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  • Sabre Industries, Module X Solutions Form JV in Louisiana; Peter Sandore Comments
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    Sabre Industries, Module X Solutions Form JV in Louisiana; Peter Sandore Comments

    Sabre Industries has formed a joint venture with shelter provider Module X Solutions, adding to Sabre Building Systems’ production space with 50 acres of staging area to help expand their product line and global presence. The parties said Thursday their Louisiana-based facilities in Shreveport and Bossier City will enable them to leverage their engineering and manufacturing capabilities to meet customer needs and […] More

  • InEight, SAP Forge Deal to Integrate Platform Tech; Rodolpho Cardenuto Comments
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    InEight, SAP Forge Deal to Integrate Platform Tech; Rodolpho Cardenuto Comments

    InEight and SAP will integrate their resources under a global original equipment manufacturer agreement between both companies as they seek to fuse InEight’s industry products with the SAP HANA platform for customers. Global industry business and big data tools provider InEight will have access to other SAP products such as SAP Afaria for mobile device […] More

  • Lockheed to Adapt Wind Measurement Tech for Air Force Airdrops
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    Lockheed to Adapt Wind Measurement Tech for Air Force Airdrops

    Lockheed Martin will work to apply its existing wind measurement system to develop airdrop technology for the U.S. Air Force’s C-130 and C-17 aircrews. Lockheed will adapt its WindTracer system in order to design a Precision Air Drop prototype unit for demonstration at a U.S. ground forces test site, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. The WindTracer technology […] More

  • Exelis to Develop Air Traffic Control System for Saudi Arabia’s Nat’l Guard
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    Exelis to Develop Air Traffic Control System for Saudi Arabia’s Nat’l Guard

    Exelis has won a $9.6 million contract to develop an air traffic control system for Saudi Arabia’s national guard under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. Air Force, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes Exelis’ surveillance and reconnaissance systems segment will provide its ground control approach system to the Saudi […] More

  • Salesforce Debuts Cloud Services Portfolio for Federal Market; Dave Rey Comments
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    Salesforce Debuts Cloud Services Portfolio for Federal Market; Dave Rey Comments

    Salesforce has introduced its cloud computing service offering for government customers at a recent Salesforce-hosted conference held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that Vivek Kundra, a Salesforce executive vice president, spearheads the company’s push to extend its cloud business into the public sector. “As you […] More

  • Nick Hutchinson Named BD Director for Parsons’ Transportation Unit; Mike Johnson Comments
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    Nick Hutchinson Named BD Director for Parsons’ Transportation Unit; Mike Johnson Comments

    Nick Hutchinson has been appointed business development director within the transportation business unit at Parsons, the company announced Thursday. Hutchinson, who is based in the company’s Washington office, has been with Parsons since 1997 and most recently served as director of operations for shared services. In the new position, he will be responsible for building […] More

  • Lisa Davis to Head Communications for Northrop’s Electronic Systems Sector
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    Lisa Davis to Head Communications for Northrop’s Electronic Systems Sector

    Lisa Davis, formerly corporate affairs vice president of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals‘ MedImmune biologics arm, will join Northrop Grumman as VP of communications for its electronic systems business on June 18. Davis will be part of Northrop’s communications council and electronic systems management team and oversee the planning and implementation of communication strategies, the company said Thursday. “Lisa brings extensive leadership experience […] More

  • JLL Appoints 34 New Int’l Directors; Colin Dyer Comments
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    JLL Appoints 34 New Int’l Directors; Colin Dyer Comments

    JLL has named 34 new international directors across its global offices and the LaSalle Investment Management subsidiary for their services to clients, corporate growth, teamwork and collaboration. Colin Dyer, JLL CEO, said Wednesday the company made the appointments as part of its push to increase JLL’s global presence and market position. The new international directors are grouped by […] More

  • Air Force Vet Bill Tart to Lead ASRC Federal’s UAS Initiative
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    Air Force Vet Bill Tart to Lead ASRC Federal’s UAS Initiative

    Bill Tart, formerly director of the U.S. Air Force‘s remotely piloted aircraft division, has joined ASRC Federal as director of the company’s unmanned aerial systems initiative. Tart holds more than 24 years of experience with Air Force programs and led the branch’s UAS programs in his previous role there, ASRC Federal said Thursday. “Bill’s extensive […] More

  • Ted Davies, President of Unisys Federal Systems, Elected ACT-IAC Exec Vice Chair
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    Ted Davies, President of Unisys Federal Systems, Elected ACT-IAC Exec Vice Chair

    Ted Davies, Unisys corporate vice president and president of its federal systems unit, has been appointed executive vice chairman at the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council. He is slated to be named as the nonprofit organization’s board chairman next year, Unisys announced Friday. “ACT/IAC plays a unique role in facilitating the collaboration between government […] More

  • James Fowler, Jason Hanson, Thomas Westrick Selected for GE VP Roles
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    James Fowler, Jason Hanson, Thomas Westrick Selected for GE VP Roles

    General Electric has promoted James Fowler as vice president of the firm’s capital business and appointed Jason Hanson and Thomas Westrick to VP roles at its healthcare unit. Fowler, a 14-year GE veteran, has held information technology leadership positions within the company’s power and water, corporate and aviation subsidiaries, GE said Friday. Westrick, who joined […] More

  • Banking IT Security, Client Management Issues Highlighted in Verizon-Hosted Panel Discussion
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    Banking IT Security, Client Management Issues Highlighted in Verizon-Hosted Panel Discussion

    A panel of financial industry experts gathered at a Verizon-sponsored event Tuesday in New York to discuss technology and customer relationship issues facing retail banking and wealth management companies. Verizon said Wednesday that Niti Badarinath, head of mobile and money movement at US Bank, and Chandan Sharma, global managing director of financial services at Verizon, […] More