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Steven Myers Appointed LSI Board Chair
LSI, a consulting services provider to agencies and contractors, has named U.S. Air Force veteran Steven Myers as chairman of the company's board of directors.
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Report: Navy to Test EW Swarm Drones
The U.S. Navy is working with Northrop Grumman and VX Aerospace to test the use of swarm tactics with electronic warfare drones by fall 2019, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday. The service branch intends to employ small drones to expand the coverage of searches for enemy signal emissions as part of a project dubbed Remedy. VX Aerospace has developed a small unmanned aircraft system designed to fit in munition canisters that would launch from larger aircraft.
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Fincantieri Updates Ship-Launching Facility in Wisconsin in Preparation for Navy’s Future Frigate Program
Fincantieri has begun to upgrade its facility used to launch ships at its Marinette Marine business’ shipyard in Wisconsin as the U.S. Navy’s decision on its future frigate program nears, Defense News reported Wednesday. Competition for the FFG(X) frigate program is slated to commence in the summer of 2019 once the service completes a series of design assessments with top five proposers.
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Synergetics to Build Cloud-Based Logistics Data Products for DLA
The Defense Logistics Agency has selected Synergetics to create a webscale version of logistics information products in a cloud computing environment.
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Tyrone Grandison Joins U.Group as Data VP; Lena Trudeau Quoted
Tyrone Grandison, a more than two-decade industry veteran, has joined technology and creative design firm U.Group as vice president of data. U.Group said Wednesday Grandison will bring to the role his 26 years’ experience in data, security, privacy and software engineering to help the firm’s federal and industry clients address complex challenges through the use of data.
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DHS Issues RFI on IT Modernization, Cloud Migration & Data Optimization Services
The Department of Homeland Security has called on industry to help determine information technology services necessary to modernize computing and storage platforms, transition applications to a cloud-based infrastructure and optimize data centers.
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Jacobs’ Steven Demetriou on State, Local Infrastructure Funding, Corporate Priorities
Steven Demetriou, chairman and CEO of Jacobs Engineering Group, told Bloomberg in a video interview aired Thursday that he sees robust funding of state and local government agencies for infrastructure. He said most of the new governors prioritize infrastructure and funding has been unleashed across several areas such as transportation, airports, water and railways.
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ECS Named Prime Awardee on FBI’s Cybersecurity Support Contract; George Wilson Quoted
ECS has been named prime awardee on a potential six-year, $38M contract to manage the FBI’s two cybersecurity programs. The Cybersecurity Red and Blue Team program and the Enterprise Compliance and Continuous Monitoring Support program seek to monitor and secure the bureau’s networks from external and internal threat actors, ECS said Wednesday.
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Jerry McGinn: George Mason University’s GovCon Center Seeks to Drive Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration
The newly established Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University has established lines of effort aimed at helping the federal government increase partnership with the public sector and attracting acquisition professionals, Federal News Network reported Wednesday.
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