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  • Universal Technology to Advise US Air Force Research Directorates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Universal Technology to Advise US Air Force Research Directorates

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Universal Technology Corp. a $37.6 million contract to advise the military service on research and technology initiatives. Universal Technology will assist in the Air Force Research Laboratory space vehicles and directed energy directorates’ professional engineering and management work under the contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. Both AFRL directorates work to sustain […] More

  • Rocky Thurston on AT&T's Mobility and 'Internet of Things' Focus for Agencies, Cloud Trends - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocky Thurston on AT&T’s Mobility and ‘Internet of Things’ Focus for Agencies, Cloud Trends

    Rocky Thurston joined the federal government business unit of AT&T in June as client executive vice president and focuses on activity in the segment’s Air Force market and others in the military. Thurston himself is a veteran of the Air Force as a retired flight engineer and held a managing director role at Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary […] More

  • Army Wants Integrated Platform for Cyber, EW Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Wants Integrated Platform for Cyber, EW Operations

    The U.S. Army seeks vendors that can offer situational awareness tools designed for cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum environments as part of an effort to build a converged CEM SA platform. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 22, the Army said it will also hold a Cyber Quest exercise in July 2016 to assess the feasibility of integrating commercial technology […] More

  • Robert Otto: Air Force Eyes Expanded Competition Through Open Mission Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Otto: Air Force Eyes Expanded Competition Through Open Mission Systems

    Lt. Gen. Robert Otto has touted the U.S. Air Force’s Open Mission Systems standard as performing well and so he said the service plans to expand the program, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Richard Whittle writes the Open Mission Systems standard is intended to adapt a cell phone application-based model to subcontracts as the service branch seeks […] More

  • Symantec, Tata Consultancy Services Form Analytics-Based Security Partnership; Anirban Chakravartti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec, Tata Consultancy Services Form Analytics-Based Security Partnership; Anirban Chakravartti Comments

    Symantec and Tata Consultancy Services have forged an analytics-based security alliance for customers. The companies will combine their respective security technologies in order to establish joint security services offerings, Tata Consultancy Services said Friday. Anirban Chakravartti, head of global alliances at Symantec, said the joint offerings are intended to deliver “technology, intelligence and expertise in areas […] More

  • Sudeep Dharan Joins Acendre as CTO; Mike Giuffrida Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sudeep Dharan Joins Acendre as CTO; Mike Giuffrida Comments

    Sudeep Dharan, formerly senior vice president of product development at Razorsight, has joined cloud-based talent management software provider Acendre as chief technology officer. He will oversee the development and implementation of Acendre’s technology goals and product roadmap, Acendre said Monday. “Sudeep brings a strong track record of technology-driven innovation that will enable us to meet […] More

  • Executive Profile: Phil Horvitz, AECOM CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Phil Horvitz, AECOM CTO

    Phil Horvitz serves as chief technology officer of AECOM, where he is responsible for the company’s efforts to set its technology goals and strategy. Horvitz leads the development of various offerings such as cloud computing, cybersecurity and agile methodologies. He was CTO of Apptis from November 2003 through July 2011 before he joined AECOM (previously […] More

  • Lockheed, Guardtime Demo Cyber Threat Mitigation System; Ron Bessire Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Guardtime Demo Cyber Threat Mitigation System; Ron Bessire Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Guardtime have tested a technology designed to help address data threats in military, aerospace and industry. The companies demonstrated the system’s performance in mitigating data manipulation attempts within a networked mission-centric environment at Lockheed’s Center for Innovation, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Network, software and data integrity are critical qualities for our products and our […] More

  • NASA Opens Tech Patent Opportunities for Startups; David Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Opens Tech Patent Opportunities for Startups; David Miller Comments

    NASA has launched a new initiative to help startup businesses apply for a free license of patented technologies. NASA said Wednesday startup applicants will have the opportunity to obtain licenses of more than 1,200 NASA technologies such as coatings, sensors, aeronautics technologies and instrumentation, among others. The Startup NASA initiative aims to help startups raise capital […] 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

  • Sutherland Global Rolls Out Public Sector Arm, Teresa Weipert on Civilian Agency Focus - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sutherland Global Rolls Out Public Sector Arm, Teresa Weipert on Civilian Agency Focus

    Rochester, N.Y.-based business process outsourcing and technology management services provider Sutherland Global Services will formally unveil a new unit in September that will focus on work with federal and other public sector agencies. Sutherland Government Solutions is headquartered in Reston, Va. and aims to incorporate the parent company’s practices for call center management, BPO and analytics functions at government agencies. The parent company officially […] More

  • Barbara Humpton: Siemens Aims to Bring More Tech Offerings to Federal Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barbara Humpton: Siemens Aims to Bring More Tech Offerings to Federal Market

    Barbara Humpton has explained her primary goal as the next CEO of Siemens Government Technologies — the German conglomerate’s U.S. federal arm — in an interview with the Washington Business Journal published Thursday. “My whole job is going to be focused on working across all of Siemens divisions to make sure that we bring their […] More