015 Corporate Growth Awards Winners for Washington M&A Deals

    Engility, Vencore, Maximus and Raytheon are among the 2015 winners of ACG National Capital‘s annual Corporate Growth Awards for mergers and acquisitions and other strategic corporate deals for companies with a presence in the Washington metropolitan area. “We want to congratulate this year’s winners for continuing their contributions to one of the largest, most successful economies in […] More