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  • BMC’s Herb VanHook to Discuss Modern IT Management at Gartner Summit
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    BMC’s Herb VanHook to Discuss Modern IT Management at Gartner Summit

    Herb VanHook, BMC Software chief technology officer, will host a session that focuses on a customer-centric view of information technology management at the 2016 Gartner IT Operations Strategies and Solutions Summit on May 11. VanHook will discuss initiatives across IT organizations that work to utilize innovative technologies in the digital world, BMC said Wednesday. BMC will also exhibit its digital […] More

  • Ed Sheehan: Army Taps CTC-Battelle JV to Support NDCEE
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    Ed Sheehan: Army Taps CTC-Battelle JV to Support NDCEE

    National Defense Energy & Environmental Alliance, a joint venture between Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Battelle, has been selected with three other contractors to support the National Defense Center for Energy and Environment. E2A will look to demonstrate, validate and transition technologies in an effort to assist Defense Department installations, ranges and weapon systems and work to meet the […] More

  • Leidos to Hire 3K Veterans, Spouses in Support of White House Joining Forces Program; Sarah Allen Comments
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    Leidos to Hire 3K Veterans, Spouses in Support of White House Joining Forces Program; Sarah Allen Comments

    Leidos has announced plans to employ 3,000 veterans and spouses of service personnel in the next five years as part of its continuous support to a White House program. Leidos said Thursday First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, introduced the Joining Forces initiative in an effort to support service personnel, veterans and their […] More

  • Vernon Joyner Joins Ensco as National Security Solutions Division Manager; Boris Nejikovsky Comments
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    Vernon Joyner Joins Ensco as National Security Solutions Division Manager; Boris Nejikovsky Comments

    Vernon Joyner, formerly technical director for the advanced mission solutions group at Dynetics, has joined Ensco as manager of the company’s national security solutions division, effective April 30. Ensco President Boris Nejikovsky said Thursday Joyner brings three decades of experience in system engineering, software development, organizational leadership and program management to the Falls Church, Virginia-based engineering firm. […] More

  • White House Honors SAP NS2 Nonprofit Arm for Veterans Training, Employment Program; Mark Testoni Comments
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    White House Honors SAP NS2 Nonprofit Arm for Veterans Training, Employment Program; Mark Testoni Comments

    SAP NS2’s nonprofit organization has received recognition from the White House for the organization’s initiative meant to train and place veterans and military spouses in private sector jobs. NS2 Serves was recognized at a White House Joining Forces employment announcement event hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, NS2 Serves said Thursday. The […] More

  • CTC’s Ed Sheehan Previews JARI-Hosted Defense Trade Show in Pennsylvania
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    CTC’s Ed Sheehan Previews JARI-Hosted Defense Trade Show in Pennsylvania

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. President and CEO Ed Sheehan Jr. offered information about an annual defense contracting exhibition during his presentation at a Johnstown Area Regional Industries event held Thursday in Pennsylvania, The Tribute-Democrat reported Friday. Randy Griffith writes the Sheehan previewed JARI’s Showcase for Commerce trade show that is scheduled to take place at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena from May 31 to […] More

  • Sonny Hashmi: Box Unveils Cloud Content Mgmt Service for Govt Agencies
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    Sonny Hashmi: Box Unveils Cloud Content Mgmt Service for Govt Agencies

    Redwood City, California-based internet services company Box has unveiled a new industry product built to help government agencies at the federal, state and local levels manage cloud computing resources. Sonny Hashmi, managing director at Box, said Thursday in a blog post on the company website that “Box for Government” looks to provide agencies a single product to […] More

  • Air Force Eyes Auto Takeoff, Landing Platform for General Atomics Reaper UAV; Chris Pehrson, Travis Burdine Comment
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    Air Force Eyes Auto Takeoff, Landing Platform for General Atomics Reaper UAV; Chris Pehrson, Travis Burdine Comment

    The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate a system with the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle that will work to help the UAV perform take off and land automatically, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. Chris Pehrson, senior director of strategic development for General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, told Flightglobal reporter James Drew that the auto takeoff and landing platform […] More

  • Army Orders Additional Satcom Terminals From Harris; Ed Zoiss Comments
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    Army Orders Additional Satcom Terminals From Harris; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris Corp. has been awarded $41 million in orders for new U.S. Army satellite communications terminals that will serve as the backbone for military communications and missile defense systems worldwide. The company will produce and install the fixed-site terminals and hardened transportable terminals under the Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals program, Harris said Thursday. “MET’s […] More

  • GSA Picks eGlobalTech for Program Mgmt Support Contract
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    GSA Picks eGlobalTech for Program Mgmt Support Contract

    The General Services Administration has awarded eGlobalTech a $15 million contract to provide program management services to GSA’s office of government-wide policy. Contract work covers sustainment and analysis support and provision of project management professionals, analysts and managers to help OGP in its process modification and strategic planning efforts, eGlobalTech said Wednesday. GSA’s OGP oversees the development of […] More

  • Prisons Bureau Taps Siemens for Energy & Water Conservation Support Contract; Barbara Humpton Comments
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    Prisons Bureau Taps Siemens for Energy & Water Conservation Support Contract; Barbara Humpton Comments

    The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded a $38.6 million Energy Savings Performance Contract to Siemens to establish energy and water conservation measures at two correctional facilities in Kentucky. The company said Wednesday its government technologies unit will implement 44 individual projects at the Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland and the Federal Medical Center in Lexington to help modernize energy and […] More

  • Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware
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    Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware

    A business unit of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $5.8 million in incremental funds to manufacture terminal hardware for the U.S. Army’s warfighter network infrastructure. The company’s government solutions segment will supply Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point VSAT hardware to the Army under the order, Comtech said Wednesday. This delivery order falls under the Army’s […] More