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John Chiaramonte Named Senior Program Manager at Mission Critical Partners; Kevin Murray Comments
John Chiaramonte has joinedÂ Mission Critical PartnersÂ as aÂ senior program manager, where he will work to help MCP expand itsÂ Next Generation 9-1-1Â business. Chiaramonte joins MCP from a lead associate post withÂ Booz Allen Hamilton, a management consulting firm. At Booz Allen, he managed a portfolio of projects supporting theÂ U.S. Department of Transportationâ€˜sÂ National 911 ProgramÂ and Next Generation 9-1-1 Initiative, […] More
by reynolitoreso-or January 30, 2014, 12:00 am
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Roger Waesche, COPT President and CEO, Discusses 2014 Growth Opportunities
Corporate Office Properties Trust has provided guidance for its diluted FFO per share, COPT said Jan. 7. â€œIn 2013, we completed our strategic repositioning initiatives, which greatly improved the quality of our portfolio and the strength of our balance sheet,â€ said Roger Waesche, Jr., COPT president and CEO. The FFO for 2014 is in the […] More
by reynolitoreso-or January 30, 2014, 12:00 am
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Lou Von Thaer of Leidos on Cyber Trends, ISR Collaborations and His Bell Labs Origins
Lou Von Thaer started a new chapter of his three-decade GovCon career in June 2013 as president of a business once part of Science Applications International Corp. that eventually became Leidos‘ national security sector. Von Thaer now leads a team of 13,000 professionals in the sector after previously leading 7,000 employees at General Dynamics Advanced […] More
by reynolitoreso-or January 29, 2014, 12:52 pm
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Lockheed Exhibits Electric Fiber Laser Tech; Ray Johnson Comments
Lockheed MartinÂ has moved to extend its laser weapon technology for air, land and sea military applications by demonstrating a 30-kilowatt electric fiber laser. The company integrated fiber lasers into a beam of light that uses low power as part of an internally-funded research and development program, Lockheed said Tuesday. Ray Johnson, senior vice president and […] More
by Jay Clemens January 29, 2014, 12:51 pm
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Deb Alderson: Sotera Extends FBI Work with Sentinel Maintenance Task Order
Sotera Defense Solutions has been awarded a $60 million task order to help theÂ FBIÂ maintain its Sentinel information and case management program. The five-year order falls under theÂ Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 Unrestricted Government-Wide Acquisition Contract, SoteraÂ announced Tuesday. “Sotera is honored to be awarded this contract with Sentinel, which is used by the dedicated men […] More
by reynolitoreso-or January 29, 2014, 12:50 pm
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Boeing Taps Intl Cyber Firm SecurityMatters to Monitor Network Assets; Sandro Etalle Comments
Boeing will deploy Dutch cybersecurity company SecurityMattersâ€™ intrusion detection system as part of the defense contractorâ€™s enterprise network sentinel platform designed to identify vulnerabilities in information systems architecture. SilentDefense ICS reviews network configuration and pinpoints malfunctions through network fingerprinting, SecurityMatters said Wednesday. SecurityMattersâ€™ CEO Dr. Sandro Etalle said that “more than 20 man years of […] More
by Elizabeth Leigh January 29, 2014, 12:00 pm
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NDP to Design Open Source Messaging System for Air Force; Jerry Dinges Comments
NDP, a net-centric systems engineering company, has won a task order to design a communications Â infrastructure framework for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center. The Air Force picked NDP to build a prototype of a network-independent messaging system using open-source software, NDP said Monday. NDP won the contract under the General Services […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 29, 2014, 7:39 am
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General Atomics to Add 80 Jobs at Mississippi Campus
General Atomics will spend $11 million to expand manufacturing operations in Lee County, Miss. and plans to create about 80 new jobs there, The Clarion-Ledger reported Monday. The publication reports GA will transfer production of defense, energy and nuclear equipment to an 87,650-square-foot building at the company’s existing campus in the Tupelo Lee Industrial Park. […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 29, 2014, 6:50 am
in Cybersecurity News, News
Telos to Help Air Force Squadron Operate Global Info Grid Portion
Telos Corp.Â has been awarded a task orderÂ U.S. Air ForceÂ network operations squadron to help configure and maintain an enterprise network that is part of the Defense Department‘sÂ Global Information Grid. The 561 Network Operations Squadron helps Air Force and joint commands operate their core networks, Telos announced Tuesday. Charisse Stokes, Telos vice president of cybersecurity and network […] More
by reynolitoreso-or January 29, 2014, 5:56 am
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Walter Reed Center Deploys AtHoc Emergency Alert System
AtHoc Inc. has provided a mass notification system to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for hospital personnel to communicate and safeguard patients in the event of an emergency. The Bethesda, Md.-based military hospital implemented AtHoc’s Interactive Warning System,Â which works to notify 12,000 on-premise medical staff in the event of a critical situation, AtHoc […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 29, 2014, 5:42 am
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ICF to Help Design Intl Emissions Trading System; David Hathaway Comments
ICF International will work with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Cooperation to develop and implement emissions trading systems in China. The company will design greenhouse gas emissions trading in China with the goal of helping the country lower emissions, ICF International said Wednesday. David Hathaway, vice president and managing director for ICF […] More
by Jay Clemens January 29, 2014, 5:23 am
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Suncor Energy Picks Jacobs Engineering for Oil Sands, Plant Services Contract
Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a two-year oil sands and plant services contract byÂ Suncor Energy Services to work at the Fort McMurray Base Plan in Edmonton, Alberta. Jacobs will provide management services and plant maintenance support for mechanical, rotating and operating equipment, Jacobs announced Tuesday. â€œWe have provided services to Suncor at their facilities across […] More
by reynolitoreso-or January 29, 2014, 4:58 am