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  • Alan Chvotkin: Gov’t Has Sped Up Clearance Process in 2014
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    Alan Chvotkin: Gov’t Has Sped Up Clearance Process in 2014

    The Human Resources Association of the National Capital Region has released new data that indicates demand for employees with security clearances dropped in 2014, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Aaron Gregg writes the HRA-NCA report also suggests the number of contractors offering pay differentials for security-cleared personnel could decline to 37 percent in 2014 from the 72 percent recorded in 2010. […] More

  • Defence IQ: Global Airborne ISR Market to Hit $43B in Value by 2020
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    Defence IQ: Global Airborne ISR Market to Hit $43B in Value by 2020

    Defence IQ has released a new report that forecasts the global airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market to reach $43 billion by 2020. The report indicates that the airborne ISR market sees strong acquisition worldwide and pegs its current value at nearly $20 billion, Defence IQ said Monday. The market’s growth is also attributed to an increase in civil ISR spending, […] More

  • BAE Updates Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Fighter Jets; Martin Taylor Comments
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    BAE Updates Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Fighter Jets; Martin Taylor Comments

    BAE Systems has rolled out updates to the Royal Air Force’s fighter aircraft, bringing the fleet into operational service. The company said Friday it upgraded the Typhoon fighter’s computing power, weapons systems integration and sensor suites to help RAF achieve its air-to-air and air-to-surface mission requirements. “We have delivered a capability with all the necessary training and support to […] More

  • Gerald Cohen: Information Builders Combines Health Analytics Software with NetApp Storage Platform
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    Gerald Cohen: Information Builders Combines Health Analytics Software with NetApp Storage Platform

    Information Builders has integrated its healthcare software application into a NetApp-built data storage product with the goal of helping medical users capture, analyze and store patient information in real time. The unified offering is designed to combine Information Builders’ Omni-Patient enterprise data management platform and NetApp’s flash array storage architecture, Information Builders said Thursday. “Today’s […] More

  • MITRE’s Lillian Ryals: FAA-Stakeholder Collaboration Key to NextGen Program
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    MITRE’s Lillian Ryals: FAA-Stakeholder Collaboration Key to NextGen Program

    MITRE has sought to help the aviation community collaborate with the Federal Aviation Administration meet the goals of the Next Generation Air Transportation System program, Aviation Today reported Thursday. Juliet Van Wagenen writes that the company’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development has released a report to assess the progress of the program based on the FAA’s implementation plan and midterm concept of operations […] More

  • Boeing Completes Crew Transportation System Tests for NASA
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    Boeing Completes Crew Transportation System Tests for NASA

    Boeing has concluded the development and testing phase of a commercial crew transportation system the company built for NASA. The testing represents the final milestone for the the CST-100 spacecraft and Atlas V rocket under Boeing’s four-year agreement with NASA, the space agency said Friday. NASA intends for the spacecraft to transport crew members to the International Space Station […] More

  • Glenn Bolduc: DHS Picks Implant Sciences for Airport Bomb Detector Contract
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    Glenn Bolduc: DHS Picks Implant Sciences for Airport Bomb Detector Contract

    The Department of Homeland Security intends to award a $2 million contract to Implant Sciences Corp. to help the agency build systems for identifying explosives at U.S. airport security checkpoints. DHS aims to bolster air travel safety by developing new tools and methods for explosives trace detection, Implant Sciences said Thursday. “Implant Sciences will work […] More

  • Ken Torok: Boeing’s Reusable Space Drone Program Achieves 1,367 Days in Orbit
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    Ken Torok: Boeing’s Reusable Space Drone Program Achieves 1,367 Days in Orbit

    Boeing‘s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California late last week after spending 674 days in orbit and completing its third test mission for the U.S. Air Force. Ken Torok, the company’s director of experimental systems, said Friday the reusable unmanned space plane’s latest experimental mission for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office brings the program’s total […] More

  • Lou Feuerstein Joins Grant Thornton Audit, Healthcare Practice
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    Lou Feuerstein Joins Grant Thornton Audit, Healthcare Practice

    Grant Thornton moved to expand its healthcare portfolio with the addition of Louis Feuerstein as managing director for audit and healthcare chief for Metro New York and New England. Feuerstein has spent over 30 years managing accounting and consulting services in both healthcare and non-profit organizations, Grant Thornton said Thursday. He will be based in Iselin, […] More

  • Verizon’s Kevin King: Security Key in Multicloud Environments
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    Verizon’s Kevin King: Security Key in Multicloud Environments

    Kevin King of Verizon Enterprise Solutions believes companies should consider security when looking for a service that can interconnect data that resides in multiple cloud environments. King, external communications director at Verizon, said Thursday that one of the reasons why resources are stored in more than one cloud is to safeguard information. “Multicloud environments reduce the risk of […] More

  • Sevatec Awarded USCIS Business Intell, Data Analytics Contract; Sonny Kakar Comments
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    Sevatec Awarded USCIS Business Intell, Data Analytics Contract; Sonny Kakar Comments

    Sevatec will provide business intelligence, data analytics and other support services to the data and business intelligence section of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under an estimated $25 million prime contract. The firm said Friday the contract was awarded through the Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 vehicle and includes systems development and architectural support for bolstering the […] More

  • Mercury Systems Receives $6M Radar Subsystems Follow-on Order
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    Mercury Systems Receives $6M Radar Subsystems Follow-on Order

    Mercury Systems will provide technical support for an unnamed company’s naval radar applications under a follow-on task order worth $5.7 million. The work will run for several months and include solutions for digital signal processing systems, the company said Thursday. Brian Hoerl, Mercury vice president of sales, indicated that the new project extends the company’s […] More