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  • Jim Haughwout Named Savi Technology Chief Architect
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    Jim Haughwout Named Savi Technology Chief Architect

    Jim Haughwout has joined Savi Technology as the new chief architect, where he will direct the company’s software technology strategies and work to build up its machine learning and artificial intelligence portfolio. Haughwout most recently served as senior vice president of engineering and operations at CustomMade Ventures, the company announced Thursday. He is also a former vice […] More

  • Executive Profile: John Schumacher, GenCorp VP for Business Relations
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    Executive Profile: John Schumacher, GenCorp VP for Business Relations

    John Schumacher serves as the vice president for business relations of GenCorp, the parent of Aerojet General Corp., where he handles the growth plans of the company’s government-related aerospace and defense business. Schumacher also supports Warren Boley, Aerojet president, and the subsidiary’s operations in Washington. He has previously served as Aerojet vice president of Washington […] More

  • Carlos Echalar Joins MICROS Systems as Chief HR Officer
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    Carlos Echalar Joins MICROS Systems as Chief HR Officer

    Carlos Echalar, formerly a vice president at Computer Sciences Corp., has joined MICROS Systems as chief human resources officer and will also serve as a  senior vice president. Echalar will be responsible for the company’s global human resources strategy that encompasses compensation and benefits, recruitment, diversity, compliance and organization and leadership development, MICROS announced Thursday. […] More

  • Former Symantec Chief Enrique Salem Joins ForeScout Board of Directors
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    Former Symantec Chief Enrique Salem Joins ForeScout Board of Directors

    Former Symantec CEO Enrique Salem has joined the board of directors at network security firm ForeScout Technologies. The 25-year technology leadership veteran also serves on the boards of FireEye, Netskope, Atlassian, DocuSign and Biba, ForeScout said Monday. “We are honored to have Enrique join our board as we continue to expand capabilities to support our burgeoning global business,” said […] More

  • NASA Tests Boeing Avionics Software on Space Launch System
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    NASA Tests Boeing Avionics Software on Space Launch System

    NASA powered up the Space Launch System for the first time Thursday to demonstrate the rocket’s flight avionics and software, both of which were developed by Boeing. The SLS reached first light status after the electronic flight guidance and manager was integrated into the launch vehicle at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, NASA said […] More

  • Teresa Carlson: Government IT to Embrace Cloud Platforms in 2014
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    Teresa Carlson: Government IT to Embrace Cloud Platforms in 2014

    Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services’ worldwide public sector, has said agencies will control costs, enhance quality and boost the speed of cloud services in 2014, FCW reported Thursday. Carlson writes that the government and private sector have already shifted focus to core business operations from running data centers. Agencies are now able […] More

  • Cisco: ‘Internet of Everything’ Could Generate $4T for Public Sector
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    Cisco: ‘Internet of Everything’ Could Generate $4T for Public Sector

    A new Cisco study estimates that public sector organizations could generate $4.6 trillion in value from Internet-connected objects over the next 10 years. State agencies could generate $682 billion in value by applying the Internet of Everything to public services and cities worldwide could also derive $1.9 trillion through the IoE over the next decade, Cisco said Wednesday. “With […] More

  • Mark Sirangelo: Sierra Nevada Finds Intl Partners for Commercial Space Plane Development
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    Mark Sirangelo: Sierra Nevada Finds Intl Partners for Commercial Space Plane Development

    Sierra Nevada will collaborate with international space organizations to further develop the company’s Dream Chaser space taxi under a NASA commercial program, the Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes that Sierra Nevada, the European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center have forged an alliance to explore potential technologies for the spaceship. Mark Sirangelo, […] More

  • Northrop Wins Marine Corps C4ISR Contract; Ike Song Comments
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    Northrop Wins Marine Corps C4ISR Contract; Ike Song Comments

    Northrop Grumman has won a $7.3 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide life-cycle support for a mobile command, control and communications facility. The company will provide support for the AN/TYQ-23(V)4 tactical air Operations module and its related subsystems, Northrop Grumman announced Thursday. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will enhance the system’s multi-radar tracker and data communications […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan Releases Study on U.S. Video Analytics Market; John Hernandez Comments
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    Frost & Sullivan Releases Study on U.S. Video Analytics Market; John Hernandez Comments

    Frost & Sullivan has released a new study indicating a rise in demand for video analytics services to process and transmit full motion video files to U.S. troops for real-time ground intelligence. The research estimates the defense budget for the U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance video analytics market will decline from $1.2 billion in 2012 […] More

  • Orbital Sciences Spacecraft On Its Way to Intl Space Station; Charles Bolden Comments
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    Orbital Sciences Spacecraft On Its Way to Intl Space Station; Charles Bolden Comments

    An Orbital Sciences cargo spacecraft launched from NASA‘s Wallop’s Flight Facility in Virginia Thursday to carry supplies to the International Space Station. An Antares rocket lifted off from Wallops and will transport 2,780 pounds of load including science experiments, crew supplies and spare parts to the ISS, NASA said Thursday. The mission is Orbital’s first contracted cargo delivery […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility to Continue Navy Aircraft Launch, Recovery Equipment Program Work
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility to Continue Navy Aircraft Launch, Recovery Equipment Program Work

    Engility Holdings has won a $29.6 million engineering and technology support contract under the U.S. Navy‘s Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment program. The award from the Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, N.J. contains $9.8 million in base funds and two option years that would increase the contract to its full potential value, Engility announced […] More